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I help colleges and universities improve student persistence by equipping faculty, advisors, and student affairs professionals to recognize and respond to anxiety before it becomes an academic crisis. *Creator of the AVENGER™ Student Success Framework, a practical methodology for helping institutions identify and reduce anxiety-related barriers to persistence. *Combines professional expertise with personal experience as a former first-year college student whose own unmanaged anxiety interrupted her education, bringing both credibility and empathy to every presentation and connection. *The flagship keynote, Breaking the Hidden Barrier to Student Success™, leaves audiences with practical, immediately usable strategies—not simply awareness. *The Student Success Partnership℠ is a consulting partnership that equips student-affairs and academic leaders with the strategies, training, and tools to reduce anxiety-related barriers to student success.
Breaking The Hidden Barrier to Student Success™
Student success isn't determined by academic ability alone. In this eye-opening keynote, Bonnie Brindle reveals why anxiety is the hidden variable quietly undermining persistence, engagement, and retention—and the institutional blind spots that cause campuses to miss it until students are already disengaging. Drawing on her experience as an educator, instructional coach, psychotherapist, and first-year student who left college because of unmanaged anxiety, Bonnie equips campus leaders with a practical framework to recognize hidden barriers earlier and create conditions in which more students stay, succeed, and thrive.
The AVENGER™ Student Success Framework
Keynote, Workshop, Training • Varies according to needs
The AVENGER™ Student Success Framework equips higher education professionals with a practical system for recognizing, addressing, and reducing anxiety-related barriers to student persistence before they become retention problems.
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Higher Education Professionals - Provosts, Advisors, Student Affairs Leaders
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Human Hoofprints in Healing: The Role of Self-Awareness in Equine Assisted Services
This talk explores the transformative role of horses in Equine Assisted Services, highlighting their power in emotional healing and personal growth. It emphasizes the importance of creating a safe and supportive environment for both clients and horses. Volunteers and instructors learn how their own self-awareness and emotional regulation are crucial in facilitating effective therapeutic experiences. With horses’ heightened sensitivity, participants discover how a calm, balanced presence enhances the connection between human and animal, ensuring the well-being of both. Attendees gain practical insights on approaching the equine with a cleared mind and an open heart in order to foster safe, impactful interactions in therapeutic settings.
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