Kathy Davis, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO

Past Involvement in NACADA:

Years in NACADA: 17 years

National Offices Held and Accomplishments Achieved While in Office: N/A

Regional Activities/Offices Held, including accomplishments achieved while in office:

• Keynote speaker, 2002 Kansas Academic Advising Network (KAAN) annual conference

• Program Co-Chair, NACADA 1996 Region 7 Conference Committee

• Missouri Academic Advising Association (MACADA) activities:

  • Member and participant, 1993-present

  • MACADA "Outstanding Advising Administrator" 2003

  • Presenter on "Recognition and Rewards for Academic Advisors", MACADA 2001

  • Pre-conference workshop presenter on "Developing Master Advisors", MACADA 1999

  • Speaker on "Ethics in Advising", MACADA 1994.

Committee Activities and Accomplishments:

Commission/Interest Group Activities and Accomplishments:

• Reviewer for advisor development presentation proposals for NACADA conferences.
• Current member, Advisor Training and Development Commission and Advising Administration Commission

Other:

• NACADA Outstanding Advising Administrator Award, 2004
• Pre-conference workshop presenter on "Developing Master Advisors" at NACADA conferences in 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2004.

• Invited speaker for Advising Week at Pittsburg State University, 2004

• Attended NACADA Administrators' Institute, 2003
• Master Advisor Program at SMSU was honored with an "Outstanding Institutional Advising Program" award in 1997 and was included as an exemplary advisor training program in the NACADA Advisor Training monograph in 2003.
• Author of book review for Academic Advising: a Comprehensive Handbook, published in the Journal for College Student Development, September/October 2001 issue
• Five years on the Board of Directors for the National Orientation Directors Association, including one year as scholarship chair, one year as national conference host, and two years as editor of The Orientation Review.
• Consultant on advisor training to Nicholls State University, University of Kansas, Manatee Community College, Northern Kentucky University, Tunxis Community College and Hanover College.

Platform Statement:

Designing effective advisor training and development programs is among the most significant and difficult challenges facing advising professionals. Those who are charged with developing those programs need ideas, sample materials, support and encouragement. The Advisor Training and Development Commission exists to provide members with an opportunity to discuss issues and share best practices. I would be pleased to facilitate those discussions by serving as Commission Chair.

I have 23 years of experience in academic advising, including eleven years as Director of the Academic Advisement Center at Southwest Missouri State University. NACADA conferences and resources have been essential to the advisor training and development program on my campus. For example, I wrote the initial proposal for our Master Advisor Program at a NACADA Summer Institute and I have used the NACADA advisor training video 35 times to train over 700 academic advisors. I appreciate these resources and would enjoy helping to develop additional resources that would support other advisors and administrators.

Because I have benefited so much from the work of past NACADA leaders, I would be honored to be a future leader of the Advisor Training and Development Commission.