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    Pamela Jones

    Pamela Jones

    Academic Program Coordinator
    Contact Information
    Email:
    pjones@kent.edu
    Phone:
    330-672-0972

    Biography

    Pamela Jones, Academic Program Coordinator, Success Coach in University College serves as the University Success Coach engaging students in reflective experiences for self-discovery, confident-intentional decision-making, and student success. Pamela instructs the “Success Coaching: Defining Me! Defining Success.”  seminar course.  Pamela engages students in required and voluntary, individual, group, and workshop Success Coaching experiences. Pamela supervises L.E.A.D Ambassadors (Leaders Excelling and Attaining Degrees), a peer support student outreach initiative.  Pamela oversees the operations of the Peer Success Specialists (PSS), a Success Coaching peer support initiative in partnership with the Honors College. Pamela dedicates time to initiatives that provide a trusting space for students to: increase self-awareness; be open to new possibilities and new ways of thinking; and, to make decisions resulting in success based on self-knowledge. Pamela facilitates a variety of campus-wide department, staff and student training initiatives. Committee member involvement includes: University-Stewards, International Student and Scholar Integration Committee, and Summer Diverse Programs Interview Day.

    The leadership of Pamela has contributed to developing elements of University College Kupita/Transiciones program, University First-Generation celebration, Career Exploration and Development (CED) Go-Pro!, DKS Day, along with restructuring the L.E.A.D. Ambassador peer-outreach plan increasing student touch-points and connecting activity opportunities.

    Education

    • Certification: Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coach Federation (ICF).
    • Certification: Certified Coaching Training Diploma, Newfield Network, Inc. 
    • Certificate: Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), Kent State University. 
    • Certification: Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence Training and Research Institute.
    • Certification: True Colors Personality System Certification, True Colors International.
    • Certification: Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Qualified Practitioner, Type Resources of Effectiveness Enhancement, Inc. 
    • Certification: Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation-Behavior (FIRO-B) Qualified Practitioner, Type Resources of Effectiveness Enhancement, Inc. 
    • Certification: Teambuilding Leadership Challenge (TLC) Assistant Facilitator Certification, Kent State University.
    • M.Ed. Education Administration (Concentration: Organization Development), Kent State University.
    • B.A. Psychology, Kent State University.

     

    Education

    M.Ed.: 2001, Education Administration (Concentration: Organization Development), Kent State University
    B.A.: 1990, Psychology, Kent State University
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    Center for Undergraduate Excellence - Suite 135; 975 Lefton Esplanade Kent, OH 44242


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    800 E. Summit St.
    Kent, OH 44242

    Contact Us

    330-672-9292 ssp@kent.edu
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