Karl A. Uzcategui is a dedicated student affairs professional who believes deeply in the power of connection, equity, and mission-driven work. With experience across residential life, diversity and inclusion, and student success coaching, they focus on creating programs that help students feel seen and supported. They have helped establish student engagement models, most notably at Fairfield Bellarmine, to support first-gen and historically underrepresented students through mentorship and coaching frameworks. Whether building community through restorative dialogue or partnering on engagement strategies for hybrid learners, they approach their work with a commitment to meeting students where they are.
Wellness Dimensions of Online Learning (Online Learning Consortium) - This blog explores the intersection of student success and wellness frameworks in online learning environments, providing strategies to better support holistic student needs.
NASPA Region I KC Summit: Reimagining Success Coaching for Belonging, Healing, and Impact - This session examines strategies for embedding culturally responsive wellness and coaching into developing a success coaching framework. Session Success coaching is grounded in a robust research foundation, affirming its efficacy as an academic intervention that enhances student persistence, advancement, and bolstering confidence. Its individualized nature means it can be adapted to many different academic environments while maintaining a core coaching framework. This presentation showed what makes coaching distinct from other related interventions, how and what makes it effective, and different coaching models that serve distinct student communities (Online vs. In-Person).
Shared Stories, Shared Strength: Restorative Dialogues in Student Affairs - As a contributing planner for this NASPA Restorative Dialogue Series, I helped design two sessions centered on using narrative and community dialogue to process new policy navigation and promote healing.
