ACADEMIC ADVISING SUMMER INSTITUTE

Student growth, persistence and campus vitality - all are linked to academic advising and influenced by programs and policies that you help deliver or administer! The institute is designed to assist participants to implement the critical changes necessary for high quality advising.

The institute is designed for:

• Faculty Advisors
• Teams or individuals desiring to enhance or redesign advising services
• Advising program directors
• Administrators accountable for retention
• Full-time Advisors

Schedules and program descriptions for both Summer Institutes are now posted!  Here are some of the topics:

• Role of Faculty in Advising
• Academic Advising as a Comprehensive Campus Process
• Legal Aspects of Academic Advising
• Advising and Student Retention

See what you WON'T be missing if you register now!

Visit the Summer Institute web site for registration and program details.
or
Call us at: (785) 532 - 5717

Join us at either Institute!

The opening keynote address will feature Dr. Richard Light, professor of Education, Kennedy School of Government and Graduate School of Education at Harvard University. He also authored the award-winning book Making the Most of College: Students Speak Their Minds. He will elaborate on key findings from the book: how students can talk productively with faculty as well as professional advisors; how good advising can have a profound impact on providing the best learning environment; and how to help students connect classroom learning with the rest of life. He also will discuss new research he has recently completed.

Over 350 individual sessions will be presented in Dallas, covering 40 subject tracks and target populations. By June 1 all session titles, sorted by track, will be on the website. A small sampling of titles on current advising topics including:

ASSESSMENT/BUDGET/RETENTION:

• Designing and Implementing an Assessment of Academic Advising
• The Economics of Advising: Assessing Your Worth to Your Institution
• Surviving Budget Cuts in Advising
• Rising from the Ashes: Budgetary Woes Catalyze Productive Changes
• Radical Revision: Improving Advising and Retention in the Midst of a Budget Crunch
• The Power of Advising in Campus Retention Efforts

ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES:

• Legal Self-Defense for the Academic Advisor
• Confidentiality Issues in Advising
• Exploring Ethical Issues in Advising
• Advising Policy for Victims of Assault

For more information, including conference registration and hotel reservation forms visit the 2003 National Conference web site. Optional tours being offered will be available after May 15.

Thinking about designing a new web page this summer?  This overview can save you time and aggravation.

"A Family Guide to Academic Advising" will soon be released by the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition in cooperation with NACADA. The Guide provides an overview of what students might encounter as they enter a higher education institution and the services that are available to help them navigate the "systems".

Designed for distribution to families of entering students, a sample copy is being mailed to each current NACADA member along with an order form so that you might have them available for distribution during summer orientation programs. Orders can be placed with NACADA or the National Resource Center.

The NACADA Board of Directors updated the Vision and Mission statements for the Association during their March meeting. The Board will now focus on prioritizing the Tasks proposed to address the Mission Statements which are being solicited through the Region, Commission, and Committee Chairs. The Board will make budget recommendations based on a projected activity's "fit" within the Strategic Plan. The Board will review the progress toward the Plan annually.

Warm weather sites in January or February are currently being considered for the 2nd Annual NACADA Academic Advising Administrators' Institute! Watch the NACADA web site for early announcement of the location.

A new Interest Group named "Native American and Tribal College Interest Group" is in the process of being established. Mark Bellcourt, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and Adrienne Thunder, University of Wisconsin-Madison, have volunteered to serve as interim co-chairs. Members interested in being involved with this new interest group will have an opportunity to meet at the NACADA National Conference in Dallas this fall. Please check the National Conference program for the time and meeting place for this initial gathering. This new interest group will also be included in the Commission and Interest Group Fair being held at the conference on Friday morning. If you have an interest in becoming involved with this proposed group, please plan to visit this table at the Commission & Interest Group Fair.

A web site with additional information regarding this new interest group has been created. A special list servee devoted to this area of interest has also been set up and a link to the subscription instructions can be found on the web site noted above. If you have questions or would like to become involved with this new group prior to the fall conference, please contact Mark Bellcourt or Adrienne Thunder (contact information is available on the group's web page).

Jennifer Bloom from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been appointed as the new Chair for the Member Career Services Committee. This committee was recently re-established as a NACADA Standing Committee. Contact information for Jennifer can be found at the Administrative Division web page.

As a result of this appointment, Virginia Hueske, University of Texas at Austin, will assume her new role a few months early as Chair of the Advising Graduate and Professional Students Commission, succeeding Jennifer Bloom. Please join us in welcoming Virginia to this new role. Virginia's contact information can be found at this commission's web page.

Congratulations to the 2003 NACADA Award recipients announced thus far who will be formally honored during the NACADA National Conference in Dallas this fall. This year's award recipients include 19 Outstanding Advising Award winners, 21 Outstanding Advising Certificates of Merit, 3 Outstanding Program Award winners, 12 Outstanding Program Certificates of Merit, 2 Electronic Publication Award winners, 4 Electronic Publication Certificates of Merit, 3 NACADA Scholarships, 5 Summer Institute Scholarships, 1 Student Research Award, and 4 Service to Commission Awards. Decisions on the recipients of the Pacesetter, Service to NACADA, and Virginia Gordon Awards are still pending and will be announced within the next couple of weeks. The Research Grant awards will be announced in July.

Links to listings of these award recipients can be found on our web site.

There's still time to submit the name of a colleague who is retiring (or has just retired) this year from the academic advising profession! NACADA would like to recognize these individuals for their years of service to advising. Please complete the Retiree Recognition form and submit it to NACADA by June 9 for the retiree's name to be printed in the Awards Program booklet given out at the conference. These retirees will also receive a special NACADA emeritus pin. Names can still be submitted after June 9, and the retiree will receive the emeritus pin. Online and printed forms can be found on our web site.

NACADA RESEARCH GRANTS

Research grant applications must be received by June 9 in the Executive Office to be considered for a 2003 grant award. Additional information and the application form can be found on our web site.