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Project increases program assistants' value on campus.(Program Assistant Professional Development Program)
"You are no better than the people working for you" is true on campus as well as elsewhere.
Near the bottom of the staff hierarchy, program assistants are often under-appreciated and over-worked. But without them, programs wouldn't run smoothly, deadlines would be missed and general chaos could result.
A solution is to provide program assistants with opportunities to better understand campus networks, develop leadership skills and enhance self-confidence.
Susan Butterfield, program coordinator for the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse's Program Assistant Professional Development Program (PAPD), discussed its benefits at the 2004 Wisconsin Women in Higher Education Leadership (WWHEL) conference at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire campus in October.
Program assistant professional development
"The two most equal benefits of our program are that it has renewed pride in our profession by developing professionally as well as contributing to the needs of the university," she said. The UW-La Crosse program:
* Provides education, training and information
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