Section 1: Identify the leadership within your unit.

List members of your steering committees, committee members, task force members, conference chairs, etc. & their emails.

Name of Committee	Name of Committee Member	Email
Steering Committee	Donna Edgar	donna.edgar@kctcs.edu
Steering Committee	Lee Kem	lee.kem@coe.murraystate.edu
Steering Committee	Vicki McGillin	vmcgilli@wheatonma.edu
Steering Committee	JoAnn Schrass	jschrass@umw.edu
Steering Committee	Rhonda Sprague	rsprague@uwsp.edu
Curriculum Team	Tim Champarde	champarde@YAHOO.COM
Curriculum Team	Bob Hurt	RLHurt@csupomona.edu
Curriculum Team	Heidi Koring	koring@lynchburg.edu
Curriculum Team	Kathy Stockwell	stockwel@fvtc.edu

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Section 2: Outline your annual activities as they relate to the NACADA missions and strategies.

Mission 1 : Address the academic advising needs of higher education.

Strategies:

1-A
Identify, prioritize, and address critical issues facing academic advising. Through surveys and needs assessments, identify the issues facing academic advising in higher education and propose methods for addressing these issues - from recognition of advising as a critical component of student success to the recognition of advisors as critical to the educational/developmental process.

Task (Activities Planned)	Person/committee assigned the task	Target Date	Date Completed	Assess progress or completion
Recognize a commission member with a Service to Commission Award. $50 budget amount requested for this activity.	Steering Committee	2005-08-01	0000-00-00

1-D
Provide comprehensive professional development opportunities to the academic advising community. Identify, develop, and deliver professional development activities and resources to meet the needs of the academic advising community - including institutions, central administrators, full-time advisors, faculty advisors, and peer advisors.

Task (Activities Planned)	Person/committee assigned the task	Target Date	Date Completed	Assess progress or completion
Offer several pilot train-the-trainer sessions for those interested in presenting the faculty advising development workshops on campuses across the country. The workshop materials have been developed by the FAC Curriculum Team. This was a Board initiative; any necessary funding, hopefully, will come from them.	Curriculum Team	2005-08-01	0000-00-00
Present the Faculty Advisor Preconference Workshop at one Regional Conference where it has not previously been presented.	FAC Curriculum Team	2005-06-01	0000-00-00

Mission 2 : Advance the body of knowledge of academic advising.

Strategies:

2-A
Promote, support, and conduct research related to the enhancement of academic advising through further understanding of the student, the campus environment, advising processes, or other related areas.

Task (Activities Planned)	Person/committee assigned the task	Target Date	Date Completed	Assess progress or completion
Encourage interested parties to seek grants for conducting and presenting research related to faculty advising. Grant availability will be promoted via e-mail to Faculty Commission members and on the Commission web site.	Commission Chair	2005-07-01	0000-00-00
Encourage Commission members to present at advising conferences (state, regional, and national), to publish articles on issues pertinent to faculty advising, and to develop and post resources on the NACADA Clearinghouse Web site.	Steering Committee, Commission Chair	2005-08-01	0000-00-00

Mission 3 : Champion the educational role of academic advising to enhance student learning and development in a diverse world.

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Mission 4 : Affirm the role of academic advising in supporting institutional mission and vitality.

Strategies:

4-A
Influence leaders and decision-makers in higher education to support quality academic advising. Impress upon institutional leaders that quality academic advising is important to institutional success.

Task (Activities Planned)	Person/committee assigned the task	Target Date	Date Completed	Assess progress or completion
Create a Who's Who in Faculty Advising Web site. This site will showcase outstanding faculty advisors from institutions across the country who will share their advising philosophies, their success stories, and best practices. Nomination instructions will be on the Faculty Commission Web site.	Steering Committee Commission Chair	2005-04-01	0000-00-00

Mission 5 : Promote the involvement of diverse populations in the Association.

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Section 3: Issues/Items for consideration by the Division, Council or Board of Directors.

Issue/Item

Details

Reaching out to discipline-specific/faculty organizations

As an organization, NACADA has talked for several years about reaching out to faculty. A task force was convened three years ago, out of which grew the Faculty Advisor Commission and the faculty development workshops. A survey, asking what services NACADA can offer to faculty, was sent to members of NACADA who had identified themselves as faculty members. The survey was done at the end of the school year and thus generated minimal response. The responses did confirm our belief that most faculty belong to organizations and attend conferences that are discipline-specific. Is it time for us to join forces in some way with these other organizations? Many reports indicate that advising is done by faculty and is part of teaching. What can we learn from these organizations and their members about how advising is shaped by disciplinary styles and evolving epistemologies? Would this information help us offer better, more timely services to faculty. As we try to reach out to those involved with faculty advising, the Faculty Advisor Commission would like to see this issue addressed by the Board.

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Section 4: List Volunteer Opportunities Available in your Unit.

Volunteer Opportunity	Details
Coordinator of Who's Who in Faculty Advising project	Looking for someone to coordinate the Who's Who in Faculty Advising project. This person would receive the nominations, make sure that the nominator has submitted all pertinent information (photo, brief bio, advising philosophy, best practices, etc.), and then forward the info to NACADA for posting on the Who's Who web page.
Newsletter editor	Newsletters are a great way to keep members up-to-date on commission activities and to give them a forum for sharing information that will be of interest to other members. We are looking for a person who is willing to collect articles and "publish" the newsletter three or four times per year.

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Section 5: Summary of Annual Commission Meeting

Faculty Advisors Commission Meeting - Friday, Oct. 8 There were approximately 25 people in attendance. We spent about 50 minutes doing introduction and sharing thoughts about faculty advising on our campuses. We heard about concerns, issues, and best practices. It was time well-spent in that those with concerns and issues were able to get feedback from other attendees, and we all learned from the best practices. Tim and Kathy shared their idea for a Who's Who in Faculty Advising and invited all participants to attend the Hot Topics session on Saturday morning to further discuss this idea. Responses to this idea were positive, and we plan on going ahead with this initiative. Kathy asked for volunteers for a Commission Steering Committee. Rhonda Sprague, JoAnn Schrass, Donna Edgar, Vicki McGillin, and Lee Kem agreed to work with Kathy on this committee. Kathy also asked attendees to think about submitting presentation proposals for state, regional, and national conferences.