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- Looking for strategies for more effectively
engaging faculty in the advising process?
- Looking for strategies for incorporating
the instructional skills of faculty into the advising process?
- Need innovative development strategies
for faculty development workshops or programs?
If
your institution is interested in the above or in other issues involved
in the enhancement of the faculty advising, this 1 ˝ day seminar
will be extremely beneficial for you. Presenters for the seminar
represent all types of institutions (two-year, four-year, private)
as well as full-time teaching faculty and advising coordinators
who work directly with faculty. The seminar is for full-time
teaching faculty advisors as well as those who work with faculty
advisors. For more information, go to http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/FacultySeminar/index.htm.
- What are skills I need to be more effective
as an advising administrator?
- How can I effectively evaluate, motivate,
and reward academic advisors?
- How can I affect significant and positive
change on my campus in regard to academic advising?
- What leadership and communication skills
are most effective in providing quality leadership to my advising
unit?
- How can technology be utilized more
effectively to improve advising services to our students?
- How can I effectively lead my campus
in developing quality advisor development and training?
- What are some innovative funding options
I should consider?
If
you are an academic advising administrator and have asked any of
the above questions and more, then attending the NACADA Academic
Advising Administrators' Institute January 30- February 1, 2005,
St. Pete Beach, FL, is essential for you!
For
more information visit: http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/AdminInst/index.htm.
- Do you know that you need an assessment
program but wonder:
- where to start?
- what instruments are available for
your use?
- what others are doing in assessment?
- Are you providing sound information
to justify requests for additional support for your advising programs?
- Do you want to continually improve your
advising services but don't know what needs attention?
- Do you need data to prepare for the
next accreditation review?
If
you answered yes to any of the above questions, find the answers
you are looking for at the Assessment of Academic Advising Institute,
February 2-4, 2005, St. Pete Beach, FL. Click below to see
the brochure, hotel and registration information: http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/AssessmentInst/index.htm.
Over
2,100 advising colleagues came to Cincinnati, October 6-9, to share
information on current advising topics. To quote one participant:
"I had a wonderful time and am certainly recharged from the experience."
After conference hours, attendees enjoyed Cincinnati
hospitality at the numerous nearby dining and entertainment venues.
Congratulations to Barb Bucey and her entire conference committee
for a job well done.
On-line
submissions are being accepted now for Regional Conference presentation
proposals. Instructions and other conference details are located
at the Regional Conference Web pages. Submit early to beat the
following deadlines!
FYI: The conference fees will be determined before the beginning
of the year. For your budgeting purposes, most regional conference
fees will be close to $100. Click
here! for a map of the regions!
Region
1 - Dec. 1
Region
2 - Nov. 26
Region 3
- Dec. 1
Region
4 - Dec. 10
Region
5 - Dec. 20
Region
6 - Nov. 1 for early notification, Jan. 1 final deadline
Region 7
-Dec. 1
Region
8 - Nov 15 for early notification, Jan 3 for final deadline
Region
9 - Jan 1
Region 10
- Dec. 1
The
Kansas State University/NACADA Graduate Certificate in Academic
Advising continues to grow. Apply now and register for Spring
2005. Courses offered this spring will be:
Foundations
in Academic Advising
Learning
Principles
The
last day to register for the Spring term will be January
26, 2005, but you can work
on the courses at your own pace. For more information go to
http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/GraduateCertificate/index.htm.
Now
is the time to begin planning an advising research project!
The
NACADA Research Committee announces a Request For Proposals (RFP)
for NACADA grants that support advising research. Stipends
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. Preliminary proposal drafts are due
February 1, 2005 for committee
feedback. Full proposals will be due May
16, 2005. Find information and applications at http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Clearinghouse/Research_Related/Grant-Guidelines.htm.
At
the end of a busy enrollment day the parent of one of your advisees
calls demanding that you discuss this student's academic progress.
Can you? FERPA, and how your institution interprets
it, impacts what you can disclose. Find the answer to this
and more as attorney, faculty advisor, and NACADA member Bill Van
Dusen explains "FERPA: Basic Guidelines for Faculty and
Staff. A Simple Step-by-Step Approach For Compliance" at http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Resources/FERPA-Overview.htm.
This article is meant to give advisors a "hands-on" document
we can print and hang on our bulletin boards for easy reference.
2004
marks NACADA's 25th anniversary. In celebration of this event,
the Clearinghouse is featuring articles from the archives
of the Academic Advising News. This
month we revisit "Tips on Making Effective Referrals in Academic
Advising" http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Resources/Referral-Tips.htm,
a 1991article by Jack Roundy, long-time NACADA member. From
those experiencing the challenges of their first enrollment period
to the most experienced advisors in the field, these suggestions
are timeless.
Information
on the 2005 NACADA Leadership elections is available online at www.nacada.ksu.edu/Election/index.htm,
including a list of positions to be elected, eligibility criteria
for these positions, and the current list of nominees. Nominees
are currently in the process of either accepting or declining their
nominations. After November
8, the final slate of candidates should be available and
candidate platform statements will be linked to their names on the
candidate list for your review. Additional details on the
2005 elections and online voting process will be sent to members
in December.
A
proposal submitted by the Commission and Interest Group Division
was passed at the leadership meetings in Cincinnati that changes
the policy for member selection of commissions and interest groups
(IGs). In the past, members could choose up to two commissions
and/or up to two IGs with which to have official affiliation.
The new policy allows members to choose any
combination of commissions and IGs up to a total of four (4) selections.
This official affiliation primarily identifies those commissions
and/or IGs for which you would have voting privileges, receive periodic
electronic newsletters and updates, and be eligible to hold an elected
or appointed position within, such as serving on a committee or
serving as chair. Please note that you can informally be involved
with as many other commissions or IGs as you like, such as being
on list serves, attending meetings, etc.
As a result of this new policy, some of you may now wish to change
your preferred commission and/or IG choices. If so, please
complete and submit the online form at the link below. Once
this form is submitted, your membership record will be updated accordingly.
If you recently made selections on your membership renewal
but do not recall which commissions or interest groups were designated,
you can simply indicate your current preferences via this online
form and previous choices will be replaced. www.nacada.ksu.edu/CandIGDivision/CIGD-Commission-IGDesignationForm.htm
Applicable membership-related web pages and forms are currently
being revised accordingly to reflect this new policy. If you
have any questions, please contact NACADA.
The
2005 Awards Call for Nominations is currently being revised and
should be available online in mid-November. Members will be
notified when the 2005 Call information has been posted to our web
site. A link to the 2005 Awards Call web site will also be
provided via e-mail in the monthly member Highlights. Please
note that the printed booklets with nomination information and forms
are no longer mailed to members. The
deadline for the receipt of 2005 awards nominations will be March
7, 2005.
Until the 2005 Awards Call is available, the information for last
year's awards program is still available on our web site and will
provide you with a general idea of the basic content for the nomination
packets or applications. However, it is possible that selected
criteria may change for various award categories in 2005 so please
be sure to refer to the 2005 Awards Call before submitting your
final nomination materials. For example, minor
changes will be made to the Outstanding Advising and New Advisor
Award criteria regarding the number of years that must pass after
receiving an award or certificate of merit before becoming eligible
for an advising award in a different advising category.
The name of the electronic publication awards will be changed to
Advising Technology Innovation Awards, beginning with the
2005 awards. The practice of having specific categories within
these awards will be discontinued in an effort to invite a broad
range of electronic innovations to be nominated. Awards will
be given to the best examples of advising technology. Criteria
for evaluating the submissions will remain the same except for two
additional considerations: interactivity and accessibility.
Members will be encouraged to create technological applications
that engage students, that are accessible to all students, and are
ADA-compliant. More detailed information will be available
soon on the Awards web site.
The responsibility for the solicitation, review and recognition
for the NACADA Research Grants has been transferred entirely to
the Research Committee beginning with the 2005 grant proposal process.
However, the management of the Student Research Award will
remain with the Awards Committee.
Congratulations to the Liberal
Arts Advisors Interest Group for being granted commission
status recently at the 2004 fall leadership meetings in Cincinnati.
This change is effective immediately and the group's web
site has been updated accordingly at www.nacada.ksu.edu/Commissions/C30/index.htm.
This new commission will elect its new Chair in the upcoming
2005 elections. In the meantime, Karen
Sullivan-Vance will serve as Interim Chair of this new
commission.
Locations
& dates for the NACADA Academic Advising Summer Institutes have
been determined. Join us either June 12-18, 2005 in St. Paul,
MN, or July 31- August 5, 2005 in Colorado Springs, CO. Individuals
and teams of advisors, administrators, faculty advisors or others
interested in enhancing quality advising on their campuses are invited
to this intensive, week-long institute, the most comprehensive discussion
of academic advising available! http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Events/SummerInst/index.htm
NACADA
is pleased to announce that Karen
Reynolds and Bobbi
Thomas have agreed to serve as the new Chairs for
the Probation/Dismissal/Reinstatement Issues Interest Group
and the Distance Education Advising Interest Group,
respectively. Karen is replacing Johanna Pionke who will be
serving as the 2006 Region 5 Conference Chair. Bobbi replaces
Tom Kerr who has served as Chair of the Distance Education Advising
IG for the past four years after initiating it. NACADA truly
appreciates all the work that Johanna and Tom have done in the past
in representing these two interest groups.
Karen Reynolds
is currently an Academic Advisor at Michigan State University and
can be reached at reyno238@msu.edu.
Bobbi
Thomas is a Senior Academic Advisor at Washington
State University and can be reached at thomasb@wsu.edu.
Contact information for Karen and Bobbi is also available
on the web sites for their respective interest groups, which can
be found at www.nacada.ksu.edu/InterestGroups/index.htm.
Plan
now to submit a proposal application for the October
5-8, 2005 conference at Bally's
and Paris
hotels in Las Vegas.
The conference theme is "Hitting the Jackpot:
Making Student Academic Success a Sure Bet!"
Submissions
from novice as well as experienced presenters are encouraged.
Printed Call for Proposals information will be mailed in late November-online
submissions will be accepted beginning December
1. The deadline to submit is February
8, 2005.
The
AAC&U (Association of American Colleges & Universities)
will host the conference "Educating Intentional Learners: New
Connections for Academic and Student Affairs," November 11-13,
2004, in Philadelphia, PA. NACADA is a co-sponsor for this conference.
Connecting the work of academic and student affairs around
shared goals for student learning is the central theme of "Educating
Intentional Learners". Sessions will offer research,
models, and facilitated discussions organized around such topics
as: research on student learning; advancing intentional learning;
new approaches to curricular and co-curricular design, pedagogy,
and institutional support; and collaborations to create a vibrant
intellectual campus community. If you have questions, please
e-mail meetings@aacu.org
or visit http://www.aacu.org/meetings/educating/index.cfm.
Plenary
session speakers are listed below. For a complete schedule
of this conference, visit http://www.aacu.org.
Vincent
Tinto, Distinguished University Professor, Chair, Higher Education
Program, School of Education, Syracuse University
Gregory
S. Prince, Jr., President, Hampshire College
Carol
Geary Schneider, President, AAC&U
Peter
Ewell, Vice President, National Center for Higher Education Management
Systems
Deborah
DeZure, Director of Faculty and Organizational Development, Michigan
State University
Larry
Roper, Vice Provost for Student Affairs, Oregon State University
The
Highlights are a monthly summary of NACADA news and events designed
to inform members via one consolidated e-mail.
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