Engineering and Science
Advising Commission
Post-Conference Reports
NACADA
Commission and Interest Group Division
2004
Post-Conference Unit Report
Commission:
Engineering and Science Advising Commission
Chair:
Jeanette Sorensen
Section
1: Identify the leadership within your unit.
List
members of your steering committees, committee members, task force
members, conference chairs, etc. & their emails.
| Name of Committee
|
Name of Committee
Member |
Email |
| Engineering & Science Advising
Commission |
Jeanette Sorensen |
sorensen@egr.unlv.edu |
Section
2: Outline your annual activities as they relate to the NACADA missions
and strategies.
Mission 1
: Address the academic advising needs of higher education.
Strategies:
1-A
Identify, prioritize, and address critical issues facing academic
advising. Through surveys and needs assessments, identify the issues
facing academic advising in higher education and propose methods
for addressing these issues - from recognition of advising as a
critical component of student success to the recognition of advisors
as critical to the educational/developmental process.
| Task (Activities Planned) |
Person/committee assigned the task
|
Target Date |
Date Completed |
Assess progress or completion |
| Solicit input from Commission members
regarding issues pertinent to professional and faculty advisors
in Engineering & Science disciplines. |
Jeanette Sorensen, Chair |
2005-02-15 |
0000-00-00 |
|
| Encourage members to submit proposals
and present at both regional and national conferences. Present
certificates to presenters at the national commission meeting.
($40.00 for certificate supplies). |
Jeanette Sorensen, Chair |
2005-01-15 |
0000-00-00 |
|
1-D
Provide comprehensive professional development opportunities to
the academic advising community. Identify, develop, and deliver
professional development activities and resources to meet the needs
of the academic advising community - including institutions, central
administrators, full-time advisors, faculty advisors, and peer advisors.
| Task (Activities Planned) |
Person/committee assigned the task
|
Target Date |
Date Completed |
Assess progress or completion |
| Create a list of resources to assist
engineering & science advisors with "hot topic" issues that
were identified at the national commission meeting. |
Jeanette Sorensen and Commission members
|
0000-00-00 |
0000-00-00 |
|
| Encourage list serve activity to promote
discussion on "hot topics" that arise within the profession
or disciplines. |
Jeanette Sorensen |
0000-00-00 |
0000-00-00 |
|
Mission 2 :
Advance the body of knowledge of academic advising.
Strategies:
2-A
Promote, support, and conduct research related to the enhancement
of academic advising through further understanding of the student,
the campus environment, advising processes, or other related areas.
| Task (Activities Planned) |
Person/committee assigned the task
|
Target Date |
Date Completed |
Assess progress or completion |
| Submit article to the NACADA newsletter
(2006). |
Jeanette Sorensen |
0000-00-00 |
0000-00-00 |
|
| Promote research initiatives within
the commission. Encourage members to collaborate on research
projects and seek-out support from the NACADA research grant
program. |
Jeanette Sorensen |
0000-00-00 |
0000-00-00 |
|
Mission 3 :
Champion the educational role of academic advising to enhance student
learning and development in a diverse world.
Strategies:
3-A
Identify and develop strategies for fostering collaboration with
various advising constituencies. Seek collaborative relationships
with academic and student services related associations, discipline
specific organizations, higher education associations, and accrediting
agencies to promote the importance of academic advising.
| Task (Activities Planned) |
Person/committee assigned the task
|
Target Date |
Date Completed |
Assess progress or completion |
| Encourage commission members to attend
and present on advising issues at discipline-related conferences
(such as FIE, ASEE, and Science associatiions). |
Jeanette Sorensen and Commission Task
Force |
0000-00-00 |
0000-00-00 |
|
Mission 4
: Affirm the role of academic advising in supporting institutional
mission and vitality.
No
Activity entered
Mission 5
: Promote the involvement of diverse populations in the Association.
Strategies:
5-A
Assess member needs and talents. Identify representatives of diverse
groups and plan for ensuring their successful involvement in association
activities.
| Task (Activities Planned) |
Person/committee assigned the task
|
Target Date |
Date Completed |
Assess progress or completion |
| Create a mentoring network within
the commission for new advising professionals. |
Commission Task Force |
0000-00-00 |
0000-00-00 |
|
5-B
Create an environment that promotes maximum individual inclusion,
involvement, and growth. Assure that roles and expectations are
clear and that appropriate orientation or training is provided to
ensure success.
| Task (Activities Planned) |
Person/committee assigned the task
|
Target Date |
Date Completed |
Assess progress or completion |
| Sponsor a workshop/session at national
conference for new advisors in the engineering and science disciplines.
|
Commission Task Force |
0000-00-00 |
0000-00-00 |
|
5-C
Expand growth opportunities. Identify and promote opportunities
for involvement by new members and leaders. Identify methods for
reaching new populations with advising professional development
opportunities.
| Task (Activities Planned) |
Person/committee assigned the task
|
Target Date |
Date Completed |
Assess progress or completion |
| Solicit commission members to join
the commission leadership in order to assist with membership
initiatives, the CIG Fair, review conference proposals, etc.
|
Jeanette Sorensen |
2005-02-01 |
0000-00-00 |
|
Section
3: Issues/Items for consideration by the Division, Council or Board
of Directors.
No Issues.
Section
4: List Volunteer Opportunities Available in your Unit.
| Volunteer Opportunity |
Details |
| Membership Outreach |
Coordinate outreach opportunities
to encourage interaction among commission members; assist in
recruiting new members to the commission. |
| Commission Task Force |
Assist the Chair in coordinating initiatives
within the commission. |
| Conference Proposal Reviewer
|
Review national conference proposals
for possible sponsorship by the commission. |
Section
5: Summary of Annual Commission Meeting
The
annual Engineering and Science Advising Commission meeting
was held at the national conference on Friday morning (11:00AM),
Oct. 8, 2004. There were 40+ commission members in attendance.
There were a number
of "hot topic" areas identified by the members that they would
like to explore further:
- Recruitment & Retention Issues (underprepared students,
minority and at-risk students)
- Academic issues (intervention programs, FY seminars,
etc)
- Transfer Credit articulation
- Promoting engineering & science program to women &
minorities
- Degree completion rates
- Cultural issues (first-generation, minorities, women)
- Working with students' "personal issues"
- Networking with industry to build connections for student
employment opportunities
- Promoting study abroad (& making it work w/ engineering
& science programs)
- Identifying "Good Practices" within advising
|
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