Overview of the Collection
Historical NoteDr. Robert W. Chick, an administrator who had significant student affairs experience at the University of Missouri, University of Denver, and Washington State University, founded the CSSA program in 1966. As the first Dean of Students and later the Vice President for Student Affairs at Oregon State University, Dr. Chick built an outstanding program of coordinated student services within the OSU community. Dr. Chick provided leadership in bringing together student affairs professionals throughout Oregon and the Northwest to share ideas and discuss relevant issues in the field. From this, he recognized the need for a professional training and degree program in the region. In 1966, the State Board of Higher Education in Oregon approved the offering of Ed.D., Ph.D., Ed.M., and the M.S. degrees through the CSSA graduate programs at Oregon State University. Dr. Chick's mentorship of CSSA graduate students and of Oregon State University student affairs professionals has left a lasting legacy. The College Student Service Administration program’s primary mission has been to prepare individuals for professional administrative positions in student services departments at two- and four-year colleges and universities. The curriculum has emphasized administrative leadership and management of programs and services. Graduates of the CSSA program hold professional positions in nearly every state and in several other countries. Alumni hold numerous middle and upper management positions at colleges and universities including serving as Coordinators, Directors, Assistant and Associate Deans, Deans, Vice Presidents, and Presidents. Alumni have also held numerous leadership positions in professional associations as well as serving on numerous advisory boards, editorial boards, and national/regional committees. Known as the College Student Personnel Administration (CSPA) until the early 1970s the program title was changed to College Student Services Administration (CSSA). Those who had custody of the records at some time include: College of Education, School of Education, Office of Student Services, Office of Student Affairs, Office of Dean of Students. In 2003 the CSSA program was formally moved to the College of Education. The CSSA program has been under the direction of the following: Arthur L. Tollefson (1966-1972); Jo Anne J. Trow (1972-1983); J. Roger Penn (1983-2002); Thomas Scheuermann, (2002-2003); and Richard H. Shintaku, (2003-present). Content DescriptionThe College Student Services Administration (CSSA)Program Records document the development and administration of the CSSA master’s and doctoral program. Records include program and alumni newsletters, photos, correspondence, and program reports. Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access :
Collection is open for research. Preferred Citation :College Student Services Administration Records (RG 233), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon. Administrative Information
Arrangement :
The records are arranged in thirteen series. The series arrangement is as follows: Series I. Publications; Series II. Correspondence; Series III. Certificates; Series IV. Dean Biographies; Series V. Newspaper Clippings; Series VI. Posters; Series VII. Directories; Series VIII. Self Review; Series IX. Drawings; Series X. Poems; Series XI. Information Management; Series XII. Subject File; Series XIII. Photographs; Series XIV. Scrapbooks.
Acquisition Information :
Records were transferred from College Student Services Administration program in September 2006. Future Additions :Additions to the collection are expected. Related Materials :Additional institutional records pertaining to CSSA can be found in the following record groups: Student Affairs Office (RG 102), School of Education Records (RG 184), Office of Multicultural Affairs (RG 225), and Student Involvement (RG 232). Detailed Description of the CollectionSeries I consists of two separate newsletters the CSSA Program Notes and Alumni News.
Primarily consisting of correspondence, Series II is made up of memos and letters, emails, program transition documents, announcements and postcards.
Series III includes certificates from the CSSA program as well as the United Way.
Biographies of former deans of the CSSA program including: Dr. Robert W. Chick, Dr. Arthur Tollefson, Dr. Jo Anne Trow, and Dr. J. Roger Penn comprise Series IV.
A program self review submited to the College of Education is documented in Series VIII.
This series consists of ink drawings of college characters and a watercolor painting.
Information management plans about transferring records to the University Archives are outlined in Series XI. Series XII includes typical programs of study, marketing, and library holdings.
Series XIII contains various photographs of class celebrations, conferences, group gatherings, graduation and retirement events, negatives, and groups of graduating classes
Series XIV contains scrapbooks from the office of the Dean of Students and Student Services as well as the CSSA program.
Subjects
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