Jennifer Nelson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE

 

Past Involvement in NACADA:

 

Years in NACADA: 8 years

 

National Offices Held and Accomplishments Achieved While in Office:

 

Regional Activities/Offices Held, including accomplishments achieved while in office:

• Co-Chair, NACADA Region 6 Conference Planning Committee, 2001 and 1995
• Presenter at the 1995 NACADA Region 6 conference
• Region 6 Chair candidate in 1996

Committee Activities and Accomplishments:

• Member of Selection Committee, 2003 NACADA Outstanding Advising Awards-Faculty Category

Commission/Interest Group Activities and Accomplishments:

Other:

• Recipient, 2002 NACADA Outstanding Advising Award-Primary Role Category
• Recipient, 2002 Builders Award For Outstanding Academic Advising (all-university award)
• Received recognition for support to the Office of Student Affairs at UNL (2003)
• Developed transfer guides for six UNL colleges for each state community college
• Co-Chair of the UNL all-university adviser annual training event
• Presenter at the 1995 NACADA National Conference

 

Platform Statement:

 

I have been an Academic Adviser in the Division of General Studies (academic home for deciding students) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln since 1992. During this time, I have been active in coordinating events and projects that impact advisers and students at the institutional (acted as co-chair for all-university annual adviser training), state (created transfer guides for all community colleges in the state), and regional levels (co-chaired the Region 6 Conference Planning Committee in 2001 and 1995).

 

Today more and more students are electing to start their college careers at the community colleges and to continue their degree at four-year institutions. As the Region Chair, I will work with the conference planning committee to encourage more conference participation of community college advisers and for more conference session topics related to the transfer process. I will also work to develop a campaign strategy to increase NACADA Region 6 membership.