Andrea Irby, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Past Involvement in NACADA:

Years in NACADA: 5 years
Regional Activities/Offices Held, including accomplishments achieved while in office: State representative for North Carolina to NACADA, 1999-2002. Co-chaired 2002 North Carolina/South Carolina drive-in conference.  Assisted with planning for regional conferences in Roanoke, VA; Memphis, TN; and Charlotte, NC. Co-hosted (with NC State's First Year College) the NACADA Teleconference on Advising, 1999.  Have consistently tried to increase awareness of and membership in NACADA.
National Offices Held and Accomplishments Achieved While in Office:
Committee Activities and Accomplishments:
Commission/Interest Group Activities and Accomplishments: Actively involved in Technology
Commission activities since original membership in 1998.  Assisted with ATECH and Liaisons to Regions projects. Joined Technology in Advising Steering Committee in 2000.  Helped review national conference proposals for sessions related to Technology in Advising, 2001 and 2002. Co-presented Technology in Advising Commission Sessions at Region 2 and Region 3 conferences, 2002. Introduced Region 3 members to the TECADV list serve and helped them join. Helped to create and sponsor a large visual display board for the Commission to be used by members at regional and national conferences.
Other: Presentations (including three Commission-sponsored sessions) at regional and national conferences on creating Virtual Advising Centers, Accessible Web Design, Assessment of Web-based Advising Centers, and a Systems Approach to Technology in Advising.  Consulted with other NACADA members on use of technology in advising, creation of virtual advising centers at their institutions, and select vendor software applications.

As chair of NACADA's Technology in Advising Commission, I would like to continue the excellent leadership efforts of our two previous chairs, Chuck Haberle and Mike Leonard.  I would work to continue initiatives they have begun as well as establish new mechanisms for members to learn about and embrace technology in advising for their campuses. I would examine the results of the recent national technology survey to determine what activities would be useful in meeting member needs. I am open to ideas from members for new activities and will bring a great deal of energy to the position.  I believe technology enhances the human adviser-advisee relationship and does not replace it. As chair, I would welcome the opportunity to serve NACADA members in learning increasingly new ways to apply technology.  Members can use technology to improve their advising operations but, most importantly, they can use it to enhance their relationships with students.