'Small Acts. Big Impact.' Micro-Affirmations Workshop

Please join UA colleagues and students as they explore micro-affirmations and the impact they have on student success.

The workshop will be held November 2nd, 9am-12pm, in the Student Union Memorial Center South Ballroom.

After this workshop, participants will be able to: 

• Define what micro-affirmations are
• Reflect how they may have been impacted by micro-affirmations in their own lives
• Identify how micro-affirmations can be used in their campus unit to encourage sense of belonging to the students they serve
• Develop an action plan/framework for implementing micro-affirmations in their work with students
• Make initial connections between micro-affirmations, belonging and success in college

Register by clicking here.

Presented by:  

• Candice Powell, Associate Director for Retention, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• James M. Ellis, Ph.D., Assistant Research Scientist, the University of Michigan School of Social Work