Dr. Robert A. Dubick served the profession of student affairs as a professor of Higher Education at the University of Akron where he formally served as Associate Provost and Dean of Students. Dr. Dubick provided outstanding service to OCPA as a member-at-large for 4-year public institutions and was the 1998 recipient of OCPA’s Phillip A. Tripp Distinguished Service Award. His extensive service was most noted by his exemplary work with FIPSE alcohol education, his emphasis on community building, and his example of ethical leadership.
The case study competition will take place on Thursday, February 24th at the 2022 OCPA Annual Conference. Click here to register. Each team of two will have 8-minutes to share their case presentation and 5-minutes for questions and defense. Certificates of participation and a monetary prize will be awarded to the winning team. The announcement of winners will take place at the closing luncheon the following day.
Teams of two graduate students/up to 2-year new professionals will present a solution to a student affairs situation and defend their chosen position. Judges will use the following criteria in their assessment of participants:
- The ability to use student affairs knowledge and student development theory
- The feasibility of the chosen solution and strength of the defense
- The quality of the presentation, including concise arguments, logical reasoning, and teamwork
- The quality of response to judges’ questions or comments following the presentation
General outline for presentation:
- Participants are directed into their seats
- Participants introduce themselves to the judges
- Judges introduce themselves
- Participants indicate to the timekeeper they are ready to begin
- State all assumptions about the case prior to your analysis
- Participants present the case for 8-minutes
- 5-minutesJudges ask questions of participants and provide feedback for Participants are excused