GENE LUNA
131 Land Stone Circle Home: 803-732-2951
Irmo, SC 29063 Office: 803-777-6936
Education
MDP Certificate (1999) – Institute for Higher Education: Management Development Program
Harvard University
Ph.D. (1990) – Educational Leadership/Higher Education Administration
University of Florida
M.A. (1981) – Counseling/Student Development
Appalachian State University
B.A. (1971) – Psychology
Roanoke College
Positions
2000 – Current: Associate Vice President for Student Affairs/Director of Student Development and University Housing
University of South Carolina
Responsibilities: Serve on the senior leadership team for the Division of Student and Alumni Services. Provide vision, leadership and direction to the various departments in the Student Development area which includes the student judicial programs, student health center, counseling center, disability services, academic skills, national student exchange, campus wellness, and sexual health and violence prevention. Additionally, serve as director for university housing and as campus catalyst for the Carolinian Creed. Serve on the Associate and Assistant Dean’s Council. Responsible for budgets of approximately 30 million dollars and a staff of more than 200 permanent employees plus 400 temporary and student employees.
1994 – present: Clinical Faculty
Department of Educational Leadership and Policies
University of South Carolina
Responsibilities: Teach graduate courses in student development, higher education, and student affairs administration. Develop sites and supervise practicum and internship seminars. Serve on thesis and dissertation committees. Collaborate with faculty on admissions, curriculum, evaluation and strategic planning for all programs of study in student affairs and higher education administration.
1997 – 2000: Director of University Housing and Judicial Programs
University of South Carolina
Responsibilities: Serve on the senior leadership team for the Division of Student and Alumni Services. In addition to directing the department of university housing (see below), responsible for the office of student judicial affairs. Develop strategic direction and initiatives for campus-wide discipline and academic integrity processes. Provide consultation to faculty in cases involving academic dishonesty and classroom disruption. Ensure appropriate procedures for campus discipline processes. Promote character development, responsible citizenship, and campus civility among university constituents. Supervise the director of judicial affairs. In addition, serve as Student and Alumni Services coordinator for the Carolinian Creed and senior management development. Also, serve as member of the Associate and Assistant Academic Dean’s Council.
1992 – 1997: Director of Housing and Residential Services
University of South Carolina
Responsibilities: Provide leadership for a comprehensive campus housing department with facilities for approximately 7,000 students. Develop and manage an auxiliary budget in excess of $18 million and supervise a staff of 130 full-time and over 400 part-time staff. Give vision and direction for the facility management, academic programs, residence life, administrative processes, and business functions of the department. Develop residential learning communities in consultation with the Provost and various academic departments, including a residential college, an honors residence, residential learning communities for first year engineering and pre-med students, along with an array of academic support services and classroom instruction opportunities within the residential environment. Develop design criteria and lead the project teams for a multi-phased $100+ million renewal of campus housing, including new construction and renovation of existing halls.
1989 – 1992: Assistant Director of University Housing
University of Georgia
Responsibilities: Provided leadership and direction for a 3,000 student housing area with an annual budget of $3.5 million. Directly responsible for facility management, budgets, personnel, and residence education. Scope of supervision included 50 full-time staff, 15 graduate students, and 150 undergraduate student staff. Served on the senior management team for the department of university housing that provided residence halls and apartments for 7,000 students in 18 residence halls and 545 apartments.
1990 – 1992: Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Counseling and Human Development Services
University of Georgia
Responsibilities: Taught graduate courses in student development, higher education, and student affairs administration. Supervised practicum and internship students. Served as member of student’s thesis and dissertation committees. Evaluated students’ comprehensive written and oral examinations.
1983 – 1989: Assistant Director of Housing
University of Florida
Responsibilities: Directed the family housing department, including the administrative operations and residence education program for 1086 apartments housing single graduate/professional students and students with families (2600 residents of which 42% were international students). Supervised three full-time professionals and 20 part-time student staff. Coordinated the development of database management system, application/assignment system, brochures and handbooks, facility management, and strategic planning processes.
1979-1983: Resident Director/Residence Life Coordinator
Appalachian State University
Responsibilities: Served for two years as resident director for a freshman hall while completing a graduate program in Student Development. On graduation, promoted to Residence Life Coordinator, providing leadership for the staff and students in four residence halls housing 1100 undergraduates. Supervised three graduate hall directors and forty resident advisors. Coordinated facility management, developed policies, and designed residence education opportunities focusing on personal growth and community responsibility.
1971 – 1979: Realtor – Broker
Wall, Realtors – Eden, North Carolina
Responsibilities: Beginning as a salesman in 1971, Director of Marketing and Sales Manager in 1973, and Vice President in 1976, directed the operations of a fifteen person real estate office with sales exceeding $10 million. Recruited, selected, and trained salespeople. Managed budget and accounting procedures and directed advertising and public relations. Served as the elected President of the Eden Board of Realtors during which the first multiple listing service for Rockingham County was developed and initiated.
Selected Research and Publications
· Current projects in development and writing phase include a monograph on Residential Colleges and Learning Communities commissioned by the National Resource Center for First Year Students and Students in Transition. Expected publication date is January 2005.
Luna, G. and Koman, M. (2004) It’s easy being green and saving green. College Services. April, 26-31.
Luna, Gene (2001). Ripples in the water. College Services. December, 18-19.
Luna, Gene (2000). College and University Business Administration, Sixth Edition. (contributor to Chapter 20 – Auxiliary Enterprises and Other Activities, 20 – 35-37).
Luna, Gene (1997). Privatization in campus housing: threat or opportunity. Outsourcing Chronicle, 1 (4).
Luna, Gene (1997). Privatization: friend or foe. SEAHO Report, Spring, 28-29.
Luna, Gene (1994). Conferences and workshops: the art of attending. The College Student Affairs Journal, 14 (1), 39-43.
Luna, Gene (1993). “Safety and security – a survey of campus housing practices around the country.” Association of College and University Housing Officers - International.
Luna, Gene (1992). Review of Community service as values education. The Journal of College and University Housing, 21 (2), 31-32.
Luna, E.I. (1990). College housing administrators’ perceptions of decision making: An application of the Vroom-Yetton model. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Luna, E.I. (1989). SEAHO – The first twenty-five years. Gainesville, FL: Southeastern Association of Housing Officers.
Luna, E.I., Cannon, J., Devine, L.V., & Winfrey, P. (1988). Promoting faculty – student interaction in residence life. Gainesville: University of Florida, Division of Housing.
Luna, E.I. (1987). Regulating speech in public college and university residence halls. The Journal of College and University Student Housing, 17 (2), 17-19.
Selected Papers and Presentations
“Going Green: Effectively Deploying Green Buildings Web Conference Series” Academic Impressions – On-Line Education for Colleges and Universities, 2004.
“Doing the Deal – Structuring New Housing: Financing, Architecture, Operations.” Association of College and University Housing Officers – International, 2003.
“Sustainability in Residence Hall Design, Construction, Furnishing, and Operation.” Association of College and University Housing Officers – International, 2003.
“The Residential Nexus of an Institution of Excellence in the First Year of College.” First Year Experience Conference, 2003.
“Revolutionary Professional Development Strategies: Creating a New Generation of Change Agents.” National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, 2002.
“High Tech – High Touch: The Student Success Initiative at the University of South Carolina.” Southeastern Association of College Student Affairs, 2000.
“Campus Ethos and Character Development – Communicating Institutional Values to First Year Students.” Pre-Conference Workshop for the National Resource Center for the First Year Experience Conference, 2000.
“Learning in Residence – Creating an Academic Nexus in Residence Halls.” Pre-Conference Workshop for the National Resource Center for the First Year Experience Conference, 1999; Invited to repeat the workshop in June 1999 as part of the Center’s regional workshops.
“The Second Wave – Creating a Culture for Organizational Change and Renewal.” Association of College and University Housing Officers – International Conference, 1998.
“Privatization of Student Housing.” Half Day Workshop presented for the Southeastern Association of Housing Officers, 1998.
“Marketing On-Campus Housing.” A Two-Day Workshop presented for the Association of College Administration Professionals, 1997.
“Privatized Student Housing - Challenges and Opportunities.” Society of College and University Planners Conference, 1997.
“Developing Residential Learning Communities.” Southeastern Association of Housing Officers Conference, 1997.
“Collaborative Learning Communities – Academia in Residence.” National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Conference, 1996.
“Academia in Residence – Sparking a Renewal.” National Resource Center for the Freshman Year Experience Conference, 1996.
“Privatization of Campus Housing – All, Some, or None?” National Association of College Auxiliary Services Conference, 1996; also presented at the Southeastern Association of Housing Officers Conference, 1996.
“Business and Unusual.” ACUHO-I Conference Services Workshop, 1995.
“Strategic Planning.” Association of College and University Housing Officers – International Conference, 1995.
“Internal Consulting: Using Team Management to Re-Organize and Re-Engineer a Housing Department.” Association of College and University Housing Officers – International Conference, 1994.
“Astin’s Ideas and the First Year Experience.” Southeastern Association of Housing Officers Conference, 1992.
“Residence Hall Security – A National Survey and One University’s Approach.” Southern Association of College Student Affairs Conference, 1992; also presented at the Association of College and University Housing Officers – International Conference, 1993.
“Astin’s Ideas on Involvement: Theory to Practice.” Southeastern Association of Housing Officers Conference, 1990.
“A Class Divided: Lessons in Discrimination.” Southern Association for College Student Affairs Conference, 1990.
“Celebrate Family Week.” Association of College and University Housing Officers – International Conference, 1988 (This concept developed into an annually conducted national program to recognize and celebrate the students with families living on campuses around the country).
“Promoting Faculty Involvement in Residence Life.” Southeastern Association of Housing Officers Conference, 1988.
Designing and Conducting Needs Assessments.” Association of College and University Housing Officers – International Conference, 1986.
“Students of the 1990s - Implications for Administrators.” Southeastern Association of Housing Officers Conference, 1985.
External Consulting Experiences
· Consultant (with Anderson-Strickler, LLC) for various colleges and universities focusing on master planning and operational efficiencies for campus housing as a living/learning opportunity, including
- University of Nebraska-Kearney (2004)
- Kean University (2003)
- Towson University (2002)
- Texas Southmost/UT-Brownsville (2002)
- East Tennessee State University (2002)
- Longwood College (2001)
- California State University – San Marcos (1999)
· Independent Consultant
- Consultant for First Year Experience, Pacific Lutheran University, 2003.
- Consultant for Campus Housing review, University of Alabama, 2003.
- Consultant for Campus Values Statement Process, University of Mississippi, 2002.
- Consultant for Campus Housing Marketing and Development of Learning Communities, Florida International University, 2001.
- Consultant for Campus Housing review, University of Louisville, 2001.
- Consultant for Campus Housing Review, University of North Florida, 1997.
- Consultant for the Development of Campus Housing, University of South Carolina – Spartanburg, 1996 and 2002.
- Consultant/Trainer for National Executive Housekeepers Association, University of Florida, 1985-1991.
- Consultant/Trainer for Division of Physical Plant, Florida State University, 1988.
- Consultant/Trainer for Standard Medical Products, Inc., 1987.
Internal Consulting and Service Activities
· Strategic Directions and Initiatives Committee, University of South Carolina, 2001 - 2002.
Chair: Provost Jerome Odom
· Multicultural Student Affairs Advisory Committee, 2002 – present.
· Omicron Delta Kappa – Faculty Secretary 1999 - present
· University Training Advisory Task Force to design campus-wide strategic plan for workforce development, University of South Carolina, 1998-1999.
· Educational Leadership and Policies Department strategic planning team to develop enrollment and curricular plans for student personnel services and higher education administration graduate programs, University of South Carolina, 1998-1999.
· Enhancing The Undergraduate Experience – Associate Provost’s Brainstorming Group, University of South Carolina, 1995- present.
· University 101 Faculty Advisory Committee, University of South Carolina, 1995 - present.
· Consultant for Quality Management, Division of Advancement, University of South Carolina, 1995.
· Division of Human Resources Trainer, University of South Carolina, 1994 - present.
· Service in Professional Associations has included:
- President of the Southeastern Association of Housing Officers and the Eden Board of Realtors
- Board of Directors/State Representative/Membership Coordinator/Summer Symposium Host for NASPA Region III
- Various other executive offices of professional associations (NASPA, SACSA, ACUHO-I, Board of Realtors)
- Chair and/or member of over thirty various associations committees and task forces
- Over 100 various conference presentations and publications
· Community Service involvement has included:
- Board of Directors – Chairman, Carolina Collegiate Federal Credit Union
- School Improvement Council - Chairman (Dutch Fork High School)
- Adopt a Highway program
- Harvest Food Bank
- United Way
- The Family Shelter
- Habitat for Humanity
- Salvation Army
- Recreation departments – as youth sports coach
Selected Honors and Awards
· Outstanding Freshman Advocate Award, University of South Carolina, 2003
· Innovative Achievement Award, National Association of College Auxiliary Services, 2003
· Green Building Project of the Year, Carolina Recycling Association, 2003
· Foundation of Excellence, Association of College and University Housing Officers – International, 2002
· Omicron Delta Kappa, University of South Carolina, 1999.
· Richard A. Rempel Outstanding Faculty Award, Student Government Association’s highest honor, University of South Carolina, 1998.
· Founders Award, Southeastern Association of Housing Officers, 1998.
· Presidential Leadership Award, Southeastern Association of Housing Officers, 1994.
· SEAHO Distinguished Service Award, Southeastern Association of Housing Officers, 1991.
· Charles Beene Memorial Service Award, Southeastern Association of Housing Officers, 1990.
· Presidential Service Award, Eden Board of Realtors, 1979.
· Marquis Who’s Who in America – listed in various volumes 1978-2004.
References
Arthur Sandeen, Ph.D.
Former Vice President for Student Affairs
Professor, Department of Educational
Leadership
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611
352-392-1274
Dennis Pruitt, Ed.D.
Vice President for Student and Alumni Services
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
803-777-4172
John Gardner
Director – Policy Center for the First Year of College
Senior Fellow – National Resource Center for the First Year Experience
Brevard College
400 N. Broad Street
Brevard, NC 28712
828-966-5401
Donald Greiner, Ph.D.
Associate Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Affairs
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
803-777-2930
Linda Anderson
Principal
Anderson-Strickler, LLC
301-208-6600
Additional references will be provided on request