Tuesday, May 13, 2008

A Live Internet-broadcast Webinar Event

Making Career Advising Integral to Academic Advising

Joanne Damminger (Rowan University) and Ken Hughey (Kansas State University) contend that career advising can enhance advisors’ work with students and facilitate students’ career and academic development and decision making. Career advising helps students to understand the relationship between their academic programs and career opportunities, to make academic and career decisions, to clarify and set career and academic goals, and to develop plans to achieve their goals.

Time is running out - don't miss the May 1 application deadline!  Apply TODAY for the 2008-2010 class of NACADA Emerging Leaders and Mentors.

Applications for the 2008-2010 class are available online. The Emerging Leader Program was developed to encourage members from diverse groups to get involved in leadership opportunities within the organization, outfit participants with the skills and tools necessary to pursue elected and appointed leadership positions, increase the number of leaders from diverse groups, and encourage and assist members of underrepresented populations to attend State, Regional, or National Conferences. Emerging Leaders are provided funding to assist them with travel and involvement in the association for the first year of their two-year commitment to the program.

Applications for both the Emerging Leaders and Mentors are due May 1, 2008, with final selection being made by June 2008. For information about the program, including criteria and applications, visit the ELP Website.

Portsmouth, Va., June 22-27 and Austin, Texas, July 27-Aug. 1 will be the 2008 sites of the intensive, week-long Summer Institutes which are centered around the goal of exploring all aspects of academic advising and then developing practical, individualized Action Plans for enhancement of academic advising on your campuses. Participants in the Portsmouth Institute will want to consider attending the Faculty Advising: Collaborating for Success Seminar immediately preceding the Institute.

Here are just a few of the many topics to be covered: Advising and Retention, Advising as Teaching, Delivery/Organization of Advising, Ethical Considerations, Faculty Advising, Advising Undecided Students, Tools for Assessment, Advising At-Risk Students, Advisor Training & Evaluation, Legal Issues for Advising, Advising First-Year Students, Advising Administration and Advising Students in Distress.

These Institutes are designed for:

• Teams or individuals from an institution desiring to enhance campus advising services.
• Academic advising campus task force members.
• Advising program directors.
• Campus administrators, including deans or vice presidents with responsibility for advising.

To review special benefits to your program and the schedule of topics, and to register for an Institute, see the Summer Institute Webpage. Register now to receive the discounted registration rate. Our block of hotel rooms may fill well before the deadlines, so reserve your room now! 

The 2008 NACADA Awards Program Selection Committee is pleased to announce that the following members have been awarded Wesley R. Habley Summer Institute Scholarships for this year's Academic Advising Summer Institutes:           

Amanda Hatton - University of Utah

Patsy Krech - The University of Memphis

The Wesley R. Habley Summer Institute Scholarships are presented as a professional development experience to selected NACADA members who demonstrate involvement in national, regional, state and/or local advising organizations and exhibit the potential for national leadership roles. The scholarship waives the registration fee to the Academic Advising Summer Institute. To learn more about the scholarship program and begin thinking about putting together your application packet for next year, visit this Awards Program Webpage. Applications are due May 1 for the Austin Institute (the deadline for Portsmouth has passed).

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

A Live Internet-broadcast Webinar Event

Advising Student-Athletes on a College Campus

Register now to join us on June 11, when Derek Van Rheenen (Director, Athletic Study Center, University of California, Berkeley) will discuss:

• biases related to sport and student-athletes
• social Issues of sport and how these larger issues impact daily advising
• academic reform and its impact on advising
• Athletic Department culture, including how to connect with this group on campus
• campus collaboration and how to best work towards servicing student-athlete needs
• unique elements of student-athletes and how to use this information to best advise student-athletes
• legal and ethical issues that may arise when working with student-athletes
• and much more!

The three Region Conferences held in May welcome participants from any region!  If you missed yours or want to visit some great spots, while learning from great presenters, plan to attend! Early discount rates for the conferences are rapidly approaching, so register now and join your colleagues for a great experience!

Each year, a "Best of Region" presentation is selected for each Region Conference. Those chosen will receive financial assistance to attend and present their session at the 2008 Annual Conference in Chicago!

Who Should Attend:

The Faculty Advising: Collaborating for Success Seminar is designed for teaching faculty, departmental/institutional advising coordinators, advising administrators, academic administrators, and student affairs administrators with responsibility for faculty advising. Participants may choose to come as an individual representative of their campus, or a team approach may be more effective for certain institutions.

Faculty for this seminar

• Kathy Stockwell, Fox Valley Technical College
• Jayne Drake, Temple University
• Marti Hemwall

Topics for consideration

Throughout the seminar, consideration of an overall vision and mission of advising, both on an individual and institutional level, will be woven into the topics below to help participants construct a plan for increased effectiveness of faculty advising at their institution.

• Apply models and theories of advising and organizations to assess the various roles, needs, and issues related to advising on your campus
• Identify key campus stakeholders, campus resources, and specific strategies for strengthening and/or developing faculty advising on your campus
• Specify key informational, conceptual, and relational skills components to be included in the development of your faculty advisors
• Develop recommendations specific to your campus for collaborative on-going assessment of your faculty advisors' strengths and needs for professional development in academic advising
• Deepen understanding of your campus reward/incentive structures and processes that do/do not recognize quality faculty advising
• Develop recommendations for assessment tools based on measurable advisor and student learning outcomes
• Demonstrate renewed enthusiasm for advising
  

Join your colleagues to help advising on your campus be effective in  preparing students for success. Reserve your hotel room now - the block may fill well before the the May 29 deadline. Click here to learn more and to register now!

The Spring 2008 issue of the NACADA Journal is on the press and will start being delivered to mailboxes later this month. Can’t wait for the spring issue? Check out the book reviews featured in the issue where NACADA members critique recent publications applicable to the field of academic advising.

Looking forward to a little downtime after the spring term is over?  Consider reviewing a book for the NACADA Journal . Find available titles posted on the Book Review Website . Reviewers must be current NACADA members; books requested now count for the 07-08 member year.  Reviewers have three months from the receipt of the book to read and write the review. The book becomes the property of the reviewer upon acceptance of the review for publication.

Watch your email boxes for the June edition of Academic Advising Today - coming soon!  Featured articles include:

Supporting Social Justice through Advising by Melissa Lantta (University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh)

Using Strengths-Based Advising to Promote Persistence and Restructure 'One Size Fits All' Advising Models by Tammy Russell (Mount Aloysius College)

Preparing for Action in the Green Mountains by Steven Viveiros (Bridgewater State College)

'Classroom' Advising: Adapting the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) by Lisa Youretz, John Fenelon, and Karen Wrench (Marquette University)

We are currently accepting article and *Sparkler* submissions for the September edition (submission deadline is June 15). If you are interested in sharing your thoughts with your colleagues in this format, check out the Guidelines today!

Narratives are being requested as Exemplary Practices of Integrated Career and Academic Advising Centers for possible inclusion in the upcoming Handbook of Career Advising. The intent is to identify academic and career advising centers (or academic and career planning centers) characterized by an integrated approach to helping students with their academic and career planning. A section of the book will present narratives of the centers selected and is intended to provide readers with exemplary practices of integrated academic and career advising centers. Professionals associated with integrated academic and career advising centers are encouraged to submit narratives of their work and accomplishments for publication consideration in the Handbook of Career Advising.

To nominate a program see the application guidelines. Nominations will be accepted through June 15.

Plan ahead for these upcoming Events in the NACADA Webinar Series:

August 12, 2008 - Save Time and Energy: Utilize Existing Resources for Advisor Training and Development

Presenters: Leigh Cunningham and Marsha Miller, NACADA Executive Office

Registration deadline is August 1.

Learn More

September 18, 2008 - Proactively Planning for a Career in Academic Advising

Presenter: Jennifer Bloom, NACADA President

Registration deadline is September 10.

Learn More

November 6, 2008 - Significant Conversations: The Art and Science of Communication in Transformational Advising

Presenter: Jose Rodriguez (Florida International University)

Registration deadline is October 27.

Learn More

December 12 , 2008 - Infusing Research into Practice: Multiple Pathways to Conducting Research in Advising

Presenters: Joshua Smith (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; NACADA Research Committee Chair) and Wendy Troxel (Illinois State University)

Save the date!  More information coming soon!

Register concurrently for any three Webinars and save $10 off each!

Congratulations to the 2008 award recipients in the NACADA Annual Awards Program. We received many outstanding nominations this year!  These award recipients will be formally honored during the NACADA Annual Conference in Chicago this October. This year's award recipients include the Virginia Gordon, Pacesetter and Service to NACADA Award winners; thirteen Outstanding Advising Award winners, thirty-three Outstanding Advising Certificates of Merit; eight Outstanding New Advisor Award winners, fourteen Outstanding New Advisor Certificates of Merit, three Outstanding Program Award winners, seven Outstanding Program Certificates of Merit, two Advising Technology Innovation Award winners, one Advising Technology Innovation Certificates of Merit, two Summer Institute Scholarships, three NACADA Scholarships, and one Student Research Award winner.

Links to listings of all award recipients can be found here.

NACADA will recognize the service and dedication that Retirees have contributed to the field of advising during our Annual Conference in Chicago this fall. Retiree recognition forms are available on our Website. If you know an advising colleague who retired during the past academic year or has plans to retire during the upcoming academic year, please complete the recognition form and submit it to the NACADA Executive Office by June 2.

Please join us in congratulating the newest members of the NACADA Leadership! 

These newly appointed leaders will begin their 2008-2010 terms at the conclusion of the Annual Conference in Chicago this fall:

Jennifer Joslin has been appointed as Commission & Interest Group Division Representative (2008-2010) and will also serve as a member of the NACADA Council.  Jennifer will succeed Kathy Stockwell and work with Victor Macaruso, elected CIG Division Representative, to lead that division. Jennifer is the Senior Associate Director of Enrollment Services at the University of Iowa, and can be reached at jennifer-joslin@uiowa.edu, (319) 353-5700. Jennifer currently serves as Chair of the LGBTA Concerns Commission.

Remy Sotto has been appointed as Summer Institute Advisory Board Chair (2008-2010) and will succeed Rich Robbins. Remy is a Counselor at Pima Community College-West in Tucson, Ariz., and can be reached at rsotto@pima.edu, (520) 206-6718.

Stacy Woycheck has been appointed as Annual Conference Advisory Board Chair (2008-2010) and will succeed Betsy McCalla-Wriggins. Stacy is the Director of New Student Programs for the College of Chemistry & Life Science at the University of Maryland in College Park and can be reached at woycheck@umd.edu, (301) 405-3086.

Laura Mooney has been appointed as Academic Advising Consultants & Speakers Service Advisory Board Chair (2008-2010) and will succeed Celeste Pardee.  Laura is the Academic Advising Manager for the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale and can be reached at lmooney@huizenga.nova.edu, (954) 262-5144.

Jayne Drake has been re-appointed as Video/DVD Advisory Board Chair (2008-2010) for another term. Jayne is the Vice Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Liberal Arts at Temple University in Philadelphia and can be reached at jayne.drake@temple.edu, (215) 204-4699. Jayne currently serves on the NACADA Board of Directors and is incoming Vice President.

Maura Reynolds has been re-appointed as Publications Advisory Board Chair (2008-2010) for another term. Maura is the Director of Academic Advising at Hope College in Holland, Mich., and can be reached at mreynolds@hope.edu, (616) 395-7760.

Congratulations also go out to Rich Robbins and Leigh Shaffer who have been appointed to serve as the next NACADA Journal Editors for 2009-2012 terms, succeeding Terry Kuhn and Gary Padak who currently are serving 2006-2009 terms.  These newly appointed Journal Editors will begin their terms at the conclusion of the Annual Conference in San Antonio next fall:

Rich Robbins is the Director of Engineering Advising at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. and can be reached at rlr43@cornell.edu, (607) 255-7082. Rich currently serves on the NACADA Board of Directors (2006-2009) and as Summer Institute Advisory Board Chair (2006-2008).

Leigh Shaffer is Professor of Sociology at West Chester University of Pennsylvania in West Chester and can be reached at lshaffer@wcupa.edu, (610) 436-2248. Leigh currently serves on the Journal Editorial Board (2006-2009).

Kansas State University in partnership with NACADA has offered for four years a Graduate Certificate in Academic Advising online. Now in addition to the Graduate Certificate, KSU is offering an online Master of Science in Academic Advising degree.

You still have time to apply and register for classes now for the Spring semester! Visit http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/GradPrograms/index.htm for more information!