Student Personnel Administrators

Student personnel administrators include a variety of professionals, all centered on service to students: recruitment officers, admissions directors, financial aid officers, counseling staff, career services staff, housing staff, registrars, and deans of students, among others. These specialists benefit from sharing best practices and peer networking through their participation in the Student Personnel Administrators' Network (SPAN). Engage ATS (an interactive online community for those who serve at ATS member schools), annual conferences, webinars, and other resources cover topics such as administrative structures in various institutional settings, vocational identity, spiritual formation, seminary community, and position nomenclature. If you haven’t already, please visit Engage ATS and join the “Student Personnel Administrators (SPAN)” community to begin connecting with colleagues and to stay up to date on the latest SPAN news.

Here are several professional organizations ATS student personnel administrators have found useful:

Webinars

Watch past recordings:

February 2023: Admissions Peer Networking Conversation
April 2021: Nothing to Fear: Helping Seminarians Experience Crises of Faith as Transformative Learning
December 2020: Accessible to the Spirit: Habits of Sabbath for the Pace of Chaos

Saren Williams

412-788-6505, ext. 250
williams@ats.edu

Saren Williams joined the ATS staff in 2022 as program assistant for leadership development. She supports the ongoing and expanding work of the learning opportunities and resources ATS provides to those who serve at ATS member schools.

Williams most recently worked at Hickory Run Campground in Denver, Pennsylvania, and as a family counselor at Sky Ranch Horn Creek in Westcliffe, Colorado, organizing weekly events, family activities, and Bible studies. She received a bachelor of arts degree in biblical and religious studies with a minor in classical studies from Grove City College.