|
Spring
2008 ArkAAN Conference
Purpose
Driven Advising
Friday,
February 29, 2008 (Approx. 8:30 am - 3:00 pm)
Arkansas
State University, Jonesboro
Keynote
Speaker: Dr. Joseph Cuseo
|
The
ArkAAN Executive Board is pleased to announce that Dr. Joseph
Cuseo, Associate Professor in Psychology at Marymount College,
will be the keynote speaker. Joe Cuseo holds a doctoral degree
in Educational Psychology and Assessment from the University
of Iowa. Currently, he is a Professor of Psychology at Marymount
College (California) where for 25 years he has directed the
first-year seminar, a course required of all new students.
He has been a member of the Advisory Board for the National
Resource Center for The First-Year Experience & Students
in Transition, and has received the Center’s “Outstanding
First-Year Advocate Award.” He is also a 13-time recipient
of the “Faculty Member of the Year Award” on his home campus,
a student driven award based on effective teaching and academic
advising. He has authored numerous articles and chapters on
the first-year experience, a textbook for first-year seminar,
titled: Thriving in College and Beyond: Research-Based
Strategies for Academic Success & Personal Development
, and is currently completing a monograph on the first-year
seminar, titled: The First-Year Seminar: Research -Based
Guidelines for Course Design, Delivery, & Assessment .
|
Plenary
Speaker:
Dr.
Sally Roden
|
Dr.
Sally Roden, Dean of Undergraduate Studies at the University
of Central Arkansas, will lead the plenary session for the
upcoming 2008 ArkAAN Conference. Dr. Roden is serving on the
Arkansas Legislative Task Force on Higher Education, Remediation,
and Graduation Rates. Dr. Roden’s presentation will highlight
this most timely topic for all of Arkansas’ higher education
institutions. |
ArkAAN
advising awards and scholarship opportunity:
- ACADEMIC
ADVISING AWARD - ArkAAN sponsors the Academic Advisor Award for
both professional and faculty advisors. The selection committee
will evaluate nominations on the evidence of qualities and practices
that distinguish the nominee as an outstanding academic advisor,
faculty advisor, or advising administrator. The nomination deadline
is February 1, 2008. The recipient will be honored during the
business meeting at the ArkAAN Conference on February 29.
- SCHOLARSHIP
OPPORTUNITY - Any current ArkAAN member who is completing graduate-level
research which significantly adds to the body of knowledge on
academic advising may be interested in this scholarship. Undergraduate
students may be eligible when sponsored by a current ArkAAN members
who is familiar with the individual research proposal. The deadline
for the scholarship is February 1, 2008.
See
links under Award Forms for nomination forms and criteria.
Keep
in mind that ArkAAN sponsors several opportunities to support and
highlight academic advising.
Conference
presentations (PowerPoint): |
|
|
