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NACADA has developed our podcast series as an opportunity for you to gain professional development in specific areas in a way that is easy, cost effective, and available for you at your own convenience.

Topic Areas
Advisor Training Best Practices Diversity Issues Faculty Advising
FERPA Introduction to Podcasts Probation Mental Health
  Technology Coming Soon  
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Introduction to Podcasts

mp3-play What is a Podcast - Presented by Clay Schwenn, Academic Counselor at the University of Washington, and Karen Thurmond, Director of Academic Advising at the University of Mempis, this podcast outlines what podcasts are and their benefits.

mp3-play How to Use a Podcast - Clay Schwenn, Academic Counselor at the University of Washington, and Karen Thurmond, Director of Academic Advising at the University of Mempis, outline how advisors might use podcasts for their own professional development as well as how podcasts can be used for group professional development opportunities on campus.

 

Advisor Training

mp3-play Suggestions on how to use The New Advisor Guidebook, by monograph editor Pat Folsom -from the June 2007 edition of Academic Advising Today. Narrated by Marsha Miller. (Text)

mp3-play Jeffrey McClellan (Utah Valley State College) has authored the article Content Components of Advisor Training: Revisited that can help you delineate the content components essential to effective advisor training and development. Narrated by Marsha Miller. (Find the text in the Clearinghouse of Academic Advising Resources.)

 

Best Practices

mp3-play "The Role of Silence in Academic Advising" - written and narrated by Sarah May Clarkson (Juniata College) for the September 2007 edition of Academic Advising Today. (Text)

 

Diversity Issues

mp3-play "A New Trend in Advising: ESL Advising" - Article written and narrated by Aura Rios Erickson (Shoreline Community College), Chair, ESL/International Student Advising Commission from the June 2007 edition of Academic Advising Today. (Text)

mp3-play "
Adapting Academic Advising Strategies to Meet the Needs of a Diversified Student Body" - Article written and narrated by Alison Grewe (University of Miami) from the June 2007 edition of Academic Advising Today. (Text)

mp3-play "
Sexual Minority Students: An Academic Advisor’s Thoughts" - Article by Kathy J. McCleaf (Mary Baldwin College) from the June 2007 edition of Academic Advising Today.  Narrated by Leigh Cunningham.  (Text).

mp3-play "
Multicultural Issues for Academic Advisors" - Leigh Cunningham, NACADA Coordinator of Educational Programming, reviews an article orginially written in 2003.  (Find the text in the Clearinghouse of Academic Advising Resources.)

 

Faculty Advising

mp3-play "Discussion of Faculty Advising Issues, Part 1" - Jayne Drake, Associate Professor of English and Associate Dean for Graduate Affairs, Temple University, discusses enhancing faculty academic advising skills and programs.

mp3-play "Discussion of Faculty Advising Issues, Part 2" - Jayne Drake, Associate Professor of English and Associate Dean for Graduate Affairs, Temple University, continues her discussion of enhancing faculty academic advising skills and programs.

 

FERPA

mp3-play FERPA Updates, Part 1 - Steve Robinson, University Registrar, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, shares about recent changes in FERPA and some impacts on academic advising.

 

Mental Health

mp3-play "The Student You've Met But May Not Know" - Article by Jeffrey Herman (Lehigh Carbon Community College) from the June 2007 edition of Academic Advising Today.  Narrated by Leigh Cunningham. (Text)

mp3-play "Mental Health Issues and the College Student: What Advisors Can Do" - An overview including warning signs.  Written by Ruth Harper and Meghan Peterson (South Dakota State University); Narrated by Marsha Miller. (Find the text in the Clearinghouse of Academic Advising Resources.)

 

Probation

mp3-play Advising Probationary Students, Part 1 Jeanette Wong, Director for Office of Academic Advising, Azusa Pacific University, and Shelly Gehrke, Director of Academic Advising, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, address questions concerning various issues with probationary students.

mp3-play Advising Probationary Students, Part 2 Jeanette Wong and Shelly Gehrke continue their discussion on issues with advising probationary students.

 

Technology and Advising

mp3-play "Saving Face(book): Engage Through Facebook and Retain Relevance" - written and narrated by Art Esposito (Virginia Commonwealth University) for the September 2007 edition of Academic Advising Today. (Text)

mp3-play Want to better connect with students?Instant Messaging: Powerful Flexibility and Presence” - written by Wes Lipshultz and Terry Musser (Pennsylvania State University) and narrated by Marsha Miller - can help you explore the issues surrounding this popular way to connect with today’s students.  (Find the text in the Clearinghouse of Academic Advising Resources.)

mp3-play Jennifer Endres and Danielle Tisinger (University of Minnesota) discuss "Digitial Distractions: College Students in the 21st Century" in the Clearinghouse of Academic Advising Resources.  (Text)

 

Coming Soon

  • Technology and Advising Virtual Advising Demo - created by Art Esposito (Virginia Commonwealth University) for December 2007 Webinar, On the Horizon: The Future of Academic Advising and Technology.

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