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Hitting
the Jackpot: Making Academic Success a Sure Bet!
Wednesday,
October 5 – Saturday, October 8, 2005
Bally's Las Vegas Hotel
Las Vegas, Nevada |
Information on the NACADA National Conference
on Academic Advising, Wednesday, October 5, - Saturday, October
8, is available at http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/NationalConf/2005/index.htm.
If you are fortunate enough to have money
left in this fiscal year’s budget, consider registering now
— an early conference registration form is on the Web.
You can also reserve your room at Bally’s
Hotel for $123.00, single or double occupancy. All of NACADA's
guest rooms are reserved in Bally's. All general sessions,
meals, exhibits and conference registration are in Bally's.
Three of the 25 meeting rooms for concurrent sessions are in the
Paris Hotel, connected directly to Bally's via an underground walkway.
A record-breaking number (over 700)
proposals were received. If you submitted a proposal but have
not heard from NACADA, contact the Executive Office at nacada@ksu.edu.
Our thanks to the 2005 Program Committee chairs, Rimi Marwah and
Heather Howard, the Commission Chairs, and the hundreds of readers
who made the proposal process run smoothly.
There's still time to attend one of the
NACADA Regional Conferences near you! These are on target for your
April professional development opportunities. Please register soon!
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St. Paul, Minnesota
June 12-17, 2005 |
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
July 31 - August 5, 2005 |
Come
One! As a full-time advisor, faculty advisor, or administrator,
attend the Summer Institute to build individual strengths and formulate
action plans for improving or revising advising programs on your
campus.
Come
All! Your institution may want to try the TEAM approach to
strengthening advising by sending a group of advisors and administrators
to the NACADA Academic Advising Summer Institutes. By the end of
the week, everyone can be on the same page and ready to roll with
reinforcement for continuing strong programs or innovative ideas
for strengthening advising at your institution with a “plan
of action." Some institutions have found it beneficial to send
part of their team to the first institute and others to the second
institute!
Either
way, for the most complete consideration of advising available,
you and/or your team should meet in either St. Paul, MN, or Colorado
Springs, CO, at this year's week-long Summer Institutes. Developing
strong networks among colleagues at the Institutes will be only
one of the benefits to you, your team, and your program. Expert
faculty will share pertinent information in a variety of ways -
through general sessions, workshops, topical sessions, and small
group discussions. You can't afford to miss this chance to make
a difference at your institution through the knowledge you will
gain, as participants will develop an action plan for change on
their campus. For more information on the Institute and examples
of action plans from past participants, visit http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Events/SummerInst/index.htm.
Group Advising
Thinking about incoming student enrollment
and feeling overwhelmed? "The Sequential Advising Model
for Group Advising: Modifying Delivery Venues for Freshmen and Transfer
Students" at http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Clearinghouse/AdvisingIssues/group.htm
can help you plan a comprehensive group advising program.
This article by Jane E. Bentley-Gadow and Karen Silverson highlights
a successful group advising program in the College of Education
at the University of Northern Iowa that can be adapted for many
campus situations.
Goal-Setting Resources
Resources that will help you
teach students effective goal-setting techniques are available at
http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Clearinghouse/Links/Goal-Setting.htm.
Take advantage of the funding opportunities
NACADA offers through research grants. Each year the Research committee
grants stipends up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) to support
a single-year proposal from practicing professionals (administrators
and faculty) and graduate students seeking support for dissertation
research. Grant proposals are due May
16, 2005. Find information and applications at http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Clearinghouse/Research_Related/Grant-Guidelines.htm.
The NACADA Advising
News is published electronically and sent to current NACADA
members four times a year. Watch your inbox for the next issue
which will be sent in late May. The link to past issues is http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Newsletter/archives.htm.
Please join us in congratulating the newest members of the NACADA
Leadership! Jayne Drake
and George Steele
were recently appointed by incoming President Jo Anne Huber as Administrative
Division Representative and Regional Division Representative, respectively.
At the conclusion of the national conference in Las Vegas, Jayne
and George will begin their two-year terms in these appointed positions
while also serving as members of the NACADA Council, succeeding
John Mortensen and Brian Glankler, respectively. Jayne will work
with Rich Robbins, elected Administrative Division Representative,
and George will team up with Kazi Mamun, elected Regional Division
Representative, to lead their respective divisions.
Jayne is Associate Professor of English at Temple University in
Philadelphia, PA, and currently serves as NACADA Awards Committee
Chair. Jayne can be reached at jayne.drake@temple.edu.
George is Director of Educational Access for the Ohio Learning Network
in Columbus, OH. Prior to this appointment, George served as Great
Lakes Region 5 Chair from 2001-2003. George can be reached at gsteele@oln.org.
Complete 2005 election results are available on the Web at www.nacada.ksu.edu/Election/index.htm.
An article summarizing election results and related statistics will
be printed in the June 2005 newsletter — be sure to check
it out!
NACADA would
like to recognize individuals who receive campus awards in 2005
for outstanding academic advising, faculty advising, or advising
administration. If you would like to notify NACADA of a colleague
who recently received a campus advising award, please provide us
with this information by completing the short online
submission form. Or, you can e-mail us at nacada@ksu.edu
with the following information: exact name of the award; the award
recipient's name, position title, department/unit, institution,
complete mailing address, city/state/postal code, and e-mail address;
and, your name and e-mail address. NOTE: Campus advising award recipients
do not need to be current NACADA members.
NACADA applauds these advising professionals
on their achievements, and appreciates their dedication and service
to students. Congratulatory e-mails will be sent from NACADA and
lists of the campus advising award recipients are posted to our
Web site by award year at www.nacada.ksu.edu/Awards/CampusAwards.htm.
There is also a link to this web site on both the NACADA
home page and the Awards home
page.
ONLINE
SUBMISSION FORM: www.nacada.ksu.edu/Awards/CampusAdvisingAwardForm.htm
Retirees will again be recognized by NACADA
at the fall national conference in Las Vegas. Retiree recognition
forms are available at www.nacada.ksu.edu/Awards/Retiree.htm.
If you know a colleague who retired during the past academic year
or has plans to retire during the upcoming academic year, please
complete the recognition form at the above Web site and submit it
to the NACADA Executive Office by June
6, 2005.
NACADA needs visuals for the upcoming
Foundations of Academic
Advising CD series. If you have high-quality
digitized photos, videos or other graphic representations of advisors
in action (i.e. advisor-advisee interaction; advisors giving presentations,
etc.) that you would be willing to share with us, please send them
as email attachments to Leigh@ksu.edu,
along with permission to release from everyone in the picture or
involved in the creation of the graphic.
Read about
NACADA's President, Eric White, in the on-line newsletter Penn
State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/10880.
You may recommend (spotlight) articles
recently published in national, regional or statewide non-advising
publications for listing here by submitting information to the NACADA
Executive Office via http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Forms/advisingspotlight.htm.
If your membership expiration date was
March 1, 2005, you should have received a FINAL
NOTICE about this by email on March 25. Please renew your
NACADA membership if you haven't already done so. Your membership
is important in supporting the visibility of academic advising in
higher education.
The Highlights
is a monthly summary of NACADA news and events designed to inform
members via one consolidated e-mail.
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