NACADA
Commission and Interest Group Division
2003
Post-Conference Unit Report
Commission/Interest
Group: Advising
Graduate and Professional Students
Chair:
Virginia Hueske
Summary
of Annual Meeting at National Conference (agenda items,
issues, discussion topics, announcements, etc.)
Our
commission's meeting was attended by enthusiastic participants
all eager to share with each other stories of our challenges,
similarities, different situations and common needs and goals.
We all described our various job situations, our concerns for
our students and the challenges they face and our own professional
challenges. We all agreed that we needed more time to continue
our discussion.
Approximate
Number of Commission/Interest Group Members in Attendance:
25
Critical
Issues of Concern or "Hot Topics" Identified:
Our
students:
-
Funding
- Admissions/recruitment/orientation
- Advising
issues
- Degree
completion and accreditation processes
- Recruiting
a diverse population
Ourselves:
-
Salaries
- Number
of students in our programs vs. resources available to us
- Collaboration
among faculty and professional advisers
- Training
for new adviser/coordinators
- The Adviser
Certificate Program
Unit
Goals and Objectives for Next Year:
- To
encourage and support the growth of our community of Graduate
and Professional School advisers and encourage NACADA membership.
- To
encourage presentation at National and Regional conferences.
- To
develop, through discussion groups, presentations and increased
communication as well as publication, a body of knowledge pertinent
to Graduate and Professional Student advising.
- To
share and develop skills, abilities and programs that will insure
diversity among our students and colleagues.
Future
Activities Planned:
- Define
and encourage activities of steering committee to include goal
definition and web site enhancement.
- Encourage
presentations from all members at national and regional conferences.
- Publish
article.
- Structure
commission meeting more as a business meeting and provide separate
forum for discussion of topics and issues.
Volunteer
Opportunities Available Within the Unit:
- Steering
committee participation welcome
- Conference
Commission Table supervision
- Conference
Round Table Discussion supervision
Members
Serving this Unit (committee members, liaisons, etc.):
- Judith
Goetz, Penn State University
-
Kati Markowitz, University of California-Berkeley
- Philip Guerrero,
University
of Texas-Austin
- Dwight Moore,
Emporia State University
- Virginia
Hueske, University of
Texas-Austin
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