2004 ELECTION INFORMATION

Information is available on the 2004 NACADA Leadership elections at the web site below, including the complete slate of candidates for the positions to be elected next year.  Candidate platform statements are linked to their names on the candidate list for your review.  Additional details on the 2004 elections and online voting procedures will be sent to members and will also soon be available at the web site below.

http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Election/index.htm

NOTE: Only those individuals whose NACADA membership is current and paid in full as of January 5, 2004, will be eligible to vote in the 2004 elections.  If you know of an individual whose membership expired on September 1, 2003, and has not yet been renewed, please encourage her/him to renew it by January 5, 2004, to secure voting privileges for NACADA's future leadership.

2004 AWARDS CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

The 2004 Call for Awards Nominations, including nomination criteria, deadlines and forms, is now available online at http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Awards/AwardsCall.htm.   A postcard was recently mailed to NACADA members with basic information regarding the 2004 Awards Call for Nominations.  Please note that the printed booklets with nomination information and forms are no longer being mailed to members.  All information and nomination/application forms can be accessed at the web site above.

A new award, called the "New Advisor Award", is being introduced with the 2004 Awards program.  The criteria for this award are very similar to the current Outstanding Advising awards, with the added stipulation that this award is for individuals who have served in advising roles for three (3) or fewer years.  There are two sub-categories for this new award -- Primary Role and Faculty Advising.  Additional details for this new award are available at http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Awards/Outstanding_NewAdvisor.htm.

Another change is the addition of two sub-categories for the Electronic Publication Awards--web sites and CDs/other.   Additional details for these new sub-categories are available at http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Awards/E_Publication.htm.

NEW MONOGRAPHS FOR YOU

Is training and development a major issue for your campus?  Are you trying to implement quality, effective, and enjoyable training programs for your advisors? If so, the new NACADA monograph Advisor Training: Exemplary Practices in the Development of Advisor Skills can provide you with the essential information you need in developing an advising training program, as well as a compendium of exemplary programs at institutions across the country.

For more information and to order, go to http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Monographs/index.htm#train.

Are advising issues at small colleges and with faculty-based advising programs important to you? Do you need information or strategies for enhancing your advising program at such institutions? If so, the new NACADA monograph Advising and Learning:  Academic Advising from the Perspective of Small Colleges and Universities is a must for your professional and departmental library.   Authors with expertise and vast experiences address the important issues for you in this excellent resource.

For more information and to order, go to http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Monographs/index.htm#small.

NEW PEER ADVISING & MENTORING INTEREST GROUP ESTABLISHED

A new Interest Group for "Peer Advising and Mentoring" has now been established.  Heidi Koring, Lynn Freeman, and Susan Campbell are spearheading the organization of this new interest group and will serve as co-chairs.  A web page has been created for this group at http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/InterestGroups/C37/index.htm, and it will be updated as new information becomes available.

If you are interested in becoming involved and helping to establish the new Peer Advising and Mentoring Interest Group, please contact Heidi (koring@lynchburg.edu), Lynn (freemanl@uwosh.edu) or Susan (scamp@usm.maine.edu).

If you would like to change your current interest group selections to include this new interest group, please contact NACADA at nacada@ksu.edu.

CLEARINGHOUSE

Featured this month in the Clearinghouse:  Publishing Educational Research: Guidelines and Tips at http://www.aera.net/epubs/howtopub/intro.htm.   Compiled by the American Educational Research Association, these tips can help launch your publishing career.

NACADA JOURNAL

Have you recently completed a research study?  Submit your findings to the NACADA Journal. The NACADA Journal  publishes articles based upon quantitative, qualitative, historical, philosophical/theoretical, or descriptive research methodologies.   Find NACADA Journal guidelines at http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Journal/journal_guidelines.htm.  

2004 NATIONAL CONFERENCE

The Call for Proposals for the October, 2004 National Conference on Academic Advising in Cincinnati was mailed to all current members in late November.  Proposals can be submitted online at http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/2004proposals.   The proposal deadline is February 9, 2004.   We earnestly encourage novice as well as experienced presenters.   Advisors, administrators, faculty, counselors, career development specialists, researchers, graduate students-we want to hear from you!   If you have theories, techniques, ideas, or practices to share that address higher education's academic advising needs or promote the advising profession's role in enhancing student learning and development, please consider submitting a proposal.