NACADA Highlights - October 2006
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NACADA Deadlines
- Special populations monograph
Exemplary Practice submissions due October
30 [more]
- 2007
NACADA Research Grant proposal deadline
November 1
- funding up to $5000
available! [more]
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Participate in the Election
Process! 2007 Leadership Nominations
due November
3
[more]
NACADA Professional Development Events
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It's not too late to join the over 2,400 who have already
registered for Annual Conference 2006
[more]
- $SAVE
on new Publications at the Conference
- Foundations of Academic Advising CD2 - Academic
Advising Delivery Models [more]
- What is Academic Advising? Pocket
Guide [more]
- Commission and Interest Group Activities in Indianapolis
[more]
- Regions to meet in Indianapolis [more]
- Get
acquainted with your Association Officers at the Conference
[more]
- NACADA's first Webinar - Advising
as Teaching with Nancy King
- a tremendous success! [more]
- Academic Advising
Syllabus: Advising As Teaching in Action Webinar
(live event broadcast over the Internet) will be presented
December 12, 2006. Plan now to secure
your participation! [more]
- Winter
Professional Development Events in San Antonio, TX
[more]
- Accountability
in Academic Advising: Data-Driven Decision Making
to Promote Institutional Change Seminar,
January 25-26
- Academic Advising
Administrators' Institute, January 28-30
- Assessment of Academic
Advising Institute, January 31-February 2
- Mark your Calendars now for
Spring 2007 Regional Conferences [more]
- Effectively Engaging
Faculty in Academic Advising Seminar: Date
has been set for June 21-22, Burlington, VT. More details
to be announced soon!
- Academic Advising Summer
Institutes 2007 - more details to be announced
soon!
- June 24-29, Burlington, VT
- July 29-Aug 3 location to be announced
NACADA
Resources and Publications
- Academic
Advising Today making plans for the February
edition [more]
-
Clearinghouse of Academic Advising Resources
features "Causes
and Implications of Parental Involvement in the Advising
Process"
[more]
- Take
a Sneak Peak at the Fall 2006 edition of the NACADA
Journal [more]
Association
Governance
-
New Leadership to take Office following
the National Conference [more]
Other
NACADA Information
- NACADA Advising Award
and Graduate Certificate recipients honored
in The Chronicle of Higher Education [more]
- Graduate
Certificate in Academic Advising to be expanded into On-line
Master's Degree with
an emphasis in Academic Advising
[more]
Opportunities for NACADA Members from
Other Sources
- CAS
announces release of CAS Professional Standards
for Higher Education, 6th edition [more]
- National
Symposium on "CAS Standards, Self-Assessment,
and Student Learning Outcomes in Higher Education,"
November 12-14, 2006, at the Hotel Hilton, Crystal City
[more]
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NACADA Annual Conference 2006 |
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It's
not too late to register
and join over 2,400 advising colleagues later this month
in Indianapolis for our best Annual Conference
ever! You can still fax a registration form, available
here.
The site also has hints for first-time attendees, the entire
Conference Program with over 300 session abstracts, and
an interactive schedule planner.
Hotel
availability
is at a premium. Check the above link for current choices.
There is also information if you are interested in sharing
hotel accommodations.
The Conference
Program is now online at the above link.
It contains detailed daily event schedules, an exhibitor
list, floor plans of the meeting space in the Westin Hotel
and Convention Center and abstracts of over 300 individual
presentations .
A
good way to get involved and meet new people is to volunteer
for a couple of hours at the Conference. It doesn't
have to be an all-day commitment. Contact Larry
Ottinger, Ball State University, lottinge@bsu.edu
.
Presenters:
Don't forget to send your handouts
to us to post on the web. Find details here.
Additional
Pre-conference Workshop now available:
P35--
STOMP: On-line "Edu-tainment" Modules Focused
on Student Learning Outcomes for Campus-wide Advising Practice.
Go
to page 32 of the online conference
brochure for a description of this session (it
is not listed in the printed brochure received by mail).
Discounted
tickets are available
to the NBA basketball
game:
Indiana Pacers vs. Charlotte Bobcats, Thursday
October 19 at 7PM at Conseco Fieldhouse-a 5-10 minute walk
from the convention center.
Optional
Tours: The
Indianapolis Indeed! City Tour needs a few more people to
assure it is offered. Sign up in the next week if you're
interested. The Brown County & Oliver Winery Tour has
met its minimum, but there are spaces available. Details
here.
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New Publications for Sale or Order at Conference or Online |
| Stop by the
NACADA Booth in Indianapolis to review our latest publication
offerings. |
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Foundations
of Academic Advising - CD Series
CD2 - Academic Advising Delivery Models
"Organizational
structure is the framework for delivering advising services
to students. As such, it is one of the important building
blocks for an effective advising program, regardless of
whether the program is defined at the department, college,
campus, or institutional level" (Pardee, 2004). This CD,
which builds on the groundwork laid in CD1 What is Academic
Advising?, explains the seven most widely used advising
delivery models (self-contained, faculty only,
satellite, total intake, dual, split, supplementary) and
discusses why they are an important consideration when assessing,
evaluating or re-evaluating any advising system.
Order
Number: DCD01B
Member Price: $50
Nonmember Price: $65
Click here
for the order form |
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What
is Academic Advising? Pocket Guide
A
new Pocket Guide has been developed from
the content of the Foundations in Academic Advising
CD1 - What is Academic Advising?
This Pocket Guide contains information from each of the
modules of CD1. The Table of Contents is listed below.
- The History and Definitions
of Academic Advising
- The Process and Content of Academic
Advising
- The Pedagogy and Outcomes of
Academic Advising
- Understanding Advising on Your
Campus
Whether
an accompaniment to the CD or a stand alone publication,
the Pocket Guide is a great resource for
an introduction to or a refresher on the basics of academic
advising, especially for new professionals, faculty advisors,
and administrators. Priced to encourage campus-wide
distribution.
Pages: 32
Order Number: PG01
Price: $5
Click here for
the order form |
Coming
soon - Orders will be taken at the Annual Conference in
Indianapolis.
Academic
Advising: New Insights for Teaching and Learning in the
First Year
Mary
Stuart Hunter, Betsy McCalla-Wriggins, & Eric R. White,
Editors
A
joint publication of the National Resource Center
for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition
and the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA)
This
new monograph challenges readers to embrace
the tremendous potential that academic advising has for
educating today's college students and adds significantly
to the engaging dialogue on advising as teaching. Chapter
authors explore the advising as teaching and learning paradigm,
examine current student demographics, and address learning
patterns, self-assessment, and technology as key components
of advising. Chapters also explore academic advising before
enrollment and beyond the advising office, as well as the
critical issue of advising assessment. The needs of diverse
populations of first-year students are also addressed. |
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Commission and Interest Group Activities In Indianapolis |
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Annual Conference will be an excellent opportunity for you
to collaborate with Commission and Interest Group members.
- Join us for the Commission
and Interest Group Fair on Thursday
morning, October 19, 7:30-8:30 a.m. Visit
the various tables and converse with the Chairs and members
of the Commissions and Interest Groups.
- Annual
Commission and Interest Group Meetings
are scheduled throughout the Conference. Check your program
for those meetings of interest to you, or visit the schedule
on the web.
- Learn what is going on in
the Commissions and Interest Groups—projects,
activities, new initiatives!
- Volunteer to help with activities
or serve on a committee within a Commission or Interest
Group.
- Consider running for leadership
positions within the Commissions.
- Service to Commission Awards
are given by some of the Commissions - investigate
and nominate a fellow Commission member!
- Attend the initial meeting
of one of the potential
interest groups trying to get established.
- Attend one of the "Hot
Topics" sessions presented by Commissions
and Interest Groups during the last hour of the Conference
on Saturday, October 21. Check your conference
program for the specific meeting room for each session.
- Commission-sponsored
presentations are scheduled throughout
the Conference. Check your program for these highlighted
sessions. Here's your chance to see some excellent presentations!
- Congratulate
the Commission and Interest Group members
who have received NACADA
advising awards! (Visit the websites below
-- click on "Awards" link in the left column for a specific
Commission or Interest group.)
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| Regions
to meet in Indianapolis |
Region
Chairs and Steering Committees
invite you to participant in your Region Meeting at the
Annual Conference at 4:30
p.m. on Thursday,
October 19th. We will discuss issues and
resources important to your Region, Region initiatives,
past and future professional development events, and volunteer
opportunities. It's a great way to get to know others
from your Region!
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| Meet
the 2006-2007 NACADA Board of Directors |
| Your
Association Officers look forward to having
an opportunity to get acquainted with you in Indianapolis.
Step up and introduce yourself! |
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Susan
Campbell, President, 2006-2007 -
Associate
Vice-President for Academic Affairs at the University of
Southern Maine. Publications include the NACADA Guide
to Assessment in Academic Advising (2005), co-editor
of the 2005 NACADA Monograph, Peer Advising: Intentional
Connections to Support Student Learning, and contributing
author to The Distance Learner's Guide (1999 and
2004) published by Prentice-Hall. Recipient of the 2004
Service to NACADA Award and the 2005 Virginia N. Gordon
Award for Excellence in Academic Advising. Currently
serves NACADA as the chair of the Assessment Institute Advisory
Board and co-chair of the Peer Advising and Mentoring Interest
Group. Served as Region 1 Chair 2003-2005, and has
served as Chair of the Advising Administrators' Institute
Advisory Board, facilitator and presenter at the Administrators'
Institutes, faculty member at the Academic Advising Summer
Institute. Has served on NACADA's Professional Development
Committee, chaired the Advising Administration Commission,
and served as a member of the Advising Technology Task Force.
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Nancy
Walburn, Vice President, 2006-2007 - Director
of the Division of General Studies, The University of Alabama
at Birmingham. Administers the primary components within the
division, including the advising unit serving over 3000 students
each year with undeclared majors, pre-nursing majors and the
pre-health health professions advising program. Chairs the
University Committee on Academic Advising. Has served NACADA
as Region 4 Chair, Chair of the Health Professions Advising
Interest Group, Program Chairman for the 2002 National Conference
and on the Board of Directors since 2004. Has been a member
for 20 years. |
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Jennifer
Bloom, Board Member - Associate
Dean for Student Affairs and the Medical Scholars Program,
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign
and Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Educational
Organization & Leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Responsible for 300 medical and MD/PhD students. Teaches a
graduate-level class on Academic Advising for Higher Education
Administration students. Has served NACADA as the Chair of
both the Advising Graduate and Professional Students Commission
and the Member Career Services Committee in addition to serving
on a number of different committees and task forces. NACADA
Member since 1990. |
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Phil
Christman, Board Member - Director
of Advising & Testing at Malone College in Canton, OH
for 17 years, where he personalized the registration of new
students, whereby new students and parents sit down one-on-one
with an advisor to register for their entire first year. Chair
of the Liberal Arts Major, in charge of faculty advisor training,
coordinates the post-secondary enrollment options program
for high school seniors wishing to enter Malone. Hs
been involved in NACADA at multiple levels, as a presenter,
former Chair of the Small Colleges & Universities Commission,
Nominations & Election Committee, Strategic Planning Committee,
Organizational Structure Task Force, National Awards Committee,
Academic Advising Administrator's Committee, and Secretary
of the Board. |
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Jo
Anne Huber, Board Member - Senior Academic
Advisor, The University of Texas at Austin. Responsible for
Undergraduate Advising Center for the Department of Government
in the College of Liberal Arts. The Center employs four academic
advisors and serves over 2,000 majors. Serves on various committees
throughout the College and University. Member of NACADA since
1989. Several leadership positions including South Central
Regional Chair, Awards & Scholarship chair, Vice President
and most recently, President, 2005-2006.
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Jane
Jacobson, Board Member - Co-Director of Academic
and Career Services, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,
Iowa State University. Directs advising center for open option
and pre-professional students (10 advisers, 5 staff, 1300
students) on the Iowa State campus. Currently co-chair of
the University Academic Advising Committee. Involved with
orientation, learning communities, academic probation, first-year
experience initiatives on campus. Has served NACADA as Region
6 Chair, member of the Reorganization Task Force, member of
numerous committees, and Vice-President 2005-2006. NACADA
member since 1983. |
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Terry
Musser, Board Member - Sr.
Undergraduate Studies Adviser and Coordinator of FTCAP Operations,
Penn State University. Advises undecided students and coordinates
the First Year Testing, Counseling and Advising Program in
the Division of Undergraduate Studies. Member of NACADA since
1992, served at Regional 2 Representative, Regional Division
Chair, Council member, and member of the Diversity Committee.
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Rich
Robbins, Board Member - Director
of Engineering Advising, Cornell University. Administers
the College's Advising program and provides overall leadership
and guidance in the advising and counseling of undergraduate
students in the College of Engineering, with special emphasis
on freshmen and sophomores. Serves as co-chair for the
College of Engineering's Student Experience Committee and
Academic Standards Committee, as well as co-chair for the
campus-wide Professional Academic Advising Leaders group and
as a member of Cornell's First-Year Experience Committee,
All Campus Orientation Committee, and Mental Health Research
Group. Has served NACADA as the Chair of the NACADA
Research Committee, as a member of the Editorial Board for
the NACADA Journal, a member of the NACADA Consultants'
Bureau, and as the elected NACADA Administrative Division
Representative and member of the NACADA Council. Was
a facilitator at the first two NACADA Administrators' Institutes,
co-chaired the first NACADA Assessment Seminar in 2004, and
served as a facilitator at the 2005 and 2006 Assessment Institutes.
In 2004, served as editor for the NACADA monograph Giving
Advice to Students: A Road Map for College Professionals,
and is a co-author of the 2005 NACADA CD Guide to Assessment
in Academic Advising. In addition, has been a member
of numerous other NACADA task forces, advisory boards, and
committees. NACADA Member since 1996. |
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Casey
Self, Board Member - Executive Director, University
College Academic Advising at Arizona State University. Responsible
for providing overall leadership for: academic advising programs
for 5000 exploratory students, ASU academic advising training
& professional development, ASU transfer center, and downtown
campus student success center. NACADA involvement has included:
Commission Chair (2000-2002), Commission & Interest Group
Division elected representative (2002-2005), NACADA Council
(2002-2005), Summer Institute Advisory Board & faculty
member, and Membership Committee Chair (2005-2006). Member
since 1994.
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Bobbie
Flaherty, NACADA Executive Director, Executive
Office, Kansas State University |
December Webinar |
| Academic
Advising Syllabus: Advising As Teaching in Action Webinar
Don't
miss this live online event, which will
be broadcast over the Internet on December
12, 2006. Participation is limited
by our service provider to the first 100
Registrants, so secure your funding today
and be ready when registration opens on
November 1st.
This virtual
seminar may be viewed by individuals on their desktop/laptop
computers or by groups in conference room settings using
computer projection technology. It is an excellent opportunity
to engage all advising personnel, including faculty and
administrators, in examining this practical application
of advising as teaching by arranging a group presentation
and following it up with a discussion session.
Participants
will learn:
- how an advising syllabus creates
a culture of "advising as teaching" on campus
- how an advising syllabus provides
an avenue for articulating student learning outcomes for
academic advising
- how an advising syllabus is
developed
- how an advising syllabus
can be implemented on a campus
Click here
to learn more!
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Winter
Professional Development Events in San Antonio, TX |
| 2007
Spring Regional Conferences |
| NACADA
2006 Awards in The Chronicle |
| To honor the achievements of those
who won 2006 NACADA Awards and to those who
completed the NACADA / K-State Graduate Certificate
in Academic Advising Program from August 2005-August
2006, an ad was placed in the September 29, 2006, issue of
The Chronicle of Higher Education (page A-37).
Congratulations to all and thank you for your work toward
improving student success through academic advising! |
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We are currently reviewing manuscripts for the December
edition of NACADA's quarterly e-Publication, Academic
Advising Today, and among those accepted for
publication are:
Web-Based
Instructional Models: Application to Advising
by Anita Carter
(Wayne State University)
Advisors'
Role in Enrollment Management by Darren
Francis (University College of the Fraser
Valley)
Peers
Helping Peers: First Year Students Speak by Heidi
Koring (Lynchburg College)
We are also accepting
article and *Sparkler*
submissions for possible publication in the February edition
(submission deadline October 15). If you are interested
in sharing your thoughts with your colleagues in this format,
check out the Guidelines today!
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Exemplary Practices in Advising Special Populations
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Does
your campus have an exemplary
program for advising special
student populations? Now is the time
to be recognized!
NACADA
has begun work on a monograph that will focus on the advising
needs of special populations. Populations to be including
in this monograph are:
•
Advising across cultures (multicultural
advising)
•
Adult Learners
•
Two-Year college students
•
Underprepared/developmental
students
•
Student Athletes
•
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender
(LGBT) students
•
Students on academic sanction
(probation, suspension, dismissal, etc.)
•
Undecided/Undeclared/Deciding
students
This
monograph, to be published in fall of 2007, will be edited
by Peggy Jordan
(Oklahoma City Community
College) and Linda
Huff (West
Chester University).
Peggy, Linda, and a review team made up of NACADA members
with expertise in the fields listed are busy planning for
this publication.
Your
assistance is needed to identify exemplary programs in advising
each special population group listed above for possible
inclusion in the monograph. To nominate a
program see the application guidelines.
Nominations will be accepted through October
30, 2006.
Email
questions to Marsha
Miller. Additionally, the monograph Editors
would like to meet anyone interested in nominating an advising
program during the Annual Conference in Indianapolis. If
you plan to nominate and program and will be attending the
Conference, please plan to attend an informal meeting with
the Editors on Wednesday,
October 18 at 5:15
PM in the Westin Hotel Boardroom
(3rd floor).
This is
a wonderful opportunity to gain recognition for your efforts
in advising special student populations. The Editors encourage
you to nominate a program!
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| Research
Grant funds available for 2007 |
The
NACADA Research Committee announces a Request
For Proposals (RFP) for NACADA grants that support advising
research. Grants up to five
thousand dollars ($5,000) are available
to support a single-year proposal. Practicing professionals
(administrators and faculty), as well as graduate students
seeking support for dissertation research, are eligible.
The Research Committee
has two deadlines for 2007 funding proposals: November
1, 2006 or March
15, 2007. Click here for
information regarding research grants.
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The NACADA Journal is
currently at press and should be coming your way in November!
Want a Sneak Peak at the Fall 2006 edition?
Find the Table
of Contents for articles and the full text
of book
reviews on the Journal
website.
The Journal
encourages you check the book
reviews before purchasing materials; here you
will find member's thoughts on the latest publications in
the field of academic advising. Also featured in the
book review section is a review by Maura
Reynolds (Hope College) of the book Student
Success in College: Creating conditions that matter.
George
Kuh, keynote speaker at the Annual
Conference in Indianapolis, is the lead author
of this text. Get a jump start on the Conference and
read the NACADA member review of this timely text!
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| New
Leadership to take Office following the National Conference |
| Following
the Annual Conference in Indianapolis, the newly elected
NACADA Leadership
will take office for the 2006-2007 term.
For a complete directory of NACADA's leadership, visit the
web.
Susan
Campbell (University
of Southern Maine) will serve as NACADA's President
for the next year, while Nancy
Walburn (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
takes over as Vice President.
Terry
Musser (Penn State University), Rich
Robbins (Cornell University), and Casey
Self (Arizona State University) join the
Board of Directors
for the 2006-2009 term. Along with Susan Campbell
and Nancy Walburn, the other continuing members of the Board
include Jo Anne Huber
(University of Texas at Austin), Jane
Jacobson (Iowa State University), Jennifer
Bloom (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign),
and Phil Christman (Malone
College). (Meet
the 2006-2007 Board of Directors.)
The
Regional Division
welcomes Glenn Kepic,
as the newly elected Division
Representative, joining
George Steele
as the current appointed
Division Representative.
The incoming Region
Chairs include Sandra
Waters (Region 2), Kyle
Ellis (Region 4), Kimberly
Halbur (Region 6), Karen
Sullivan-Vance (Region 8) and John
Mortensen (Region 10). These new Chairs
will join the continuing Chairs:
Gail Stepina (Region 1), Karen
Thurmond (Region 3), Dan
King (Region 5), Terri
Blevins (Region 7) and Selma
Reed (Region 9).
The
new leadership within the Administrative
Division includes Ruth
Hussey as the elected
Division Representative, with Jayne
Drake continuing as appointed
Division Representative.
The new Committee Chairs
include Jermaine Williams
(Membership), Albert Matheny
(Professional Development), Katie
Davis (Member Career Services), Lynn
O'Sickey (Finance), and Joshua
Smith (Research), who join continuing Chairs
Rob Mossack
(Awards) and Skip Crownhart
(Diversity).
Serving
the Commission and Interest
Group Division will be Kathy
Stockwell, the incoming appointed
Division Representative, who will
be joined by Jill Johnson,
the continuing elected Division
Representative. The
newly elected Commission Chairs
are listed below, followed by those Commission Chairs
continuing in these roles. New and continuing Interest
Group Chairs are also listed below.
Incoming
Commission Chairs: Joyce
Howland (Advising Students with Disabilities);
Jess Ray
(Advising Transfer Students); Naomi
Wright (Assessment of Advising); Peg
Steele (Engineering and Science Advising);
Rhonda Sprague
(Faculty Advising); Jennifer
Joslin (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered
& Allies Concerns); Kris
Rugsaken (Multicultural Concerns); Julie
Stockenberg (Small Colleges and Universities);
and, David Spight
(Undecided and Exploratory Students).
Continuing
Commission Chairs: Cindy
Iten (Advising Administration);
Teri Farr (Advising Adult Learners);
Bill Johnson (Advising Business Majors);
Lee Kem (Advising Education Majors);
Kati Markowitz (Advising Graduate &
Professional Students); Kathy Davis (Advisor
Training & Development); Janice Robinson
(Advising Student Athletes); Aura Rios Erickson
(ESL & International Student Advising); Tim
Moore (Liberal Arts Advisors); Renee
Babcock (Technology in Advising); and, Peggy
Jordan (Two-Year Colleges).
Incoming
Interest Group Chairs: Wendy
Rohleder-Sook (Pre-Law Advising); and
Chris Maroldo
(Probation, Dismissal, and Reinstatement Issues).
Continuing
Interest Group Chairs: Mutlu Citim-Kepic
(Advising Fine Arts Students); Marion Schwartz
& Iona Black (Advising High Achieving Students);
Natasha Buis (Canada); Bobbi
Thomas (Distance Education Advising); Ila
Schauer & Joe Murray (First-Generation College
Student Advising); Ruby Mason (Health
Professions Advising); Dennis Bothel
(High School to College Advising); Adrienne Thunder
& Iona Black (Native American & Tribal
College); Nathan Vickers (New Advising
Professionals); Heidi Koring, Lynn Freeman &
Susan Campbell (Peer Advising & Mentoring);
Jodi Malmgren (Study Abroad Advising);
and Peter Hagen (Theory & Philosophy
of Advising).
Continuing
Potential Interest Group Chairs: Adam Sikula
(Advising Public & Urban Affairs Majors); Scott
Amundsen (Appreciative Advising); and Myla
Rugge (Large Universities).
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| 2007
Leadership Elections -- Nominations due November 3 |
| Nominations
for the 2007 NACADA Leadership elections
are due to the Executive Office by
Friday, November 3, 2006.
Election
information and printed nomination forms will be available
in the NACADA booth in the Exhibits area at the Annual Conference
in Indianapolis, at the Commission & Interest Group
Fair, and in the back of the Conference program. Information
is also available online
for these elections, including the positions
to be elected, eligibility
criteria, overviews
of position responsibilities, and an online
nomination form. Nomination forms can be submitted
electronically, at the Conference, or by fax or mail.
If you have
questions, or would like to inquire as to your eligibility
for a particular position or that of a colleague whom you
wish to nominate for a position, please contact the NACADA
Executive Office at (785) 532-5717 or e-mail
us. Your
participation is encouraged in the nomination process for
these Leadership positions! |
| NACADA's
first Webinar a great success! |
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The Executive Office is delighted
to report that NACADA's first-ever venture into the virtual
world of web-casting
proved tremendously successful! Thanks to Nancy
King for sharing helpful information on
Advising as Teaching to over 100
campus across the United States and in Canada.
Click here
to read comments from some of the participants and to keep
abreast of plans for availability of the archived
edition. |
| On-line
Masters Degree with emphasis in Academic Advising |
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K-State Online,
the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology,
and the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA)
have received a multitude of inquiries from individuals
interested in pursuing an On-line Master's Degree
with an emphasis in Academic Advising. Faculty
members in the Department of Counseling and Educational
Psychology are currently preparing a proposal for a 30-credit
hour master's degree program. The official title of the
degree will be Counseling
and Student Development with an emphasis in Academic Advising.
At this point, K-State plans to offer two options within
the program: administration of academic advising
or academic advising with intercollegiate athletes.
Students
who have completed K-State's
Graduate Certificate in Academic Advising
and who wish to apply for the 30-hour master's degree can
apply on-line at any time for the master's degree in Counseling
and Student Development. They may also enroll in
EDCEP 816 Research Methods through K-State's
Division of Continuing Education. EDCEP 816 is one of the
courses that will be included in the master's degree program.
Other courses should begin on-line in fall 2007.
Students
who wish to enroll in the 30-hour master's degree, but who
have not yet applied for the 15-hour Graduate
Certificate in Academic Advising, should apply
now for the Graduate Certificate and begin taking course
work in spring 2007. All 15 hours of the Graduate Certificate
will count toward the master's degree.
If
you have any questions about the Graduate Certificate or
the Master's Degree in Counseling and Student Development,
please contact Steve Benton, Professor
and Chair, Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology.
Phone: 785-532-5784. E-mail: leroy@ksu.edu.
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| CAS
announces release of CAS Professional Standards
for Higher Education, 6th edition |
CAS
has announced that its CAS Professional Standards
for Higher Education, 6th Edition, has been
released. The book introduces five new functional areas
of standards and guidelines for: College Honor Societies,
Education Abroad Programs, Service-Learning Programs, Internship
Programs, and College Health Promotions. The Book now holds
35 functional area standards and guidelines. Nine (9) of
those 35 functional area standards and guidelines have been
revised and were unanimously approved by the CAS Board of
Directors .
The
"CAS Statement of Shared Ethical Principles" and "CAS Characteristics
of Individual Excellence" are included in the 6th edition.
In
addition to the CAS Professional Standards for
Higher Education, CAS has also published Frameworks
for Assessing Learning and Development Outcomes
(FALDOs.) The FALDOs give definition to the 16 student
learning domains, review relevant research, and provide
the practitioner with examples of research questions and
concomitant research instruments for conducting assessment
activities.
Version
3.0 of the CD that contains all 35 Self-Assessment Guides
(SAGs) has been released. Other information on the CD includes:
an e-learning course about how to conduct self-assessment,
a Power Point presentation that can be used to give an overview
of CAS and the assessment process, and links to the CAS
website and CAS Executive Director.
For
more information, contact: Phyllis Mable,
CAS Executive Director, (202) 862-1400 or PhyllisMable@aol.com.
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| National
Symposium on "CAS Standards, Self-Assessment,
and Student Learning Outcomes in Higher Education" |
CAS
has announced that it will hold a National Symposium on
"CAS Standards, Self-Assessment, and Student
Learning Outcomes in Higher Education," November
12-14, 2006, at the Hotel Hilton, Crystal City. The goal
of the national symposium is to strengthen the higher education
community's understanding of the CAS standards and guidelines.
In
addition to a pre-workshop on learning about "CAS Basics,"
nationally recognized speakers, and round table discussions,
four "hands on" learning opportunities will be
offered during the symposium:
- Connecting
Functional Areas to Student Learning Outcomes
-
FALDOs: Setting the Foundation for Imagining the Future
-
Preparing for Institutional Accreditation
- Creating
a Culture for Assessment
Keynote
speakers for the conference are: Judith Eaton,
President of CHEA, Susan Komives, Associate
Professor at University of Maryland, College Park, and Richard
Keeling, President, Keeling and Associates.
For
more information, contact: Phyllis Mable,
CAS Executive Director, (202) 862-1400 or PhyllisMable@aol.com.
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