{"id":6961,"date":"2022-09-14T13:25:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T18:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/?p=6961"},"modified":"2022-09-14T13:26:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T18:26:37","slug":"staff-spotlight-coba-welcomes-jasmine-mccabe-gossett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/2022\/09\/14\/staff-spotlight-coba-welcomes-jasmine-mccabe-gossett\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Spotlight: COBA Welcomes Jasmine McCabe-Gossett"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Written by special contributor Lance Fleming<\/p>\n

It hasn\u2019t taken long for Regi and Jasmine McCabe-Gossett to ingrain themselves into the community of Abilene. The two ACU graduates \u2013 Regi in 2009 and Jasmine in 2010 \u2013 have become a vital part of the fabric of the city, each serving on boards and committees to help direct the future of Abilene, and each helping charities, foundations, and businesses in the city raise money.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Yet despite having spent the last three-plus years as the Donor Services Director for the Community Foundation of Abilene, something was drawing Jasmine back \u201chome\u201d to ACU. And that draw is why she returned to campus this summer, leaving the Community Foundation to become the new Professional Development and Internship Director in the College of Business Administration.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201c<\/span>I\u2019ve always had a connection to ACU; it\u2019s where I earned my undergraduate degree, where I met the love of my life, and where I started my professional career,\u201d she said. \u201cOver the years, my involvement with COBA has continued to grow and evolve having served as a guest speaker, sat on the COBA Alumni Visiting Committee, and even teaching classes as an adjunct professor. Working with and teaching students has always been a sweet spot for me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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But it wasn\u2019t until she was in the process of interviewing for the new role that she truly understood that she was being called back to ACU.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cDuring the interview process, I unearthed Welcome Week pictures from my freshman year and felt a rush of emotions,\u201d Jasmine said. \u201cThere were so many amazing experiences during my time at ACU that ultimately impacted the trajectory of my professional career.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI am forever grateful to those that invested their time in me sharing candid advice, empowering me to think outside of the box, and inspiring me to explore a career I never knew existed,\u201d she said. \u201cI am excited to serve and share key insights with COBA students as they prepare for this next season of their professional lives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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And so, she finds herself back on campus, back in the building where she worked toward her Bachelor of Business Administration in Human Resources Management, and back where she launched a career that has seen her go from Workforce Solutions of West Central Texas to Hendrick Medical Center to Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital to the Community Foundation. Each of those stops \u2013 where she\u2019s done everything from human resources to writing business service plans to the creation of leadership and development programs to helping raise millions of dollars \u2013 has helped shape who she is as she begins her work at ACU.<\/span><\/p>\n

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At ACU, she will be executing the professional development program, directing all aspects of the internship program, and will serve as a member of the Holistic Student Development Team. She\u2019ll truly be helping shape the futures of students each year.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThis job is truly the convergence of all the things I am passionate about: building relationships, coaching, mentoring, and teaching,\u201d Jasmine said. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to helping center COBA as an epicenter for top new graduate talent. I am also looking forward to building a pipeline for COBA alumni to connect with and mentor undergraduate students.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI can certainly attribute much of my career success to those that came before me and made a concerted effort to pay it forward,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to the ripple effect that will continue after students graduate from COBA.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"Neither she nor her husband, Regi, are from Abilene. However, they decided to stay in the city after graduating from ACU and have taken their love of the community and turned themselves into a powerful team. Jasmine currently serves on eight boards, while Regi has served on six boards and in 2020 was named one of Abilene\u2019s Top 20 Under 40.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe decision we made to put down roots here has been both motivating and rewarding,\u201d Jasmine said. \u201cServing on nonprofit boards, in our church, etc., allows us to actively contribute to the exciting changes we want to see. We are honored to serve however we can.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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And it\u2019s that heart for service and the love of building key connections that Jasmine hopes to pass on to the students she\u2019ll be guiding at ACU.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cMuch of my career has centered on building key connections both in the community and within organizations,\u201d\"\" Jasmine said. \u201cI\u2019ve had the opportunity to both connect employee candidates to career opportunities they desire and philanthropists to community causes they are passionate about. Maintaining this theme of connection, the intersection of my experiences will allow me to connect students to career opportunities while also sharing key insights with students eager to learn how to authentically live out their faith in the workplace and beyond.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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COBA is excited to have Jasmine at the professional development helm. To learn more about the College of Business Administration and professional development, click here<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by special contributor Lance Fleming It hasn\u2019t taken long for Regi and Jasmine McCabe-Gossett to ingrain themselves into the community of Abilene. The two ACU graduates \u2013 Regi in 2009 and Jasmine in 2010 \u2013 have become a vital part of the fabric of the city, each serving on boards and committees to help […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5020,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[818,386,2749,2823,154269,6627,2012,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","category-alumni-spotlight","category-careers-in","category-city-of-abilene","category-coba-staff","category-faith-infusion","category-professional-development","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5020"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6961"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6969,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6961\/revisions\/6969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}