NACADA Deadlines

• What could you do with 2 free airline tickets or a $200 gift certificate?  Sponsor a new member by June 1 and be eligible for prizes [more]
• Save $35!  Portsmouth Summer Institute early registration discount ends June 1.  Enrollment is limited, so register today! [more]
• Retiree Recognition submission deadline is June 5 [more]
• Summer Online classes for Graduate Certificate in Academic Advising Program begin June 5 [more]
• June 15 is the deadline to submit articles for possible publication in the September edition of Academic Advising Today [more]

NACADA Professional Development Events

• Have you registered for the Effectively Engaging Faculty in Academic Advising Seminar? - June 22-23 in Portsmouth, VA [more]
• 20th Annual Academic Advising Summer Institutes - June 25-30 in Portsmouth, VA, and July 30-Aug. 4 in Madison, WI [more]
  • Summer Institute Scholarship recipients announced [more]
• 2006 National Conference - It's "so easy to do so much" in Indy! [more]
• Check out Regional and State Conference opportunities near you! [more]
• Graduate Certificate Program in Academic Advising - Registration is underway for summer and fall classes [more]

NACADA Resources and Publications

• Featured this month in the Clearinghouse:
  • Using Memory to Become a More Effective Advisor [more]
  • Placement of Incoming Students [more]
• Academic Advising Today June edition to feature articles on Facebook and Funding Sources [more]
• NACADA Journal
  • Take a Sneak Peak at the Spring 2006 edition - Coming your way soon! [more]
  • View new titles on the Book Review list [more]
• *New Publication now available - Learning Reconsidered 2 [more]
• Commission & Interest Group Division Home Page Redesigned [more]

Association Governance

• Appointed Division Representative Announced [more]
• New Chair Appointed for Technology in Advising Commission [more]
• Potential Interest Group Formed for Large Universities [more]
• Name Change for Advising Urban Affairs Majors Potential Interest Group [more]

Other NACADA Information

• NACADA National Award Recipients Announced [more]
• Campus Advising Awards - Recognize a Colleague on your Campus! [more]
• Final notice to renew NACADA memberships that expired on March 1, 2006 [more]

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 you with invaluable information and strategies for engaging faculty, providing quality professional development to faculty, and evaluating and rewarding faculty advisors.

Who should take advantage of this opportunity?

• teaching faculty
• departmental/institutional advising coordinators
• advising administrators
• academic administrators
• student affairs administrators

Areas of study will center around: 

• Definition and Philosophy of Advising; Theoretical Foundation; Components of Advising including Teaching/Learning of Advising and Advising Syllabus
• Roles and Responsibilities of Faculty Advisors
• Training And Development Issues - including motivational issues
• Faculty Rewards and Recognition
• Evaluation of Faculty Advising and Faculty Advisors

Represent your institution or bring a team!  You will have the opportunity to network, discuss issues and concerns specific to faculty at your type of institution, and develop strategies to take back to your own campus.

Registrations are being accepted now! 

Come for the Seminar and stay for the Portsmouth Summer Institute! (see below)  Learn more here.

The most comprehensive consideration of academic advising available, the 2006 Summer Institutes will be held in Portsmouth, VA (June 25-30) and Madison, WI (July 30-August 4). 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.  If you participate in the Portsmouth Institute, you 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 learning about the broad scope of academic advising, 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, training issues, and outcomes assessment.
• Experienced advisors focus on how they might improve advising at their institution.
• 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 ensure a memorable and rewarding experience while establishing a nationwide network of colleagues for future contact. You may come as in individual or join with your campus colleages and come as a team. 

Summer Institutes are a great way to "Build the Next Generation of Academic Advisors."  If you are a new professional, attending a Summer Institute can be a tremendous opportunity to learn all you need to know about your new career. If you work with new advising professionals, the Summer Institutes can provide new ideas for training, involving, mentoring, and ensuring success for new professionals and you!

Registrations are limited for each Institute.  Don't delay - take advantage of the early discounted fee by registering by June 1 for Portsmouth and July 9 for Madison!

"It's the most motivational experience I've had.  As a administrator of 19 years, I recommend the Institute to everyone from new advisors to longtime administrators." - Joan E. Moore, Virginia Tech

ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Indianapolis Convention Center/Westin Indianapolis

OCTOBER 18-21, 2006

Why is Indianapolis' motto "So Easy to do so Much"? Check out the city's official website for extensive information on the many downtown and area attractions.

Over 400+ individual sessions will highlight the 2006 Conference: In-depth pre-Conference Workshops, individual concurrent and panel sessions, poster presentations, plus Interest Group, Commission, Committee and Region meetings. All session titles, sorted by track, will be listed on the Conference website by June 1. They are sorted into 46 advising-related subject tracks and target populations.

Hotel Reservation Information: There are five official Conference hotels from which to choose.  If you'd like to economize but don't have a roommate, click on Sharing Hotel Accommodations.

If you are fortunate enough to have money left in this fiscal year's budget, consider registering now-an early conference registration form is available.

More information is available on the Conference website.

NACADA Near You! 

Upcoming opportunities include:

• Region 6 is gearing up for their May 18-20 Conference in Iowa City!
• Arizona:  May 15-16, Advising Conference in Tucson, AZ
• Indiana State Conference: :  May 12,  Ft. Wayne, IN
• Kent Academic Support & Advising Association:  May 19, Kent, OH
• Kentucky/Tennessee Drive-in:  May 22, Bowling Green, KY
• Michigan Academic Advising Assocation:  May 11, Allendale, MI
• New Jersey State Advisors Conference:  June 15, Union, NJ
• Western New York Drive-in:  June 9, Rochester, NY
• Washington Academic Advising Coalition:  May 5, Des Moines, WA

Review details of current advising professional development opportunities here!

Featured this month in the Clearinghouse:

• Have you ever run into a student and realized that you have forgotten her name?  Would improving your memory help you become a more effective advisor? This month Tiffany Comtois (CSU Long Beach) shares successful hints for improving your memory based upon one of last fall's most popular National Conference sessions: "Total Recall: Mapping the Mind for Maintaining Memory."

• Planning for new student enrollment?  Find resources that help explain the placement/advising connection to students. Also included on this site are links to sample placement tests students can use to prepare for ACCUPLACER, ASSET, COMPASS and a variety of other placement instruments.

This is the final notice to renew NACADA memberships that expired on March 1, 2006.  If you have misplaced your renewal form, please print the form here and fax or mail it with your payment to the Executive Office.   Thank you for your support of NACADA.  Your membership not only provides direct benefits to you, but also supports NACADA's continuing efforts to raise the visibility of the importance of effective academic advising in the success of students in higher education.

Just one more month remains of the membership drive, New Member Blitz for 2006.  The last day to become eligible for sponsorship prizes is June 1, 2006.  The drawing for prizes will be held on June 15th.  Prizes are listed in the table below.  Details of the membership drive and the link to the form members may use to receive credit for recruiting new members is found here.   Let's make NACADA 10,000 members strong!

The April NACADA shirt winner was Jodi Malmgren, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

The NACADA Commission and Interest Group Division has received a request to form the Large Universities Potential Interest Group. This group will be focused on providing NACADA members from large universities the opportunity to make connections, discuss current issues, share ideas and best practices, and learn about other programs, given the unique challenges faced by advising professionals at large universities (20,000+ undergraduate enrollment). Myla Rugge (University of Washington) intiated the formation of this potential Interest Group and has volunteered to serve as its Interim Chair. A short description of the focus of this potential Interest Group is available here and a listserve for this group will also soon be available.

Members interested in this potential Interest Group will have an opportunity to meet at the NACADA National Conference in Indianapolis in October. This group will also be given an opportunity to participate 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 group prior to the fall Conference, please contact Myla Rugge. To designate this potential Interest Group as one of your four chosen Commission or Interest Group preferences in your member record, please e-mail NACADA.

Congratulations to the 2006 award recipients in the NACADA National Awards Program.  These award recipients will be formally honored during the NACADA National Conference in Indianapolis this fall.  This year's award recipients include the Pacesetter Award and Service to NACADA Award winners; 12 Outstanding Advising Award winners, 26 Outstanding Advising Certificates of Merit, 2 Outstanding New Advisor Award winners, 8 Outstanding New Advisor Certificates of Merit, 4 Outstanding Program Award winners, 2 Outstanding Program Certificates of Merit, 3 Advising Technology Innovation Award winners, 4 Advising Technology Innovation Certificates of Merit, 3 Summer Institute Scholarships, and 1 NACADA Scholarship.   No Student Research Award applications were received this year.

Links to listings of all award recipients can be found here.

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.

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 5th.

Are you ready to get started in the award-winning Kansas State University / NACADA online Graduate Certificate Program in Academic Advising?   The Program, which is a collaborative effort between NACADA and the K-State department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, received the Association for Continuing Higher Education's 2006 Exceptional Program Award for Region 8.  Students in the program 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. You can find out how to begin the application process 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.