ActionPlanTopics

As a Summer Institute participant, you are given the opportunity to prepare and present (in your discussion group) an ACTION PLAN for solving an advising challenge on your campus. The scope of the action plan is left up to you. The scope may be as narrow as devising a new form or as broad as proposing a new model for delivery of advising on your campus or recommending the use of new technology. You will receive assistance with this project by attending relevant sessions, group discussions, and group & individual consultations with institute facilitators who have expertise in the area you have chosen. Below are some topics and descriptions of Action Plans that have been proposed and developed at previous Summer Institutes.

Title of Action Plan

Description

Name & Institution

Institution Type

Define & Evaluate Academic Advising

To solidify definition of advising & ensure that all departments represent advising accurately. Revise current evaluation & assessment tool to include Advisor/Process outcomes & student learning outcomes. Possibly create a pre-assessment of new student expectations/understanding of advising

Kristin Lindeen -- DeVry University-Westminster

4-year Private

Edward Waters College Advising Center - Redefining & Refining Structure

Refining the structure of the advising center at EWC. Including, but not limited to: Mission Statement, program goals, services, learning outcomes, advisor development & workshop planning.

Iana Williams -- Edward Waters College

4-year Private

How UBP is engaging Students

Pre-business students newly admitted for Fall 2007 will be divided alphabetically among 4 pre-business advisors. (cohort) Photo post card will be snail mailed/emailed to those enrolled introducing their specific advisor w/ contact information, walk-in advising hours and including specifics related to dg. plans, and basic info, all through a hyper link or web link on Card. A Welcome back event will be held early in semester; and specific & targeted emails sent out during specific times during the semester.

Tammy Mace -- University of Houston-Central

4-year Public

1st Year Academic Advisor Position Development & Implementation

Move all Academic Advising of 1st term students and all 1st year initiatives to a new position. This includes redefining all advisors responsibilities.

Susan Johnson -- DeVry University

4-year Private

Develop an advising mission statement, establish goals & objectives for the advising system, identify outcomes for advising and develop an implementation plan.

Marc Coomer -- Yakima Valley Community College

2-year

Freshman Seminar for College of Computing Sciences

Develop a seminar program for first time full-time freshman in College of Computing Sciences (CCS). College advisors have 4 sessions of 1 1/2 hours each to introduce and orient CCS freshman to 5 CCS programs and careers after graduation.

George Olsen -- New Jersey Institute of Technology

4-year Public

Project Success

Improving student retention by focusing in on students that are on probation, and are at risk of losing financial aid. Mandated workshop series will be required for students who are at risk of losing aid. All probation students will be formally invited to participate in the workshop series. Maine scope would be to intervene before these students lose their financial aid.

John Seltenright -- University of Alaska-Anchorage

4-year Public

Early Intervention Plan

The Early Intervention Plan is designed to target students who receive early academic warnings and connect them with resources that help improve their grades. This may be accomplished through cell phone calls, email, Facebook messages, required advising meetings, goal-setting workshops, tutoring, better designed individual student plans, and assessment of the progress. We would like to have this improved by Fall '07 and have shown improvement by Spring '08. The proof of improvement will be a higher cumulative GPA for all students.

Steve Kramer -- Neosho County Community College

2-year

1st Year Experience

Develop a comprehensive and intrusive First Year Student experience. The plan includes Advising web pages, staff and faculty training, create intake form, early academic alert guidelines and worksheets, student success workshops and academic success follow ups at strategic times of the first two semesters.

Craig Mathie, Vandy Moore, Cynthia Avery -- Snow College-Richfield

2-year

YVCC Advising Framework

Bring back framework for advising that involves the rest of the institutional members.

Kathy Laws, Rachel Dorn, Skye Field, Robbins, Kevin Palmateer -- Yakima Valley Community College

2-year

Develop Draft Mission Statement of Advising

Develop a "draft" mission statement that will serve as a framework to develop advising program goals and prompt discussion on campus-wide definition of academic advising and "general" advising

Aura Rios Erickson -- Shoreline Community College

2-year

Development of a Mission Statement & Syllabus for Graduate & Adult Advising

Develop a mission statement, goals & objectives, & syllabus. Show measurable outcomes for student & advisors through assessment & evaluation. The documents will be shared with our university community and will be professional documents to which quality advising standards will be upheld.

Debbie Nakashima -- Hawaii Pacific University

4-year Private

STEM Seminar

The focus of the plan is to develop the curriculum for a one hour seminar for incoming freshman underprepared to take courses in their declared major in the College of Science and Engineering.

Judy Wells -- University of Southern Indiana

4-year Public

Faculty Training for Academic Advising at McPherson College

Training workshops for faculty advising during our academic year.

Karlene Tyler -- McPherson College

4-year Private

Academic Advising: Training and Assessment

We want to develop a faculty-advisor training system and an academic advising assessment process - one to two years to put system/process in place.

Kevin Hadduck -- McPherson College

4-year Private

Advising Syllabus

College of Business Administration Undergraduate Programs advising syllabus that outlines procedures and responsibilities of both advisors and advisees.

Kara Harper -- University of Tulsa

4-year Private

Upward Bound Summer Bridge Program: Career Exploration Component

To establish a component within the Upward Bound Summer Bridge program using the Self-Directed Search to help participants with career exploration and decision making.

Vanessa Brocks -- Austin Peay State University

4-year Public

Degree Audit (CAPP) Training Plan

GOAL: Fine-tune the already existing training plan to (1) reach users who are unaware of or resistant to CAPP; (2) streamline lines of communication; and (3) continue to assuage user concerns.

PLAN:

Identify one "specialist" (antagonist?) in each department on campus.
Thoroughly train specialists both formally and informally.
Campus-wide campaign to clarify redefined lines of communication (e.g., departmental specialist - CAPP administrator - IT).
Routinely include CAPP training in new student orientation sessions, major department advisement sessions, etc.

Jane Stout -- Weber State University

4-year Public

Opening an Advising Centre for the School of Social & Community Services & School of Deaf & Deaf Blind Studies

To open an advising centre that supports & enhances students' learning experience & academic success. To develop a mission, goals & policy that focuses on student's personal connection to their George Brown experience.

Felice Markowicz -- George Brown College

4-year Public

Expanding Probation Program to the Web

To expand the University Division's probation program to the web in order to increase communication with students beyond the advising appointments.

Amber Hughes -- University of Southern Indiana

4-year Public

Reflecting and Defining the Role of the Advisor-Intern

Undergraduate Advising at the University of Washington has started a new 2-year advising intern program. As one of the first to go through the program, I want to reflect upon, define, and improve upon the program for the next set of interns.

Noell Bernard -- University of Washington

4-year Public

Advisors in the Classroom

To schedule 3-4 Academic Orientation Class sessions - related activities where an Academic Advisor can provide instruction. This will require the development of an advising syllabus and academic advising portfolio requirements. The purpose is to provide an intentional structure for students to interact with an academic advisor.

Lisa Cox -- Eastern Kentucky University

4-year Public

Developing Engaged Advising for the Students of Tomorrow

Plan and implement a comprehensive faculty mentor/advisor development program for engaged advising, in a multiple delivery methods format.

Emily Cowdrick -- Georgia Gwinnett College

4-year Public

Developing the Capacity & Culture for Faculty-Led Academic Advising

The Geary Campus will develop a faculty-led, decentralized advising program drawing on the culture of the campus and needs of its adult students to include the creation of advising mission, goals, and outcomes; faculty development plan; handbooks; and assessment.

Brenda Edleston -- Cloud County Community College

2-year

Peer Advising

To design and implement a formalized Peer Advising Program for the Kelley School of Business. The program will include recruitment and marketing, training and evaluation.

Michael Denunzio -- Indiana University

4-year Public

Advisor Dons' Guidebook

A plan to assess needs of advisors on campus and develop a campus-wide advisor development program under the guidance of the Academic Council.

Nancy Leinbach -- Indiana Univ Purdue Univ-Fort Wayne

4-year Public

It's All About You

The purpose of the action plan is to assist students to rise above their warning/probation/suspension status. Intrusive and interactive activities will be created and acted upon in order to help students to: acknowledge their talents and strengths, identify tools to meet their challenges, and design paths toward their academic success.

Candy Busby -- Weber State University

4-year Public

PLUSS - Pathways Leading to Undergraduate Success in Science

We will devise a seminar course for at-risk students who have indicated a science major. This seminar will include presentations by department chairs, learning style inventories, and peer interaction.

Marsha Segebarth -- University of Southern Indiana

4-year Public

The Road to Academic Success

Implement a probationary program for students with a 2.5 GPA or below interested in persuing post - baccularate degrees.

Lorneth Peters -- Austin Peay State University

4-year Public

Road Map to Success

To create a learning friendly community for undecided students in order to enhance their intellectual development, study skills & social skills.

Tselate Talley -- University of Maryland-Eastern Shore

4-year Public

"Intentional" Training Plan for Academic Advisors in Liberal Arts & Sciences

This training model is designed to be diverse and foundational. Incorporating informational, relational and conceptual components, it serves the needs of both new and experienced academic advisors from a variety of academic disciplines through multiple media and delivery methods.

Julie Givans -- Arizona State University

4-year Public

Title of Action Plan

Description

Name & Institution

Institution Type

Professional Development for Faculty Advisors

The student success center will create a motivational advisor developmental program for new & existing faculty members by September 1, 2006, with the support of the Dean of Academic Affairs, Dean of Students, & the Director of the SSC. This developmental program will be structured to satisfy AUK's total in-take advising model. The strategy will include the enhancement of "Advising is teaching" & emphasis on developmental advising. This goal will be assessed by different evaluation formats.

Bibi Al-Ghanim -- American University of Kuwait

4-year Private

Summer Enrollment Survey

Develop a qualitative student survey to be administered by academic advisors in a variety of settings to determine how best to increase summer term enrollment.

John Nilsson -- University of Utah

4-year Public

First Year Program for Pre-Business Students

To create and implement First Year Program for Pre-Business students in order to enhance and promote personal growth and development. Establishment of a Pre-Business theme hall in Fall 2007 in the resident halls.

Dorine Ramos -- University of California-Riverside

4-year Public

Academic Advising Program (AAP)

Our action plan is to develop an Academic Advising Program (AAP) at Rowan University. AAP will include short- and long-term goals to strengthen advising campus wide. Short-term goals will identify a champion for advising, formalize and advising policy, set up college liaisons, create a University Council for Academic Advising, and begin an Advisor Development Program. Long-term goals include the creation of a Center for Excellence in Academic Advising and hiring a Director for the Center for Excellence in Academic Advising.

Joanne Damminger -- Rowan University

4-year Public

Tracking Our Success

My plan is to work collaboratively with advising administrators at East Carolina University to expand and refine the assessment of professional advising services at ECU.

Ellen Deters -- East Carolina University

4-year Public

Intrusive Advising Model

Develop an intrusive advising model for "at risk" students.

Jean Miller -- Southeast Missouri State University

4-year Public

Building Communities Among Advising Cohorts

Develop a consensus about advising goals among undergraduates, alumni & faculty. Develop group events to enhance faculty-student, student-student, student, faculty-alumni interaction.

Ellen Jacobson -- University of Wisconsin-Madison

4-year Public

Implementation of Academic Advising Model

At NWTC, we are moving form a generalist counseling model to a program specific counselor/advisor model, in which we will provide more insistent & pro-active advising to all assigned students.

John Grant -- Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

2-year

Developing an Academic Advising Mission

To develop an academic advising mission which parallels those of the Institution, CCC district office, and Board of Trustees. As part of the advising mission development, the department will identify specific goals and objectives. Thereby, advisors will be able to provide quality comprehensive advising that best prepares each student for academic & life success. Also the plan is intended to strengthen the institution's retention plan.

Elizabeth Vazquez -- CCC-Olive Harvey College

2-year

Declared and Prepared for Current Students

A process will be created to transition current students into our new advising model. Students meeting the set criteria will be able to register without seeing an advisor.

Jessica Holland -- Tacoma Community College

2-year

Prep Time/Appointment sessions

Our advisement department would like to develop a system for advisors which will provide them prep time twice a day. We would also like the department to schedule appointment sessions for students.

Alfreda Poynter -- Gateway Community College

2-year

Enhanced Advising Network Pilot: At Risk and Exploration Students

The goal is to identify cohorts of students who represent the most needy groups and to develop an enhanced advising network to better serve these populations.

Judith Hogan -- Middlesex Community College

2-year

Integrating Faculty into Advising Process

To integrate faculty into academic advising process after students have selected a program of study by creation of faculty advising committee (FAC).

Thomas Fahy -- Gateway Community College

2-year

Faculty Advising & Student Retention

Although many factors contribute to student retention and success, good faculty advising is key. We will design an advising guide and a plan for faculty training and use.

Sabra Mumford -- Western Technical College

2-year

Advisor Development Days & Ask the Advisor Web site

Create an advisor development program designed to take place over a multiple session time frame. The initial focus will be on conceptual information, and will also then focus on informational and relational training. We will also create an "Ask the Advisor" web site that advisors can use for questions throughout the entire academic year.

Jennifer Board & Sondra Sutherland -- Jefferson Community College

2-year

A Faculty-Student Guidebook for Academic Advising at Eureka College

We will work with Eureka College faculty to develop an advising guidebook which contains a mission statement and tools to foster effective, holistic advising sessions.

Valerie Perry & Jonathan Rienstra-Kiracofe -- Eureka College

4-year Private

Re-Create Mission Statement for Academic Advising Center

Create a mission statement that reflects the changing culture in the Academic Advising Center. We will establish goals and objectives which will define the advisor/advisee relationship.

Noelle McCurley -- California State University-Sacramento

4-year Public

Development of an Academic Advisement Program

The program will include short-term goals (a coordinator, formalize and advisement policy, college liaisons and a university council for advisement) and long-term goals (creation of a center and hiring of a director).

Pat Mosto -- Rowan University

4-year Public

Revitalize, Refresh, and Refocus the Academic Advising Center

Revitalize, refresh, and refocus the Academic Advising center through the revision of our mission statement and the creation of an advising syllabus and training handbook.

Jennifer Druskin -- California State Univ-Sacramento

4-year Public

Bridging the Gap and Traveling Away from Suspension

Revision of how the college of liberal arts communicates with first-year students who are placed on academic warning and academic probation.

Katherine Elias -- Oregon State University

4-year Public

Towards a New Academic Advising Model for First Year Students

Using the resources from NACADA's workshops and topical sessions in SI as well as office reports (annual, institutional effectiveness, and dept review report) engage in discussion with staff and develop a proposal for a new academic advising model for our office. The new model will cover delivery system, academic advising team, and will take into consideration the culture of the institution, the University's academic advising structure and mission statement. In tandem with this project the office will continue to work towards the development of an academic advising syllabus for first year students to be presented/marketed to students and parents during the 2007 Orientation Program. (May-Aug 2007)

Gloria Laureano -- University of Central Florida

4-year Public

Peer Advising Program

To implement a Pilot Peer Advising program at Eastern Kentucky University with emphasis on students with 2 or more developmental needs to increase student retention and student success.

Matt Schumacher -- Eastern Kentucky University

4-year Public

Improving School of Pharmacy Community (faculty, students & staff) Knowledge & Utilization of academic advising

We will implement our mission and philosophy of academic advising into practice. We will also market our advising program to faculty, staff, and students to increase collaboration and to promote maximum utilization of effective academic advising.

Emily Gilbert -- University of Wisconsin-Madison

4-year Public

Improvement of Academic Advising in Meteorology

Goal: Improve the communication/dissemination of knowledge appropriate to the quality of advising students in meteorology. Specific Actions: 1) Explore effective communication technologies for communicating with: a) recruited majors, b) entering majors, c) graduating majors, and d) graduates; 2) Review potential for Blackboard as a platform for communication w/ majors; 3) Design an advising web site which provides information including: a) student handbook, b) peer advising, c) advising calendar, and d) career guidance.

Merlin Lawson -- University of Nebraska-Lincoln

4-year Public

Develop a Plan for Academic Advising Assessment

To finalize the Academic Advising Council's academic advising assessment plan and to continue to develop academic advising strategies/initiatives that can be related back to/enhance the academic advising assessment.

Karen Boston & Dave Dawson -- University of Arkansas

4-year Public

Untitled

To develop and implement an assessment plan that will lead to the enhancement of Cross-College Advising Service (CCAS) services and serve as a model for campus and beyond. CCAS' Advising syllabus will provide the unifying document to drive our assessment.

Randy Gentile, Becky Ryan, Tonya Trabant, & Diana Maki -- University of Wisconsin-Madison

4-year Public

Advising for Transfer Students into Electrical Engineering Program

In the context of a large Hispanic institution in the border between Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico. The Electrical and Computer Engineering program will implement an advising syllabus to make the students responsible for their specialization. In addition we will formulate articulation agreements with the principal feeder institution in the region or in Mexico.

Virgilio Gonzalez -- University of Texas-El Paso

4-year Public

Advisor Development Program

Develop and implement a program for graduate and undergraduate student advisors to provide an overview of the advising field with emphasis on conceptual and relational issues.

Molly Todd -- University of Wisconsin-Madison

4-year Public

Academic Success & Intervention for International Students - a culturally sensitive approach

This plan is an intervention for undergraduate international students in academic difficulty that addresses academics & Immigration in a culturally sensitive manner.

Haley Richards -- Colorado State University

4-year Public

Research Organizational Advising Models

To identify advising models, the advantages and disadvantages of each model and their perceived effectiveness in addressing the advising needs of the undeclared, redirected and those ineligible to declare.

Barbara Wotherspoon -- University of California-Riverside

4-year Public

An Advising Syllabus for College of Business Students

Academic Advising in the College of Business supports the personal and academic success of Business students. A syllabus for academic advising will outline expectations of students, advisors, and slate student outcomes for students in Business.

Ann Coppernoll Farni -- Iowa State University

4-year Public

Title of Action Plan	Description	Name & Institution	Institution Type
Academic Advising Mission & Outcome Expectations	Our plan was to develop a clearly articulated mission statement and advising outcome expectations to guide us in creating an advising program that teaches students critical skills for academic and life success.	Jerry Harrell -- Ivy Tech Community College-Central Indiana	2-year
Advisor Training	The advisor training will be presented at in-service in the fall & spring semester of each year. It is for full time faculty and academic advisors. It will cover the principles of advising and various advising issues.	Grace Nelson -- Labette Community College	2-year
New Transfer Student Orientation/Advisement	Provide a mandatory orientation/advisement program for all new transfer students prior to their first registration offering two options: one in-person, and the other on-line.	Roger Corriveau -- Manatee Community College	2-year
"Steps to Success" - Life Map	Our purpose is to raise student awareness of all resources available and required to enhance their educational journey to success. The life map will include information leading to an Associate's and Bachelor's degree. Information on how and when to choose majors and how and when to use campus resources. Our goal is to support the student experience from point of contact through graduation.	Angel Clay -- Lexington Community College/Bluegrass Community & Technical College	2-year
Advising Nursing Students who are placed on a wait list for a year or more	In order to keep nursing students who are on the wait list for a year or more interested in the program and connected to Howard Community College.	Robin Becker-Cornblatt -- Howard Community College	2-year
Bridging the Gap from Admission to Registration to Attendance	Goal: To reduce the number of adults who apply and register but never show up for the first class. The plan includes 1)identifying the needs of adult learners, 2) identifying the reasons why adults take the first steps but never actually go to class, and 3) developing strategies/procedures for initial advising sessions that will help them to be able to get the assistance/support/information they need.	Katrina Rhodes -- Educational Opportunity Center	4-year Public
Developing an Effective Advising Team by using the team for Faculty Development	Members of the CSE advising team will receive professional development in relational and conceptual advising over 2 semesters. They will also use team advising of challenging students.	Mary Beth Mullen -- Wilkes University	4-year Private
Develop an Assessment Plan for Academic Advising	Develop an assessment plan using a 3-step process: 1) define academic advising; 2) develop a mission statement for academic advising; 3) develop assessment process. Purpose: enhance student learning through academic advising.	Pamela Humphrey -- Upper Iowa University	4-year Private
The First Year of College: Academic Advising for Student Success	The Thiel College team will collaborate with the First Year Experience committee 1) to raise awareness for the critical role of academic advising to first year student success, 2) to develop a mission statement for F/Y advising that supports "advising as teaching;" and 3) to design & propose to the campus community a curriculum model for first year advising that includes measurable student learning outcomes.	Marianne Calenda -- Thiel College	4-year Private
Development of a Tutorial/"Fellows" Program within a Residential College System	Develop a policies & procedures document of support masters (faculty head of each residential college) in development and maintenance of a residential college "Fellows Program" (tutorial program).	Brian Gibson -- Rice University	4-year Private
Prevention & Intervention Methods for "At-Risk" Students	Create a probationary program for "at-risk" students which focuses on both prevention and intervention strategies.	Lesley Friesen/Kain Nowak-Bailey -- University of Manitoba	4-year Public
Adult & Under prepared Students - Strategies for Success	To develop a plan for advisors to effectively focus time and attention to high risk adult & under prepared students. Contracts and follow up will be utilized in an intrusive advising model.	Deanna Kost -- USDSU	4-year Public
Advising @ Simpson College: A Faculty Handbook	To develop a handbook for academic advisors that: 1) Emphasizes advising as teaching 2) Outlines student development 3) Provides a collection of resources	Stephanie Krauth -- Simpson College	4-year Private
Implementation of a Faculty Advisement Model	To develop a faculty advisement model which encompasses a mission statement delivery model, responsibilities of faculty, counselors, and students and goals with strategies to implement faculty advising at TCC.	Christine Damrose-Mahlmann -- Tidewater Community College	2-year
Foundation for Academic Advising Initiative	To draft a mission statement, goals, outcomes and timeline for a comprehensive college-wide academic advising model.	Jane Dalzell -- Ivy Tech Community College-Central Indiana	2-year
New Students Virtual Information Module	This will be designed to facilitate new students without a new student seminar. A teaching testing module made up of 3 distinct parts, with each part containing information pertinent to the time of the semester that the information is posted.	Allison Douglas-Chicoye -- LaGuardia Community College	2-year
AcAd 101: The Who, What, Why, How of Academic Advising	To equip new faculty advisors with the fundamental understandings of what academic advising should be and to supply them with some tools & resources necessary to engage in the task.	Sharon Connor -- North Central University	4-year Private
Guidelines for advisors working with Exploring "Undecided" students	The purpose is to expose the exploring (undecided) students to an assessment tool (career cruising) and also discuss development of "next steps" in the process for them.	LeAnn Ross -- Highland Community College	2-year
Life Map	Life Map: A tool to be used in orientations and web site to allow students to be aware of all available resources that enhance their educational journey.	Jim Hoosier -- Lexington Community College	2-year
Improving Probation Advising by Educating Students on University Policy"	Develop a web-based program to ensure that students on probation/suspension read and understand relevant university policies prior to meeting with an academic advisor.	Antoinette Curl -- Texas State University-San Marcos	4-year Public
Student Road Map	To help students think about their goals and how to achieve them, have them draw a map of where they are, and where they want to go.	Greg Murphy -- University of Texas-Austin	4-year Public
Career & Advisement Center Mission Statement	To design an office mission statement reflecting the university's advising mission statement.	Allen Barger -- Austin Peay State University	4-year Public
Addressing the Needs of Probationary Students	The purpose of this action plan is to help students recover from the pitfalls of academic probation by a) tracking their progress over two years while providing resources and support through the Learning about Excellent Academic Progress (LEAP) with a tutorial program in place. In addition there will be on-going seminars and positive interventions designed for their success. Long range goal will be to design a course to address their needs identified from the data & research.	Naomi Wright -- New Jersey City University	4-year Public

Colorado Springs Summer Institute Action Plans - 2005

Title of Action Plan	Description	Name & Institution	Institution Type
	Create & Implement an Advising Syllabus-;Support Teaching is Advising Mentor; Mentor 10 undeclared new students in dorms through 1st year; Create a freshman survey for third quarter, specifically looking at academic advising; Conduct a degree audit for past 8 years to support students in finishing their degrees.	Jessica Stone -- Southern Oregon University	4-year Public
Student Success Course	Development of a student success course for students on academic probation with the course focus on ownership and personal growth. Supplemental to the course will be peer study skill tutors and academic success workshops.	Sand James -- University of Southern Indiana	4-year Public
Retention Task Force Creation	Create retention task force composed of Enrollment Services, Student Services, Institutional Research & Students. Meet monthly to review existing programs & recommend new programs. Reward leaders, barrier busters, & bridge builders.	Molly Weir -- Eastern Michigan University	4-year Public
Improving Sophomore Readiness to Declare	Target Sophomores with 30+ credits and 2.0-2.49 GPAs. Place registration holds and require student to identify issues relating to academic progress & then complete appropriate assignment. Also implement a sophomore day for all undeclared sophomores to provide departmental advising & opportunity to declare.	Janakay Lunstad -- Utah State University	4-year Public
Assigning Students to Advisors at the University of Washington: Ensuring that it is a teaching and learning process	To ensure that the policy of assigning all incoming freshman students to an advisor, which was recently adopted by the University of Washington regents I would like to assist my campers' advising community in understanding that advising is a teaching and learning process.	Tim McCoy -- University of Washington	4-year Public
Building a Highly Effective Advising Relationship	The Goal of Action plan is to initiate a strategy that will help NSU to develop a campus Advising Relationship. This relationship will build a teaching model for advising campus-wide.	James Smith -- Norfolk State University	4-year Public
Advising Guide for Families of New Students	This guide sill give details of the advising process as will as discussion questions for parents to use with their children prior to orientation and advising. The purpose of this guide will be to allow parents to be more informed about the advising process and assist in decision-making.	Alison Hoff -- Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne	4-year Public
Improving Freshman Knowledge of Academic Advising within the Department of Animal Sciences	Define Faculty training, academic advising, faculty contact methods; develop easy assessment tool that will help determine student learning outcomes for freshman. Use freshman orientation class to teach academic advising. Outcome will be uniform advising, assessment of student knowledge of advising as an ongoing process.	Tracy Hanner -- North Carolina A&T State University	4-year Public
OnLine Assessment Form for the College of Liberal Arts Advising Center	Create an on line assessment tool to be completed by students on the day of their appointment. The student then submits the form to a protected link. Data will be accessible for generations reports and evaluate the benefits of student/advisor interactions.	Glenda Jurek -- Texas State University	4-year Public
Improving Retention & Student Success in Developmental courses - A Pilot Project	Two sections each of developmental English/Reading and Mathematics will utilize faculty advisors conducting intrusive advising throughout the semester. The purpose is to link students with campus resources, address learning strategies, and improve student success in these courses.	Anne Kornegay -- Virginia Western Community College	2-year
Improving Undergraduate Academic Advisor Development @ the Kelley School of Business	I propose to improve our development program for new & existing advisors by fine-tuning the informational elements, enhancing the conceptual elements and significantly expanding the relational elements.	Gail Fairfield -- Kelley School of Business; Indiana University-Bloomington	4-year Public
Expand Your Comfort Zone: Passport to Multicultural Advising	Write a (3 yr.) grant to fund support to study academic counselors' Diversity Awareness profiles; to encourage an international experience; to teach students about study abroad possibilities.	Dalynda Evans -- University of Oklahoma-Norman	4-year Public
An Intervention Program Focusing on Retention and At Risk Students in the College of Business	Purpose: To assist at risk students determine their strength and weaknesses, build self confidence, be open minded and honest with themselves. Map student progress from point of contact thru graduation.	Wadine Williams -- Auburn University	4-year Public
Hiring and Training Advisors	This plan lists the steps needed to: Formulate goals, outcomes, policies and procedures; hire and train professional and faculty advisors; and assess the effectiveness of the center.	Dorene Fox -- Louisiana State University-Alexandria	4-year Public
Professional Staff Academic Advisor Development Certificate Course	To complete and finalize course content and learning objectives for a campus-wide, student development centered, certificated training program. This program will increase advisor confidence and competence and student satisfaction and success.	Barbra Wallace -- University of California-Riverside	4-year Public
Enrichment of Faculty Advising	Build an effective program for ongoing development and enrichment of faculty advising in the College of Science and Mathematics: Make advisors and their mission visible to students; Hold a panel discussion on advising; Initiate assessment of academic advising.	Timothy Ray -- Southeast Missouri State University	4-year Public
Advancing Advising at Grand Valley State University to the Next Level	To determine the steps necessary to prepare for a NACADA consulting visit, which will provide the guidance to advance GVSU advising to the next level.	Leigh Brownley -- Grand Valley State University	4-year Public
Preparation for an Advising Self Study & NACADA Consultant Visit at Grand Valley State	We hope to assess our current advising structures & services & determine the next best steps to take to move our programs to the next level. Part of this process will involve a consulting team from NACADA.	Betty Schaner -- Grand Valley State University	4-year Public
Assessment of Advising Services	Develop assessment program designed to track student participation & evaluate quality of advising services provided.	Sande Yentes -- University of Wyoming	4-year Public
PCC: A Learning Colligir Approach to Academic Advising as an Instructional Activity	To redefine & restructure academic advising center to the undecided student population at Pueblo Community College under a concisely written but comprehensive learning focused curriculum.	Michael Netzer -- Pueblo Community College	2-year
Technology in Advising	Learning PeopleSoft SA system in order to improve the quality of the student service.	Allen Ren -- Wilbur Wright College	2-year
The development of an ongoing training program academic advisors	Purpose: Increase advisors effectiveness through the development of ongoing training. Action Plan: Develop a proposal to use to build administrative support for the plan. Work with participating advisors to develop a mission (campus) for advising. "Train the trainers" to facilitate advising workshops. Work with advisors to develop a reward for advisors who participate in the program. Identify all materials and resources pertinent to advising and include it in the handbook and on the web site of the college. Finally assess the effectiveness of advising and advisors with surveys, focus groups, observations and interviews.	Kathleen Karran-McCoy -- Palm Beach Community College	2-year
Guideline for Advisors working with 1st-Semester Students	Working closely with faculty to develop program guidelines for advisors working with 1st semester students.	Gloria Harris -- Pikes Peak Community College	2-year
Develop a Pre-Advising Information Sheet	Develop a Pre-Advising Information Sheet that will provide useful information about the advisee to facilitate and enhance the advisement process.	Susan Calabrese -- Wilbur Wright College	2-year
Web-Page Enhancement	To improve and expand current web-pages that relate to our collaborative programs with the MnSCU community & technical colleges in the Twin Cities Metropolitan area.	Jeanne Cornish -- Metropolitan State University	4-year Public
Teaching First-Year Undecided Students to be Better Advisees	To ensure that first-year will have the information and strategies they need to work with any advisor.	Pam Backes -- Keene State College	4-year Public
Mission Statement/Strategic Marketing	To revise the current mission statement of SSC to align with VC/21 and our CECH mission, in an effort to build a strong foundation for setting goals/outcomes and a broader organizational structure. Includes strategic marketing/communication aimed toward strengthening allegiance and building relationships of confidence and reliability within the college and UC at large.	Sharon Burns -- University of Cincinnati	4-year Public
Ideas for a new student services unit	Two colleges are merging. How do we create a single student services unit that is better than either of the individuals units?	Steve Carnes -- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	4-year Public
The Critical First Six Weeks	My Academic and Career Advising program is responsible for advising all undecided students. I'd like to devise a way to meet with all of these students within the first 6 weeks of the semester for engagement and information in hope of increasing retention.	Patricia Attalloran -- Keene State College	4-year Public
Addressing the Needs of Undeclared Students in Academic Jeopardy	Undeclared students in academic jeopardy already have two risk factors for dropping out. Some students have additional factors making them especially at risk. I believe that by creating an approach (or plan of action), advisors can assist students in identifying the issues that contributed to them failing into academic jeopardy and devising a plan to manage or combat those problems.	Elizabeth Price -- Austin Peay State University	4-year Public
Improve content & User friendly web site through technology	Improve content & user friendly web site through additional technology. 1) Review other web sites, IT department, & Admin III for current web site technology, & NACADA web site. 2) Apply "student learning outcomes," evaluation, workability, and keep "simple." Make the web site reflect a "complete picture" for every step & easy to work for the student.	Joan Pasquali -- Texas State University-San Marcos	4-year Public
Restructuring academic advising in the College of Communication at UT Austin	In order to effectively restructure academic advising in the College of Communication, we need to clearly define what advising is, to develop a mission statement, to clarify advising goals, and to state advisor roles and responsibilities at both department & college levels. We will then be able to effectively develop a new advising structure that serves this definition, mission, goals, & responsibilities.	Briana Mohan -- University of Texas-Austin	4-year Public
Create a Presentation to present to upper administrators at Brock University	To create a presentation to present to upper administrators across campus at Brock, to show the advantages a mandatory University 101 course for all first year students would have. This will help not only with retention of students, but also help with their transition from high school/college university.	Alison Lahn -- Brock University	4-year Public
First-Time Student Retention Project	To develop a comprehensive follow-up for first semester students to promote resources, help clarify short and long-term goals and instill a sense of purpose, belonging and community with the purpose of increasing retention and persistence.	Janenne Corcoran -- Carroll Community College	2-year
Excellence in Academic Advising	The plan's primary purpose focuses on enhancing advisor skills relating to the relational elements of the advisor development program at the Guam Community College.	Patricia McDonald -- Guam Community College	2-year
Serving the Undocumented Students	To develop an information sheet about undocumented students to better serve them.	Indra Monzon -- Wiblur Wright College	2-year
Making the Most of the Advising Session	The purpose is to improve academic advising delivery and to enhance student success persistence, and retention. Six topical sessions focused on the development of relational skills will follow a fall keynote session on a conceptual framework topic for academic advising.	Therese Montoya -- Lower Columbia Community College	2-year
New College Freshman Transition Advising	New College Freshman Transition advising: summer postcard mail out follow up with call. Mandatory freshman workshop week prior to pre registration with professor support, students attend student success workshop series for extra credit. Evaluation and assessment end of each semester.