NACADA Deadlines

• Is your Membership due for renewal on March 1? [more]
• NACADA Academic Advising Awards nomination deadline is March 6 [more]
• March 15 is the deadline for article and "Sparkler" submissions for the June edition of Academic Advising Today [more]
• Nominate a "Voice of Experience" for new CD on academic advising delivery models - deadline is March 15 [more]
• Service to Commission Award Nominations due April 1 [more]
• NACADA Research Grant proposal deadline is April 15 [more]

NACADA Professional Development Events

• Spring Regional & State Conferences bring Professional Development Opportunities closer to you! [more]
• Effectively Engaging Faculty in Academic Advising Seminar - June 22-23 in Portsmouth, VA. [more]
• 20th Annual Academic Advising Summer Institutes - June 25-30, 2006 in Portsmouth, VA, and July 30-Aug. 4, 2006 in Madison, WI.  [more]
• Hotel Reservation information now available for 2006 National Conference in Indianapolis [more]
• Enroll now in summer courses in the Graduate Certificate in Academic Advising Program [more]

NACADA Resources and Publications

• Featured this month in the Clearinghouse: Do we send unintended nonverbal messages when we talk to students? [more]
• Foundations of Academic Advising CD 2: Academic Advising Delivery Models is in the works!  Nominate a Voice of Experience for inclusion today! [more]
• Have you ordered copies of NACADA's latest Publications? [more]

Association Governance

• 2006 NACADA Election Results [more]

Other NACADA Information

• New Member Blitz for 2006 - Qualify for prizes! [more]

• Position Announcements on the NACADA Website [more]

Opportunities for NACADA Members from Other Sources

• NACADA Partners with AAC&U at Conference [more]
• National Resource Center Announces Competition for Research Grant [more]

Please join us in congratulating the newly elected members of the NACADA Leadership!  Below are the results of this year's election. The terms in office for these individuals will begin at the conclusion of the National Conference in Indianapolis this fall.  These results are also posted here.   An article summarizing election results and related statistics will be printed in the June 2006 issue of Academic Advising Today - be sure to check it out!

PRESIDENT (2006-2007): Susan Campbell

VICE PRESIDENT (2006-2007): Nancy Walburn

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Terry Musser, Rich Robbins, Casey Self

(3-year term each, 2005-2008)

REGION CHAIRS (2006-2008) --

Region 2: Sandra Waters

Region 4: Kyle Ellis

Region 6: Kimberly Vess Halbur

Region 8: Karen Sullivan-Vance

Region 10: John Mortensen

COMMISSION CHAIRS (2006-2008) --

Advising Administration: Cindy Iten

Advising Students with Disabilities: Joyce Howland

Advising Transfer Students: Jess Ray

Assessment of Advising: Naomi Wright

Engineering & Science Advising: Peg Steele

Faculty Advising: Rhonda Sprague

LGBTA Concerns: Jennifer Joslin

Multicultural Concerns: Kris Rugsaken

Small Colleges and Universities: Julie Stockenberg

Undecided/Exploratory Students: David Spight

COMMITTEE CHAIRS (2006-2008) --

Finance Committee: Lynn O'Sickey

Membership Committee: Ben Chamberlain

Research Committee: Joshua Smith

The elections for the positions of Administrative Division Representative (2006-2008) and Regional Division Representative (2006-2008) are currently being conducted now that the new incoming Committee and Region Chairs have been elected. These election results will be announced within the next couple of weeks.

Less than one week remains to submit your nomination materials for the 2006 NACADA Awards Program!  Participation in the Awards Program is a great way to enhance the visibility of advising on your campus.

The 2006 Awards Call, including nomination eligibility criteria, deadlines, forms and submission guidelines, is available online.   Nominations must be received in the Executive Office no later than Monday, March 6.  Be sure to closely review the applicable information in the 2006 Awards Call before submitting your final nomination materials as there were a few changes in the criteria for certain awards.

It is recommended that nomination materials be sent to NACADA by a shipping service for which delivery can be tracked.   NACADA always sends an e-mail confirmation to the nominator upon receipt of each submission.  Contact NACADA at nacada@ksu.edu if you do not receive an e-mail confirming receipt of your nomination materials.

Has your institution changed the Delivery Model for academic advising? Are you a "Voice of Experience" in the area of what it takes to choose/develop an exemplary Advising Delivery System?  Have you either designed a new institutional model "from scratch" or worked through a process in which your current model developed over time?  Now is the time to be recognized!

NACADA has begun work on the second CD in the Foundations of Academic Advising CD series. This CD, which will be available in the fall of 2006, will be entitled Academic Advising Delivery Models.  It will explain the seven most widely used advising delivery models (self-contained, faculty only, satellite, total intake, dual, split, supplementary) and discuss why they are an important consideration when assessing, evaluating or re-evaluating any advising system.

Your assistance is needed to identify exemplary programs and resources that can be included in this CD. To nominate a program, see the application guidelines.  Nominations will be accepted through March 15. This is a wonderful opportunity to gain recognition for your work in the area of choosing/developing a successful delivery model for your unit.

The NACADA Research Committee announces a Request For Proposals (RFP) for NACADA grants that support advising research.  Grants up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) are available to support a single-year proposal. Practicing professionals (administrators and faculty), as well as graduate students seeking support for dissertation research, are eligible.

The Research Committee will accept grant proposals for funding in 2006 through April 15, 2006. Click here  for information regarding research grants.

Regional & State Conferences are offered each spring to bring NACADA professional development opportunities closer to you! 

* Check the Regional Conference Schedule  for more information.

1. Northeast March 29-31, 2006 Hartford, CT
2. Mid-Atlantic March 22-24, 2006 Lancaster, PA 
3. Mid-South March 19-21, 2006 Nashville, TN
4. Southeast March 5-7, 2006 Atlanta, GA 
5. Great Lakes April 20-22, 2006 Cleveland, OH 
6. North Central May 18-20, 2006 Iowa City, IA 
7. South Central March 9-11, 2006 Little Rock, AR 

8. Northwest & 9. Pacific Combined March 22-24, 2006 Honolulu, HI 
10. Rocky Mountain Feb 22-24, 2006 Albuquerque, NM (completed)  - Congratulations to Dianna Ortiz and Lynne Jacobson and the conference committee on a very successful conference!

* Check the State Conference Schedule for continually updated information. Offerings include:

Colorado/Wyoming Advising Conference Friday, March 17, 2006 Cheyenne, Wyoming

Michigan Academic Advising Association (MIACADA) May 11, 2006  Allendale, Michigan

Indiana Academic Advising Network  Friday, May 12, 2006 Fort Wayne, Indiana

Kentucky/Tennessee Drive In  Thursday, May 25, 2006  Bowling Green, Kentucky

New Jersey State Advisors Conference  Thursday, June 15, 2006  Union, New Jersey

Ohio Academic Advising Association  Friday June 16, 2006  Columbus, Ohio

Kansas Academic Advising Network (KAAN) September 15, 2006 Topeka, Kansas

Enroll now for NACADA/Kansas State University Graduate Certificate Program in Academic Advising summer online courses:

EDCEP 851 Multicultural Aspects of Academic Advising - Instructor: Ata Ul Karim

EDCEP 829 Learning Principles - Instructor: Fred B. Newton

Online classes meet from June 5, 2006 through July 27, 2006.

Last day for ENROLLMENT is June 19, 2006.

For more information, visit this webpage

Team up with teaching faculty, departmental advising coordinators, academic administrators, advising administrators, and student affairs administrators for consideration of an overall vision and mission of advising, both on an individual and institutional level, to help participants construct a plan for increased effectiveness of faculty advising at your institution.

Registrations are being accepted now!  Come for the Seminar and stay for the Portsmouth Summer Institute! (see below)  Learn more here.

Over 500 Presentation Proposals for the 2006 NACADA National Conference, to be held October 18-21, 2006 in Indianapolis, were received and are currently being evaluated, assuring that there will be a variety of session formats with presentations focusing on a broad range of current advising issues.

Hotel Reservation Information is now available here.   There are five official Conference hotels from which to choose.  If you are interested in sharing hotel accommodations to stretch your travel budget, you can register at this site as well.

The 2006 membership drive, New Member Blitz for 2006, started January 3 and ends June 1, 2006.  Those sponsoring new members will be iincluded in a drawing for airline tickets, registration to professional development events, and AMEX gift cards on June 15, 2006, as well as monthly drawings for a NACADA shirt!   The list of prizes and rules may be found here.

So far we've received 245 new members since January 3, 2006, but no one was registered for the drawings as a sponsor for any of these new members.  Don't forget to use the New Member Application form found here if you sponsor a new NACADA member (include your name and email address at the bottom of the form).

Paper renewal forms should be arriving soon to those whose memberships expire on March 1, 2006.   Please complete and the forms and return them to the Executive Office at your earliest convenience.  Renewal forms may also be returned with Regional Conference registration forms.  Thank you for your continued support of NACADA!

NACADA's Lastest Publications - Order Your Copy Today!

For more information visit: www.nacada.ksu.edu/Monographs/index.htm

Guide to Assessment of Academic Advising CD

Career Advising: An Academic Advisor's Guide

by Virginia N. Gordon

Peer Advising:  Intentional Connections to Support Student Learning Monograph

Heidi Koring and Susan Campbell, Editors

Foundations of Academic Advising CD 1: What is Academic Advising?

Position Announcements on the NACADA Website

If you have advising positions open on your campus, you can post them for free on the NACADA website.  Please fill out the form you find on the Position Announcements page.  The announcements will stay up for 90 days unless a close date is listed or the Executive Office is contacted to remove the listing when it is filled.

For those searching for positions in academic advising, please visit the page regularly to search for positions by Region. New postings are put up on a daily basis, so make sure check it out often!

If you have any additional questions regarding NACADA position listings please contact Jessica Bigger at nacada@ksu.edu or 785-532-2981.

Bradley E. Cox, Coordinator of Research and Public Information at the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition has asked us to pass along the following information to all interested NACADA members:

The National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition invites applications for 2006-07 Paul P. Fidler Research Grant. With a comprehensive award package that includes a $5,000 stipend, travel to two national conferences, and a potential publication, the Paul P. Fidler Research Grant will promote the development and dissemination of original research with the potential to have a national impact on college student success. The Center invites applicants to submit proposals addressing a wide variety of topics, including students of color, community colleges, advising, transfer and articulation, administrative policies, and other issues related to college student transitions.

The grant was established in 2005 in an effort to "encourage scholars, in a very concrete and significant way, to develop research agendas focusing on students in transition," explains Mary Stuart Hunter, the Center's director. Last year's recipients, NACADA members Christine and Michael Kirk-Kuwaye of the University of Hawaii - Manoa, are currently completing a study entitled First-Semester Patterns of Student Engagement: Lateral and Community College Transfer Students at a Four-Year Institution.

"The creativity and innovation evident in the proposals received for the 2005-2006 grant competition was inspiring," says Hunter. "The high quality of these proposals bodes well for the future of research in this important area. We anticipate another strong group of proposals for 2006-07."

To be awarded in November 2006 at the 13th National Conference on Students in Transition in St. Louis, Missouri, the Paul P. Fidler Research Grant provides a comprehensive award package including:

• Stipend of $5,000
• Travel to the 13th National Conference on Students in Transition, November 2006, in St. Louis, MO, at which the award will be presented
• Announcement and recognition at 2006 Students in Transition conference luncheon
• Travel to the 14th National Conference on Students in Transition, November 2007, in Cincinnati, OH, at which the research findings will be reported
• Announcement on The National Resource Center webpage, listservs, and print publications
• Priority consideration for publication by the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition

The application & proposal form may be downloaded at www.sc.edu/fye/research/grant and must be submitted electronically to NRCresearch@gwm.sc.edu by June 1st , 2006 .

The grant competition is open to faculty, staff, and graduate students who plan to conduct research on issues of college student transitions. Cross-institutional research teams are especially encouraged to apply for the Paul P. Fidler Research Grant.

More information about the grant, including application procedures, is available at www.sc.edu/fye/research/grant.  For additional information, please contact:

Brad Cox, the Center's coordinator of research and public information.

Phone: (803) 777-6225
Fax: (803) 777-9358

Email: bradcox@sc.edu

1728 College Street

University of South Carolina

Columbia , SC 29208