Administrators’ Institute

23rd Annual Administrators' Institute

Kansas City, MO

Kansas City Marriott Country Club Plaza

February 3-5, 2025

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What to Expect:

The highly successful NACADA Administrators' Institute provides strategies to enhance leadership skills and to manage an academic advising program on your campus! The Institute will utilize learning community groups facilitated by Institute faculty who are experienced advising administrators and leaders in the field. You will be asked to select your track when you register for the event to ensure we place you in the correct Work Group.

Offering two tracks:

Track A

Select Track A if you have responsibility and authority for advising centers or offices:

Advising Coordinators
Lead Advisors
Advising Directors
Associate/Assistant Deans
Faculty Advising Coordinators

Track B

Select Track B if you have campus-wide responsibility and authority of academic advising institutional wide:

Provosts
Associate/Assistant Provosts for Undergraduate Studies
VPs for Student Affairs / VPs for Enrollment Management
Directors of Deans of University Colleges
Directors of Institutional Academic Advising

2025 Tentative Schedule

Session Abstracts

Administrators’ Institute

February 3 - February 5, 2025 - 5, 2025 2025

Sunday February. 2

Monday February. 3

Tuesday February. 4

Wednesday February. 5

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Registration Open

7:30 AM - 4:00 PM

Registration Open

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Morning Coffee: Welcome & Meet the Faculty

NACADA name badge required

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Plenary - P1 | Embracing the Role of Advising Administration and Student Success

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Beverage Break

NACADA name badge required

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Track A & Track B Work Group Sessions

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch

12:30 | Let's Talk NACADA - Exploring all things NACADA has to offer with Kyle Ross, NACADA Executive Director

NACADA name badge required

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Concurrent Sessions

Choose from:

C1 | Learning and Growing as a Leader: Skills and Strategies for a New Era in Higher Education
C2 | Bridging the Gap: Academic Advising as a Catalyst for Enrollment Growth
C3 | Creating a Learning-Centered Advising Curriculum

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Beverage Break

NACADA name badge requred

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Concurrent Sessions

Choose from:

C4 | Making the Case for Resources Based on Student Advising Experiences
C5 | Student Success: Telling the Story of Enrollment and Technology with Data
C6 | Incorporating “Servingness” Into Advising at Minority Serving Institutions

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Track A & Track B Work Group Sessions

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Networking Reception

NACADA name badge required

8:30 AM - 2:30 PM

Registration Open

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Breakfast

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Plenary - P2 | Panel: Tales from Advising Administration: What We Wish We Had Known

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Beverage Break

NACADA Name Badge Required

10:45 PM - 11:45 PM

Track A & Track B Work Group Sessions

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch

NACADA Name Badge Required

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Concurrent Sessions

Choose from:

C7 | Show Me the Money: How to find and apply for External Funding (Grants) to Support Advising Initiatives
C8 | Navigating the Nexus: Leadership, Collaboration, and Politics of Our Roles
C9 | Mission Possible: Creating and Sustaining Engaging Advisor Training and Devleopment Programs

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Beverage Break

NACADA Name Badge Required

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Plenary - P3 | Equity and Student Outcomes at the Crossroads

3:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Consultation Sessions and Independent Work Time

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

By Appointment NACADA - Getting Involved

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Registration Open

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Breakfast

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Concurrent Sessions

Choose from:

C10 | Moving from traditional to transformational: Redesigning advising support structures
C11 | Research that Matters in Advising Initiatives and Outcomes
C12 | Moving Beyond the Pursuit of Happiness: Being Content, Engaged, and Driven in a World of Change

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Beverage Break

NACADA Name Badge Required

10:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Track A & Track B Work Group Sessions