Annie H. Turman, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

Past Involvement in NACADA:

Years in NACADA: 6 years

National Offices Held and Accomplishments Achieved While in Office:

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

• State Representative (present)
• State Drive in Workshops: April 2000 ( Macon ), April 2003 ( Savannah )
• Regional presentations: March 2000, March 2001, March 2003-selected as Region 4 Best of Region in 2003.

Committee Activities and Accomplishments:

Commission/Interest Group Activities and Accomplishments:

• Current member of Multicultural Concerns Commission and Advisor Training and Development Commission
• Current member of Probation/Dismissal/Reinstatement Issues Interest Group and  First-Generation College Student Advising Interest Group

Other:

• 2003 NACADA Outstanding Advisor Award recipient
• NACADA National Conference presenter in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003
• Member GSU Advisors' Group
• Liaison to Registrar's Office
• Workshops for African-American Student Services & Programs; Workshops for GSU 1010 course
• New Student Orientation (INCEPT) workshops
• Workshops for students in the Academic Improvement Program (AIP)
• Collaboration with each Academic Assistance office at Georgia State University (GSU)

Platform Statement:

As a Senior Academic Advisor at Georgia State University , I have been an active member of NACADA for 6 years. During that time, I have presented at the State, Regional, and National levels. Recently I received the honor of best presentation for Region IV and 2003 Outstanding Advisor Award. Presently, I serve as the State Representative for Georgia. My goal has been to increase cooperation and involvement among state institutions by highlighting state drive-thru workshops.

As Region IV Chair, my goal will be to build stronger alliances among region institutions. As region institutions collaborate, the primary objectives would be to share information about successful advising programs implemented at institutions across the state; present research findings of advising concepts and models; develop working relationships among state institutions; and to make aware throughout the community of state institutions, student academic needs and services. Even though we face some of the same general academic advising issues and some of us face more specific issues, it is imperative to establish collaboration among region institutions. My emphasis will also be to encourage members to form interest groups at the Regional level, which will foster participation into existing interest groups and or creation of new interest groups at the National level.