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… I attended my first NACADA conference in San Antonio, and I thoroughly enjoyed the entire experience. From informative and eye-opening pre-conference workshops to fabulous presentation sessions, from morning breakfast poster sessions to afternoon regional networking opportunities, I found the conference and the opportunities therein to be helpful, informative, and very enlightening … I can’t wait until next year for both my region’s conference as well as the national conference. Thank you so much for all of the hard work and effort that was put into the conference. I may have had a NACADA membership before I attended, but the national conference has made me a fan and proponent of NACADA.
Veronica Giguere
Associate Director-Academic Support Center,
Florida Institute of Technology
There is little more rewarding than presenting at a Annual NACADA conference. Not only do I benefit from the research and work of putting together the presentation, but I also enjoy the experience of passing that information along and learn tremendous amounts from the conference participants who attend my session. It's a great feeling to know that the work that you do is appreciated and the information that you present is valued and valuable. I highly recommend presenting to everyone that I meet - present alone, present on a panel, - just get out there and share your ideas!
Susan M. Kolls
Northeastern
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| 2010 Annual Conference Highlights |
The 34th Annual NACADA Conference in Walt Disney World, Florida promises to be one of the most exhilarating conferences ever held in one of the nation’s most exciting cities! In addition to the magic of Disney World, the conference will provide you with the high quality content sessions and networking sessions you have come to expect. Click on the links below for more details.
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NACADA Annual Awards Program |
The Annual Awards Program honors the people, programs, institutions, and technology innovations making significant contributions to the field of academic advising. A special Awards Reception will be held for award recipients and their invited guests on Sunday afternoon prior to the opening general session of the annual conference.
Award recipients will also be recognized as a group at the opening general session, on posters with photos of the awardees displayed throughout the conference, and in a special booklet listing all award recipients that will be included in the conference registration materials. There will be several other opportunities for conference attendees to acknowledge and honor their colleagues, such as during the Region, Commission, and Interest Group meetings, as well as at the opening night's Welcome Reception. |
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Best
of Region Winners
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Congratulations
to our Best of Region winners from the 2010 regional conferences.
Come
listen to some of the Best of the Best!
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Meeting Students Where They Are: Effective Programs that Enhance Advising
Bentley University |
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Many Leaders Under One Tent: A Statewide Approach to the Shifting Sands of Advising
Carroll Community College, Community College of Baltimore County, Frederick Community College |
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Stressors, College Students and Advisors
Murray State University |
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Get Ready to Work: The Development and Implementation of a Career Focused Peer Mentor Program
University of Florida |
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Roadtrip: Take the Ride of Your Life!
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis |
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Confessions of an Advisor: Doing My Job While Keeping My Sanity
Dickinson State University |
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Beyond Chickering: Intercultural Theory as a Tool for Advising International Students
University of Texas-San Antonio |
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Build Better Advising Relationships through Blogging
University of Oregon |
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Going Native (Digitally): Utilizing Hybrid Advising and Assessment Practices to Foster Student Success
California State University-Fullerton |
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Distance Advising for Students and Advisors
University of Utah |
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Breakfast
for New Advising Professionals & Graduate Students |
NACADA
invites all those who have been advising three or fewer
years to join NACADA Leaders for a buffet breakfast Wednesday, October 6 from 7:00-8:00 a.m. It will be a chance
for new advisors (professional, faculty, or peer), to meet
and join in the discussion on how NACADA can support new
advising professionals in their careers and in their work
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Commission and Interest Group Activities |
Join other commission & interest group members in the following opportunities for collaboration!
- Commission and Interest Group Fair and lunch - Monday, October 4, 12:15-1:45 p.m. Visit the various tables and converse with Commission and Interest Group Chairs and members.
- Annual Commission and Interest Group Meetings are scheduled throughout the Conference - check your program for those meetings of interest to you or visit the meeting schedule summary.
- Learn what is going on in the Commissions and Interest Groups - projects, activities, list serve discussions, new initiatives!
- Volunteer to help with activities or serve on a committee within a Commission or Interest Group.
- Consider running for leadership positions within the Commissions.
- Meet and collaborate with colleagues on future conference presentations or articles for the Clearinghouse or Academic Advising Today.
- Attend a "Hot Topics" session presented by various Commissions and Interest Groups on Wednesday, October 6, during the last hour of the conference. Check your Conference Program for the specific sessions and meeting locations.
- Commission-sponsored presentations are scheduled throughout the Conference. Check your printed program - here's your chance to see some excellent presentations!
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Monday, October 4 at 5:30-7:00 p.m. in Coronado S/T. Prior to the conference all participants are invited to read “Is that paper really due today?": Differences in First-Generation and Traditional College Students' Understandings of Faculty Expectations by Peter Collier and David Morgan, Higher Education 55:425-446 (2008) (With kind permission from Springer Science+Business Media).
Join your colleagues at NACADA’s Common Reading to discuss research on how first-generation students experience higher education. The discussion will focus on issues presented by Peter Collier and David Morgan, Higher Education 55, 425-446.
Faculty and students have different expectations regarding their responsibilities. Students achieve academic success when they acquire greater mastery of their role as “college students” and meet faculty expectations in demonstrating learning of course content. First-generation students often enter college with less expertise in the student role than other students. As others expand their mastery of faculty expectations, “first-generation students may still be struggling simply to understand the university’s expectations ‘in general’” (p.430).
Through this discussion, participants will:
- Consider structures and perspectives that affect first-generation students.Discuss the role of academic advising in translating academic expectations to students.
- Explore ways to increase first-generation students’ skill in mastering the role of “college student.”
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Comfortable
and casual best describe the "dress code" at NACADA annual
conferences. Wear comfortable shoes-sessions
will be held in two different buildings among multiple
levels.
Learning
and networking are emphasized, not a formal dress code.
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Saturday, October 2 |
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Tuesday, October 5 |
4:00-7:00 p.m. |
Hospitality/Registration Open |
7:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. |
Hospitality/Registration Open |
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7:15-8:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
Sunday, October 3 |
8:45-10:00 a.m. |
Torres – Keynote Address |
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Hospitality/Registration Open |
8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. |
Exhibits |
9:00 a.m.-5:15 p.m. |
Pre-conference Workshops |
10:15 -11:15 a.m. |
27 Individual Sessions |
7:00-8:30 p.m. |
Junco-Opening Keynote Address |
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. |
27 Individual Sessions |
8:30-10:00 p.m. |
Welcome Reception |
12:30-2:00 p.m. |
Lunch & Poster Session |
8:30-10:00 p.m. |
Exhibits |
2:00-3:00 p.m. |
27 Individual Sessions |
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3:15-4:15 p.m. |
27 Individual Sessions |
Monday, October 4 |
4:30-5:30 p.m. |
27 Individual Sessions |
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Hospitality/Registration Open |
5:45-6:45 p.m. |
Annual NACADA Business Meeting |
7:30-8:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:30-4:30 p.m. |
Exhibits |
8:45-9:45 a.m. |
27 Individual Sessions |
Wednesday, October 6 |
10:00-11:00 a.m. |
27 Individual Sessions |
7:00-11:30 a.m. |
Hospitality/Registration Open |
11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. |
27 Individual Sessions |
7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
12:15-1:45 p.m. |
Lunch & CIG Fair |
8:00-9:00 a.m. |
27 Individual Sessions |
2:00-3:00 p.m. |
27 Individual Sessions |
9:15-10:15 a.m. |
27 Individual Sessions |
3:15-4:15 p.m. |
27 Individual Sessions |
10:30-11:30 a.m. |
27 Individual Sessions |
4:30-5:30 p.m. |
Regional Meetings |
11:30 a.m. |
Conference Ends |
5:30-7:00 p.m. |
Common Reading |
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Continuing
Education Units |
NACADA
is recognized by the National Board for Certified Counselors
to offer continuing education units (CEUs) for National
Certified Counselors. It is the responsibility of the attendee
to abide by NBCC Continuing Education Guidelines. Information
will be available at the North Registration Desk. |
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If
you'd like to meet other attendees and perhaps share dinner
or evening entertainment opportunities, come to the Hospitality
Booth at the Central Registration Desk. Volunteers will have
restaurant suggestions and signup sheets to facilitate
forming informal dinner groups along with the members
from the local hospitality committee.
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The Exhibit Hall, Veracruz C, will be open:
- Sunday: 8:30 - 10:00 p.m.
- Monday: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
- Tuesday: 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Join us in Veracruz C for a special door prize event for conference participants on Sunday evening, October 3, after the keynote presentation. The first 100 people to visit ten exhibit booths that evening will be winners! Each winning participant will receive a Disney refillable mug that may be used to receive free coffee, tea, or soft drinks while at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort. Veracruz C will also be the site for the Silent Auction, Cyber Café, and other opportunities to win door prizes during the conference. |
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Rey Junco
Lock Haven University |
 Rey Junco
Rey Junco is a social media scholar who investigates the impact of emerging technologies on college students. His investigations concentrate on how social media affect student psychosocial development, engagement, and success.
Best known for his innovative research on how students use technology, Rey conducted the first large, multi-institution survey of student technology use, which he wrote about in his book, Connecting to the Net.Generation: What Higher Education Professionals Need to Know about Today’s Students. Rey further explored students’ Internet usage in his second book, Using Emerging Technologies, in which he conducted a comprehensive analysis of social media’s role in student engagement, technology’s potential to improve retention, and blogs’ potential to improve students’ writing and marketing skills. He recently published results from the first experimental study of social media on academic outcomes and found that Twitter can be co-opted for academic purposes in order to increase student engagement and improve grades.
Rey earned his doctorate in education in counselor education and his master’s in clinical psychology from Penn State University. He holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from The University of Florida. Early in his academic career, Rey was trained as an advisor at Penn State’s Division of Undergraduate Studies where he worked for two summers in the First-year Testing, Consulting, and Advising Program (FTCAP). He is currently a faculty member in the Department of Academic Development and Counseling, Director of Disability Services, and advisor for students who have yet to declare a major. |
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Vasti Torres
Indiana University Bloomington |
 Vasti Torres
Vasti Torres is associate professor of higher education and student affairs administration in the School of Education at Indiana University. Prior to joining the faculty, she had 15 years of experience in administrative positions most recently serving as Associate Vice Provost and Dean for Enrollment and Student Services at Portland State University in Oregon. She was the Principle Investigator for a multi-year grant investigating the choice to stay in college for Latino students as well as a multi-year grant looking at the experiences of working college students. She has served as evaluator for the Rural Community College Initiative and Building Engagement and Attainment for Minority Students initiative. She is active in several higher education and student affairs associations and in 2007 – 2008 she became the first Latina president of a national student services association – ACPA. Between 2008 and 2010 she served as co-chair of the Future of Student Affairs Task Force. She has been honored as a Diamond Honoree, Senior Scholar, and Wise Woman by the American College Personnel Association, Contribution to Literature and Knowledge Award from NASPA, and Program Associate for the National Center for Policy in Higher Education. Dr. Torres is a graduate of Stetson University and holds a Ph.D. in Counseling and Student Affairs Administration from The University of Georgia. |
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Looking for a new position or tips on how to successfully conduct a job search? If so, plan to stop by the Member Career Services table at the South Registration Desk. The desk will be staffed on Monday, October 4 between 8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m. and Tuesday, October 5 between 10:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
The NACADA Member Career Services committee aims to connect job-searching NACADA members with administrators who have available positions to fill. Stop by the Member Career Services booth for sample job search documents and other helpful resources for job seekers.
Members Seeking Employment |
- Members who are seeking a new position or advancement in higher education are encouraged to bring several copies of their résumé to the conference. Member Career Services committee members will be available to offer constructive feedback on how to improve your cover letter and/or résumé/CV. In addition, résumés may be submitted for available positions. Job descriptions will be available at the Member Career Services booth for perusal.
- Interested candidates will need one résumé for each position for which they would like to apply. They will be provided to any employers who are at the conference so they can contact candidates and schedule on-site or post-conference interviews.
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Employers |
- Employers who are interested in posting available positions at the conference need to bring at least 20 copies of the position description to the Member Career Services booth. These need to be submitted as soon as possible, where they will be available for perusal by candidates.
- Employers will be able to collect résumés, pre-screen candidates, and schedule their own interviews if interested.
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Join
the NACADA choir for a thrilling performance at the second
plenary session! We are excited to have Bruce Norris continuing with us to coordinate and direct the 12th
annual NACADA choir performance, 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday,
October 5th. First-time and returning singers of
all abilities are welcome. It's not necessary to register
in advance. Please join us; you'll have a blast!
If you would like to send Bruce an email so you can be
included in any prior information, you can contact Bruce
at bnorris@wcupa.edu
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We
will rehearse Monday, October 3rd, time and place to be announced, some of us may want
to explore dinner options together after the practice.
The second practice will be at 7:15 a.m., October 5th,
just prior to our performance at 8:30 a.m., in the Coronado Ballroom. We hope to see you there. |
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Monday
is Spirit Day at the conference. Show your school spirit
on Monday, October 4
by wearing a rugby, polo shirt or T-shirt from your
institution. Join the fun and see how many different schools
are represented! |
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NACADA
Town Hall Business Meeting |
The
NACADA Town Hall Business Meeting is an opportunity for
participants to hear about the strategic initiatives of
the association and to be involved in a group process to
provide input into the future of the association, including
how to better meet the needs of the membership, how to enhance
the association's resources and services, and how to enhance
the academic advising community. Plan to attend the Town
Hall Meeting on Tuesday, October 5 from 5:45-7:00 p.m. in the Baja room and become actively involved with your association.
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At
this year's conference we have many opportunities for
participants to get involved. It doesn't have to an all-day
commitment; a couple of hours would be helpful. It's a
good way to meet new people. If you are interested in
serving as a volunteer (helping at the hospitality booth,
assisting with the evaluation process, etc.), please e-mail Volunteer Chair, Abby Riggenbach, University of Central Florida. |
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