Naseeb bhangal is an Assistant Resident Director at Loyola university philadelphia. She was challenged to stay true to who she is as a person and as a professional. Bhangals' genuineness can inspire awe in a room full of people. She has a respect for storytelling and peoples' lived experiences.
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jennifer kosciw e-portfolio professional promise letter
Naseeb bhangal is an Assistant Resident Director at Loyola university philadelphia. She was challenged to stay true to who she is as a person and as a professional. Bhangals' genuineness can inspire awe in a room full of people. She has a respect for storytelling and peoples' lived experiences.
Naseeb bhangal is an Assistant Resident Director at Loyola university philadelphia. She was challenged to stay true to who she is as a person and as a professional. Bhangals' genuineness can inspire awe in a room full of people. She has a respect for storytelling and peoples' lived experiences.
To the Members of Naseeb Bhangals e-Portfolio Committee:
My initial impression of Naseeb is likely something I will never forget. Within our first few days of Residence Life training, she and I sat at a beach near campus and I heard her account of her educational journey and how she arrived at Loyola. Her passion for teamwork, her curiosity about others, and her introspection about power, privilege, and difference were interwoven into her narrative in a way that made her authenticity seem unapologetically confident for a first-year graduate student. Over her next year and a half as an Assistant Resident Director, that authenticity was challenged. Naseeb encountered moments where her personal values were overshadowed by departmental decisions, professionals were unwilling to answer her (justified) questions about developing culturally competent practices, and students tested her capabilities as a young professional. Through all of these scenarios, Naseeb found ways to stay true to who she is as a person and a professional. Despite being met with resistance, she found space to nurture students wellbeing even after she was no longer supervising them. She continued to foster dialogue that encouraged others to think critically about how their internalized dominance showed up in spaces. She reflected on how she could demonstrate more patience, reframe questions, and listen to students stories more deeply. Naseebs resilience in the face of difficult situations was always coupled with her willingness to receive feedback and to learn more. She consistently adjusts her approach to work in higher education while staying true to who she is at her core. The potential that Naseeb has as a higher education professional lies here, with the promise she makes to herself every day to live and work as authentically as possible, while challenging others to do the same. Her genuineness can inspire awe in a room full of people because she does the internal work that allows her to develop meaningful, caring relationships that break down the walls with which students and professionals so often guard themselves. She has a respect for storytelling and peoples lived experiences that is necessary to incorporate into our work as student affairs practitioners as we strive to dismantle systems of oppression that continuously leave certain voices unheard. She uses critical pedagogy in ways that are accessible to her audience and that invite them to be vulnerable, discover their own self-worth, and develop communities built on empowerment, trust, and reflection. Over her time in Loyolas Higher Education Program, Naseeb has developed into a professional unlike any other I have met. The program has been blessed by her contributions both in and outside of the classroom, and students and staff are undoubtedly lucky to have her continue sharing her authenticity as a critical member of Loyolas Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs team for the coming years. Her ability to communicate stories and weave theory into her interactions with colleagues and students provides her with the capacity to use her place in higher education to transform lives, departments, and institutions. I am confident that she will continue to do just that. Sincerely,
Jennifer L. Kosciw, M.A.
Assistant to the Dean of Students & Coordinator of Conduct and Compliance Elmhurst College jenn.kosciw@elmhurst.edu Office of Student Affairs