• NACADA DEADLINES
  • National Conference Presentation Proposals - February 8, 2005
  • Voting for NACADA Leadership - February 11, 2005 (by 9:00 a.m. CT)
  • Membership Expiration Date for Some Members - March 1, 2005
  • 2005 Award Nominations - March 7, 2005
    
    
• NACADA EVENTS
  • 2005 NACADA Spring Regional Conferences
  • 2005 NACADA Summer Institutes
  • 2005 National Conference on Academic Advising
    
    
• NACADA RESOURCES AND PUBLICATIONS
  • Results from Various NACADA Member Surveys Available!
  • Help Make Research History - Take Part in a Study of Students Who Change Majors!
  • Featured This Month in the Clearinghouse... What Can I Do with a Major in...?
  • Book Reviews
  • New Advising Administrator "Tips" Web Page
  • NEW Transfer Monograph - Advising Transfer Students: Issues & Strategies
    
    
• ASSOCIATION GOVERNANCE
  • Vote in 2005 Leadership Elections by February 11, 2005
  • Change in Chair for Study Abroad Advising Interest Group
  • New Interest Group to be Established
  • Executive Office Reorganization
    
    
• OTHER
  • 2005 Awards Call for Nominations
  • New list serve for Peer Advising and Mentoring Interest Group
  • Your NACADA Membership May Expire Soon!

PRESENTATION PROPOSAL DEADLINE - FEBRUARY 8, 2005: It's time to hold 'em or fold 'em! Play a winning hand by submitting a proposal-you might just hit the jackpot! Don't gamble on missing the deadline-submit now. You can improve your odds for proposal acceptance by first reading the tips for writing an effective proposal. Novice as well as veteran presenters are encouraged to submit.

HOTEL RESERVATION AND CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORMS NOW AVAILABLE: Visit If you are interested in sharing hotel accommodations to stretch your travel budget, you can register at that site as well.

Take advantage of NACADA conferences near you, or fly off to another great part of the U.S. or Canada to meet new friends and colleagues.

For the most complete consideration of advising available, you and/or your team should meet in either St. Paul, MN, or Colorado Springs, CO, at this year's week-long Summer Institutes. Developing strong networks among colleagues at the Institutes will be only one of the benefits to you, your team, and your program. Expert faculty will share pertinent information in a variety of ways - through general sessions, workshops, topical sessions, and small group discussions. You can't afford to miss this chance to make a difference at your institution through the knowledge you will gain.

Each year NACADA sponsors several member surveys that help better meet your needs. The last survey, sponsored by the Publications Advisory Board, queried members regarding their publication needs. Find results of this and member surveys on assessment of advising, perceptions of group dynamics in the workplace, and other survey topics in the Clearinghouse at http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Clearinghouse/Research_Related/Survey/index.htm.

The Commission on Undecided and Exploratory Students (CUES) is sponsoring an institution-based survey regarding undergraduate students who change majors -- an area that has not been studied on a national basis in over 15 years. On February 14th one NACADA member from each of over 1500 regionally accredited U.S. undergraduate institutions will receive a short survey authored by Virginia Gordon and CUES chair Beth Higgins. The member will be asked to locate and report institutional data regarding the number of students who changed majors at their institution during the 2003-2004 academic year. Want to be your institution's representative for this ground breaking research project? Email miller@ksu.edu by February 8.

February is the time that students, from freshmen to seniors, think about their careers. This month the Clearinghouse features Career Resources that will help you advise those students contemplating their major to those preparing to enter the working world. From What Can I Do With A Major In.? and Five Signs You Should Change Your Major to Sample Interview Questions, find the Career Resources to assist you at http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Clearinghouse/AdvisingIssues/careeradvising.htm.

Anticipating some "quiet time" in February?  Expand your horizons by reviewing a book for the NACADA Journal. Recently received books include:

• Addressing Faculty and Student Classroom Improprieties
• Mastering the Change Curve (Second Edition)
• Neurolinguistic Communication Profile (Participant Guide and Facilitator Guide to determine if visual, auditory or kinesthetic learner )
• The Senior Year Experience: Facilitating Integration, Reflection, Closure, and Transition
• Serving Minority Populations: New Directions for Community Colleges
• Using Entertainment Media in Student Affairs Teaching and Practice
• Who Owns Academic Work? Battling for Control of Intellectual Property

Find these and many more books at http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Journal/broverview.htm. NACADA members may review and publish one book review per academic year. Completed reviews are due three months after receipt of the book. Members keep the book after the completed review has been accepted.

As a source of inspiration and networking for advising administrators, a new "Advising Administrators' Tips" web page has been initiated by Linda Chalmers, Chair of the Advising Administration Commission. This web page is accessible from the "Resources" page at www.nacada.ksu.edu/Commissions/C05/resources.htm on the Commission's web site. Perhaps the tips posted will provide you with new ideas or assist you in solving a situation you may currently face. If you would like to contribute a tip for advising administrators on the posted topics, contact Linda Chalmers at Linda.Chalmers@utsa.edu.

A new monograph, Advising Transfer Students: Issues & Strategies (#12 in the NACADA monograph series), is now available. To purchase your copy, visit http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Forms/puborderform.pdf. A synopsis of this monograph follows.

Students transferring from one institution to another continue to be a significant part of our college populations, and they consume considerable amounts of time and effort by advisors at both two-year and four-year institutions. Transfer students constitute a population that already brings some higher education experience with them yet they are new to the transfer institution. Advising Transfer Students: Issues & Strategies identifies many of the issues related to the transfer population and provides a wide range of potential services, programs, and other resources that serve to strengthen the overall higher education experience for transfers.

Exercise your right to vote as a NACADA member! Be sure to vote in the 2005 NACADA Leadership elections -- the deadline is Friday, February 11, 2005 by 9:00 a.m. (Central Time). Election and voting information, including the complete slate of candidates, their platform statements, and online voting procedures, is available at www.nacada.ksu.edu/Election/index.htm.  If you did not receive an e-mail or letter from NACADA with your personal login and password for this election, please contact Julia Wolf (jqwolf@ksu.edu) at the Executive Office or call (785) 532-5717.  NOTE: Only individuals whose NACADA membership was current and PAID IN FULL as of January 14, 2005, received voting information.

Please welcome Jodi Malmgren as the new Chair for the Study Abroad Advising Interest Group. Harold "Nick" Conrad and Joe Rojo, who served as co-chairs while getting this interest group off the ground last year, have recently stepped down from this leadership role. Jodi currently serves as Director of Advising for the Learning Abroad Center at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in Minneapolis. Contact information for Jodi can be found on this interest group's web site at www.nacada.ksu.edu/InterestGroups/C38/index.htm.

Complete NACADA Leadership lists can be found at www.nacada.ksu.edu/AboutNACADA/orgdir.htm.

A new interest group called "Advising Urban Affairs Majors Interest Group" is being established. Adam Sikula, Director of the Student Advising Center at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, initiated the formation of this new group and has volunteered to serve as its first chair. Members interested in this new interest group will have an opportunity to meet at the NACADA National Conference in Las Vegas this fall. This new group will also be included in the annual Commission and Interest Group Fair at the conference. Plan to visit this table at the CIG Fair and attend the organizational meeting.

If you have questions or would like to become involved with this new group prior to the fall conference, please contact Adam Sikula whose contact information can be found at www.nacada.ksu.edu/InterestGroups/C39/index.htm. To designate this new interest group as one of your four chosen commission or interest group preferences in your member record, please e-mail NACADA at nacada@ksu.edu.

In response to the 2002 association restructuring, the NACADA Executive Office has recently reorganized to better meet member needs through implementation of the NACADA Strategic Plan. Office operations are now divided into three areas: Administration & Operations, Resources & Services, and Events Management.

To support this reorganization, Julia Wolf has been promoted as the NACADA Assistant Director for Administration & Operations and Marsha Miller is the Assistant Director for Resources & Services. NACADA event management will continue to be coordinated by the team of Nancy Barnes, Diane Matteson, and Rhonda Baker. Bobbie Flaherty, NACADA Executive Director, continues to oversee the association and Charlie Nutt, NACADA Associate Director, manages office operations.

In addition, the NACADA Board approved a new position, Coordinator of Educational Programming, within the Resources & Services team. This position will be instrumental to the implementation of the association’s professional development programming initiatives, many of which should be delivered via the Web. This position also will coordinate the NACADA awards program, the Academic Advising News, and member Highlights.

A nationwide search for the Coordinator of Educational Programming concluded recently with the position offered to Leigh Cunningham, Kansas State University. Leigh, a longtime NACADA member, has extensive experience in providing online learning opportunities. Her expertise lies in multicultural diversity and she authored the Clearinghouse overview on that topic at http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Clearinghouse/AdvisingIssues/Multicultural.htm. Leigh’s background in advising at both the community college and university levels will be an asset in this position. Leigh will join the Executive Office staff on March 1.

Would you like to recognize a colleague who does an exemplary job with academic advising on your campus? Does your campus have an outstanding advising program currently being implemented? Are you planning to submit an award nomination, but just haven't done so yet? The deadline is MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2005, for submitting nominations for the NACADA 2005 Awards Program.

All nomination materials must be received by March 7, including the appropriate number of support documents. Please closely review the applicable information in the 2005 Awards Call before submitting your final nomination materials (there are changes in the criteria for certain awards). To view the Awards Call for Nominations on our web site, including detailed information on all award categories, applicable eligibility criteria/changes, submission procedures, and links to the nomination and application forms, go to www.nacada.ksu.edu/Awards/AwardsCall.htm.

The March 7 deadline applies to all award categories except Retiree Recognition, which are due June 6, 2006.

A new list serve has been established for the Peer Advising and Mentoring Interest Group. NACADA members and/or colleagues interested in advising issues involving peer advising and mentoring are encouraged to subscribe. This new list serve will provide an excellent opportunity for advising professionals to network with colleagues across the country and to share concerns that have a unique focus on peer advising and mentoring. To subscribe, please visit www.nacada.ksu.edu/InterestGroups/C37/listserve.htm on our web site. Instructions for posting messages to this new list serve are also provided.

For a list of other advising-related list serves, visit www.nacada.ksu.edu/listserve/index.htm.

Paper renewal packets were mailed in mid-January to those having a membership expiration date of March 1, 2005. Many members have already completed renewal forms and submitted them with payment to the Executive Office. If you have not done so yet, please complete and return your renewal form soon to ensure continued membership benefits.