NACADA Highlights
- April 2006
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NACADA Deadlines
- Deadline to submit Proposals
for $5,000
NACADA Research Grants is April
15 [more]
- May
1 is the deadline to submit Scholarship
applications for the Academic Advising Summer
Institute in Madison [more]
- May
1 is the deadline for Exemplary
Practice / "Voice of Experience" submissions
for new CD on Academic Advising Delivery Models [more]
- 2006 Retiree Recognition
deadline for submission is June
5 [more]
- Summer Online classes
for Graduate Certificate in Academic Advising Program
begin June 5
[more]
NACADA Professional Development Events - Great Ways
of "Building the Next Generation
of Academic Advisors"
- Regional and
State Conference Opportunities [more]
- Effectively
Engaging Faculty in Academic Advising Seminar
- June 22-23 in Portsmouth, VA [more]
- 20th Annual Academic
Advising Summer Institutes - June 25-30, 2006
in Portsmouth, VA, and July 30-Aug. 4, 2006 in Madison,
WI [more]
- Make plans now for the 2006
National Conference in Indianapolis [more]
- NACADA / KSU Graduate
Certificate Program in Academic Advising receives
Exceptional Program Award
[more]
NACADA Resources and Publications
- Academic Advising
Today is accepting submissions for September
edition [more]
- Featured this month in the Clearinghouse:
Academic Advising Syllabi [more]
- Review a book for the NACADA
Journal - and keep the book, free of charge!
[more]
Association
Governance
- NACADA Division Representatives
elected [more]
- New Member Blitz for
2006 - Qualify for prizes! [more]
Other NACADA Information
- Campus
Advising Awards - Recognize a Colleague on your
Campus! [more]
- Get Involved
with NACADA Commissions and
Interest Groups! [more]
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Regional and State Conferences |
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Regional
conferences in Albuquerque, Atlanta, Little Rock, Nashville,
Lancaster, Honolulu, and Hartford have been the springboard
for valuable opportunities to meet with colleagues, hear
new ideas, and share information with those who share enthusiasm
about the topic of quality advising. Over 1700 advisors
have already returned to their campuses to generate new
ideas and explore possibilities for improving advising programs
for their students.
If
you weren't able to take advantage of the conference in
your region, Regions 5 and 6 would welcome your attendance
in Cleveland, April 20-22, or Iowa City, May 18-20. Themes
for these two conferences, respectively, are: Advisors
Rock - Rolling with the Challenges of Advising
and Advising
in the 21st Century: Putting the Pieces Together!
These two conferences will frame excellent opportunities
for your continued professional development.
Future
State Conferences:
Michigan
Academic Advising Association (MIACADA) -
May 11 Allendale, Michigan
Indiana
Academic Advising Network - May 12 Fort Wayne,
Indiana
Kentucky/Tennessee
Drive In - May 22 Bowling Green, Kentucky
New
Jersey State Advisors Conference - June 15 Union,
New Jersey
Ohio
Academic Advising Association - June 16 Columbus,
Ohio
Missouri Academic Advising Association
(MACADA ) -September 14 & 15 Lake Ozark, Missouri
Alabama Academic Advising Association
- September 15 Alabama State University
Kansas
Academic Advising Network (KAAN) - September
15 Topeka, Kansas
Wisconsin (WACADA) - September 21-22
Racine, Wisconsin
Check the
Regional
Conference Schedule and the State
Conference Schedule for more information.
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| Effectively
Engaging Faculty in Academic Advising Seminar |
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Effectively
Engaging Faculty in Academic Advising Seminar
June 22-23, 2006 in Portsmouth, VA
Focused
on enhancing all aspects of faculty advising, this seminar
will provide participants with invaluable information and
strategies for engaging faculty, providing quality professional
development to faculty, and evaluating and rewarding faculty
advisors.
Participants
will have the opportunity to work within teams based on
institutional type to network, discuss issues and concerns
specific to faculty at their type of institution, and develop
strategies they can take back to their own campuses to work
directly with faculty advisors.
Registrations
are being accepted now! Come for the Seminar and stay for
the Portsmouth Summer Institute! (see below) Learn more
here.
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Academic Advising Summer Institutes |
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The
most comprehensive consideration of academic advising available,
the 2006
Summer Institutes will be held in both
Portsmouth, VA, June 25-30 and Madison,
WI, July 30-August 4, 2006. The intensive, week-long
institutes are centered around seeking and disseminating
information in general sessions, workshops, topical sessions
and small group discussions, with the goal of developing
practical, individualized Action Plans for enhancement of
academic advising on your campuses. Participants in the
Portsmouth Institute will want to consider attending the
Effectively Engaging Faculty Seminar
as well.
The
Institutes appeal to a wide spectrum of higher education
professionals. Faculty appreciate the focus on how they
might best provide advising and how to effectively engage
their colleagues; administrators (Presidents, Deans, Assistant/Associate
Deans, Department Heads, student services Directors, academic
program Directors) often focus on delivery systems, recognition
and reward, and training issues; experienced advisors focus
on how they might improve advising at their institution;
and newer advisors gain understanding of all that is in
front of them and how they can use their talents to contribute
to student success. The collaborative format of the Institute
assures that each individual gets the assistance they desire
to assure a memorable and rewarding experience while establishing
a nationwide network of colleagues for future contact.
Summer Institutes
are a great way to "Build the Next Generation
of Academic Advisors" - if you are a new professional,
the Summer Institutes can be tremendous opportunities to
learn all you need to know about your new career.
If you work with new advising professionals, the Summer
Institutes can the perfect professional development for
your new professionals!
Applications
for Summer
Institute Scholarships for the Madison Institute
must be submitted by May 1.
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NACADA National Conference 2006 |
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Information
on the 2006 NACADA National
Conference on Academic Advising, which will
be held Wednesday, October 18 - Saturday, October
21 in Indianapolis, is available
on the Conference webpage.
Choose
your Hotel and
make your Reservation
now! There are five official Conference hotels
from which to choose. If you are interested in sharing
hotel accommodations to stretch your travel budget, you
can register at this site as well.
If
you still have money available in this fiscal year's budget,
consider registering now - an early conference registration
form is available to utilize these funds.
Over
500 presentation proposals were received. If you submitted
a proposal, you will receive a notification letter by mid-April.
Our thanks go to Sue Aufderheide
and Alan Welch from the 2006 Program Committee,
NACADA Commission Chairs, and the hundreds of readers who
made the proposal review and selection process run smoothly.
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| New
Member Blitz for 2006! |
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The
2006 membership drive, New
Member Blitz for 2006, started January 3
and ends June 1, 2006. Those sponsoring new members will
be included in a drawing for airline tickets,
registration to professional development events, and AMEX
gift cards on June 15, 2006, as well as monthly drawings
for a NACADA shirt! (Our March shirt winner is
Lawrence A. Dean of Greenfield Community College.)
The list of prizes and rules may be found here.
Don't
forget to use the New
Member Application form if you sponsor a new
NACADA member to ensure your entry for prizes (include your
name and email address at the bottom of the form).
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 K-State
/ NACADA Graduate Certificate in Academic Advising Program |
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Kansas State University / NACADA online Graduate
Certificate Program in Academic Advising was recently
honored by the Association for Continuing Higher
Education with a 2006
Exceptional Program Award for Region 8.
The award was presented February 24th at the ACHE regional
conference in Lawrence, KS. The Program is a collaborative
effort between NACADA and the K-State department of Counseling
and Educational Psychology. Students gain knowledge
of advising and advising-related areas such as student development
theory, counseling skill development, and career development.
Students enrolling in the Program
must be admitted to the K-State Graduate School. If
you are interested in beginning the Program in summer or
fall 2006, it's not too late to get that process started.
You can find out how to begin here.
Students desiring to only take one or two courses may be
enrolled as a "special student" and transfer the credits
to another institution.
Admitted
students can enroll now for summer online
courses:
EDCEP
851 Multicultural Aspects of Academic Advising
- Instructor: Ata U. Karim
EDCEP
829 Learning Principles - Instructor:
Fred B. Newton
Summer
2006 online classes run from June 5 - July 27.
Last day for Summer Enrollment is June
19.
Enrollment
has also begun for fall online courses:
EDCEP 835 Foundations of
Academic Advising - Instructor: Charlie
L. Nutt
EDCEP 838 The College Student
& The College Environment - Instructor:
Adrienne Leslie-Toogood
EDCEP 863 Trends in Career
Development - Instructor: Kenneth Hughey
For
more information, visit this webpage.
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NACADA Clearinghouse of Academic Advising
Resources |
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Featured
this month in the Clearinghouse: Academic
Advising Syllabi. Campuses that view
advising as teaching should provide advising syllabi to
their students. Just in time for summer enrollment
planning, find sample academic advising syllabi from a variety
of colleges and universities across the country.
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| NACADA
Journal Book Review |
Each year many
books applicable to advising are published. No one
advisor can read all, yet each book may contain information
vital to the advisor's professional development. Journal
book reviews are one way advisors can efficiently
choose which books to read. As a service, many publishers
send the NACADA Executive Office books of interest to
advisors. These books are made available to NACADA members,
free of charge, in exchange for a review. New selections
available for review include:
Find these books and more here.
Members have three months from the receipt of the book
to read and write the review. The book becomes the property
of the reviewer upon acceptance of the review for publication.
NACADA members may review and publish one book review
per member year; books requested now are within the 2005-2006
member year.
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Authors
have been turning in their manuscripts for the June edition
of NACADA's quarterly e-Publication, Academic
Advising Today, and among those accepted for
publication are:
"Modifying
your Mindset: A New Approach to Advising Students on Probation"
by Jon Steingass
& Seth Sykes (Virginia
Commonwealth University)
"Integrative
Approach to Academic Advising" by Matthew
Church (University
of Louisville)
"Developing
the Next Generation of Academic Advisors: Incorporating
Graduate Assistants into an Academic Advising Center"
by Katherine
Horner (Kent
State University), Melissa
Mentzer (Ashland University) & Leslie
Monaco (Ursuline College)
We
are also looking forward to sharing a *Sparkler*
from Jim
Galvin and
Jodi Malmgren of
the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. You won't want
to miss hearing about their Academic
Planning for Study Abroad form!
We
are now discussing article topics for the September edition. If
you are interested in sharing your ideas with your
colleagues in this format, check out the Guidelines today!
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Deadline for Research Grant Proposals is just
around the corner! |
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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 will accept
grant proposals for funding in 2006 through April
15. Click here for
information regarding research grants.
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| Exemplary
Practice / "Voice of Experience" submissions for
new CD on Academic Advising Delivery Models |
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Does
your campus have an exemplary working situation
employing one of the seven most
widely used Academic Advising
Delivery Models (self-contained, faculty
only, satellite, total intake, dual, split, or supplementary)?
Would you be willing to share your experience with others
who are considering that Model? Now is the time to come
forward and let your Voice of Experience
be heard!
Voice
of Experience submissions
will be considered for inclusion in the second CD
in the Foundations of Academic Advising CD series.
This CD, which will be available in the fall of 2006, will
be entitled "Academic
Advising Delivery Models." It
will explain the seven most widely used advising delivery
models and discuss why they are an important consideration
when assessing, evaluating or re-evaluating any advising
system.
Your
assistance is needed to identify exemplary programs and
resources that can be included in this CD. To nominate
a program, see the application
guidelines. Nominations will be accepted
through May 1, 2006.
This is a wonderful opportunity to gain recognition for
your program and share your experience with your colleagues.
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| Get
Involved with NACADA Commissions and Interest Groups! |
NACADA
members may designate up to a total of four Commissions
and/or Interest Groups with
which to have official affiliation. This official affiliation
primarily identifies those Commissions and/or Interest
Groups for which you would have voting privileges, receive
activity updates, and be eligible to hold an elected or
appointed position within, such as serving on a committee
or serving as a Commission Chair. Although participation
in Commissions and Interest Groups is entirely optional
for NACADA members, we encourage you to join those of
special interest to you as they are valuable resources
for information and networking.
For lists
of the current Commissions and Interest Groups available,
click on the following links: Commissions,
Interest
Groups. More information on a particular
Commission or Interest Group can be reviewed on its individual
webpage.
If
you would like to designate or change the preferred Commission
and/or Interest Group choices with which you would like
to be affiliated, please complete this online
form. Upon receipt of this information, your
membership record will be updated accordingly. If you
previously made your selections, but do not recall which
Commissions or Interest Groups were designated, you can
simply indicate your current preferences via this form
and previous choices will be replaced. Please be sure
to provide your name and institution information when
completing this form so the appropriate member record
can be updated. If you have any questions, please contact
NACADA at nacada@ksu.edu.
NOTE:
Your four selections can be any combination of Commissions
and Interest Groups. You can change your Commission
and Interest Group affiliations at any time - although
you should be aware that this may affect your eligibility
for certain awards and elected positions.
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Campus Advising Awards - Recognize a Colleague
on your Campus! |
 NACADA
would like to recognize individuals who receive campus awards
in 2006 for outstanding academic advising, faculty advising,
or advising administration. If you would like to notify
NACADA of a colleague who recently received a campus advising
award, please provide us with this information by completing
the short online
submission form. Or, you can e-mail us
at nacada@ksu.edu with
the following information: exact name of the award; the
award recipient's name, position title, department/unit,
institution, complete mailing address, city/state/postal
code, and e-mail address; and, your name and e-mail address.
NOTE: Campus advising award recipients do not need to be
current NACADA members.
NACADA applauds
these advising professionals on their achievements and appreciates
their dedication and service to students. Congratulatory
e-mails will be sent from NACADA and lists of the campus
advising award recipients are posted to our
website by award year.
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| Retirees
will again be recognized by NACADA at the fall National
Conference in Indianapolis. Retiree recognition
forms are available on the web.
If you know an advising colleague who retired during the
past academic year or has plans to retire during the upcoming
academic year, please complete the recognition form and
submit it to the NACADA Executive Office by June
5, 2006.
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NACADA Division Representatives Elected |
Please
join us in congratulating the newest members of the NACADA
Leadership! Ruth Hussey
and Glenn Kepic
were recently elected as Administrative Division
Representative and Regional Division Representative,
respectively. At the conclusion of the National Conference
in Indianapolis, Ruth and Glenn will begin their two-year
terms (2006-2008) in these elected positions while also
serving as members of the NACADA Council, succeeding Rich
Robbins and Kazi Mamun, respectively. Ruth will work with
Jayne Drake, appointed Administrative Division Representative,
and Glenn will team up with George Steele, appointed Regional
Division Representative, to lead their respective divisions.
Complete 2006 election results are available on the Web.
An article summarizing the election results and related
statistics will be printed in the June 2006 edition of Academic
Advising Today - be sure to check it out!
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designed to inform members via one consolidated webpage.
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