Glenn Lygrisse, Butler County Community College, Andover, KS

Past Involvement in NACADA:

Years in NACADA: 3 years

National Offices Held and Accomplishments Achieved While in Office: N/A

Regional Activities/Offices Held, including accomplishments achieved while in office:

• Chair of KAAN (Kansas Academic Advising Network) (3-year commitment) — have now served as Chair Elect and Chair, and currently as Past Chair/Program Chair for annual conference.

Committee Activities and Accomplishments: N/A

Commission/Interest Group Activities and Accomplishments:

• Presenter of Hot Topics for Adult Learners Commission, 2004 NACADA Conference
• Current member, Advising Adult Learners Commission, Two-Year Colleges Commission and Liberal Arts Advisors Commission
• Current member, Distance Education Advising Interest Group

Other:

Platform Statement:

I have been involved in higher education since 1982. I have served in the Enrollment Management area at Friends University, Wichita State University, and Tabor College. At Tabor, as Vice President for Enrollment Management, I became involved as a Freshman advisor. This has led me into my current position as Director of On-Site Advising for Butler Community College-Andover Campus.

I became involved in developing academic programs for returning adults while at Tabor. At Butler of Andover, a very significant portion of our students are adult learners. I enjoy the diversity of adult students and the challenges/opportunities they represent. In addition I want to encourage greater participation from private colleges who work with adult learners. Within Kansas during my time as chair of KAAN, for the first time we invited a panel of private school advisors to present at our annual conference.

I returned from NACADA this year with an extensive list of ideas that can be implemented here at Butler. As I can learn from others, I trust that I can also provide a perspective to help others in their position at their institution.