Welcome!

Hello!

For those of you who don't know me yet, let me tell you a bit about myself....

My name is Maggie Heffernan, and I am a 2nd year Master's student in the Higher Education and Student Affairs program. I graduated from Miami University in 2008 with a degree in Psychology and decided to pursue my Masters in Higher Ed because of the powerful impact that co-curricular activities had on my own college experience and development. I know I am who I am today because of my involvement in campus activities, including orientation and fraternity and sorority life! My experiences as a Chi Omega helped to define the values that I live by on a daily basis. I am in this field to challenge fraternity and sorority men and women to make the most of the unique opportunities available as a fraternity or sorority member. I believe, when done correctly, fraternity and sorority life can be the most relevant experience on a college campus; students have the chance to learn about leadership, service, development, and change. Unfortunately, the college fraternity and sorority are not always valued for what they have to offer and instead are considered detrimental to student development. I am ready for us to work, as a team, to make fraternities and sororities the most relevant organization on this campus!

I work as a graduate assistant in the Student Wellness Center (come visit, anytime!) and I am a practicum student in the Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life. Last year, I worked with Greek Week, and this summer I was a facilitator for UIFI: Ohio State. This year, I will be co-advising all four councils with Tyler and co-teaching EDP&L 270! Tyler and I are so excited to have this opportunity with all of you this quarter and I cannot wait to get started!

The blogabus for our class is posted on Tyler's blog, so be sure to take a look at that so we can jump right in on Friday! I am really looking forward to getting to know each of you this quarter and working alongside each of you to transform the face of sorority and fraternity life at Ohio State.

See you Friday!

Maggie