Kathy Stockwell, Fox Valley Technical College, Appleton, WI

Past Involvement in NACADA:

Years in NACADA: 5 years
Regional Activities/Offices Held, including accomplishments achieved while in office: Co-presented a
session at the Region 5 conference in spring 2002.
National Offices Held and Accomplishments Achieved While in Office: none
Committee Activities and Accomplishments: Member of national task force for Faculty in Advising. There is now a Faculty Advisors Commission, and we are working on curriculum for one-day drive-in training (a recommendation of the task force). Member of the Advisory Board for the 2003 National Conference in Dallas. Member of the Membership Committee.
Commission/Interest Group Activities and Accomplishments: Active participation in Two-Year
Colleges and Faculty Advisors Commissions.  Conference proposal reader for Two-Year Colleges in 2001 and Faculty Advisors in 2002.
Other: Received a NACADA Outstanding Advisor Award in 1998. In 2001, our institution won an
Outstanding Advising Program Award (I have served on our steering committee for the past four years and  am currently Faculty Advising Coordinator for the school). Have presented at state conferences. Attended national conferences in 1998, 2000, 2001 and 2002; presented concurrent sessions in 2000 (commission-sponsored) and 2002 and participated in a panel discussion in 2002. Attended Summer Institute in 2000.

At our recent state advising conference, I had the pleasure of hearing a panel of students from two-year institutions talk about their advising experiences. These students strengthened my already deep conviction that advisors do indeed play a very important role in the lives of students.

It is with this conviction that I propose to lead the Two-Year Colleges Commission. Following in the footsteps of my successful predecessors, I will encourage attendance and active participation in state, regional, and national conferences. Based on feedback from this year's commission meeting, I will strive to establish a learning community atmosphere at conferences so that we have more time together to discuss, collaborate, and learn from each other. I will work with the commission steering committee to address areas of concern to members. We are a commission with a vast knowledge base; I will encourage sharing of this knowledge via our list serve, newsletter, and web page. The more we learn from each other, the better prepared we will be to serve our students who so much want and need this involvement from us.