is a non-profit association open to all persons interested in issues related

to academic advising at post-secondary institutions in the state of Oklahoma. 

The 2010 Spring OACADA Conference Information:

Where:  Oklahoma City University

When:  Friday, February 19, 2010

Theme:  “Career Advising: Connecting Classes to Careers”

Registration: $50 Until February 12/$60 After (Registration form)

Proposals Due: Friday, February 5 (Proposal form)

Scholarship Applications Due: Friday, February 5 (Scholarship form)

Advisor of the Year/Administrator of the Year Award Nominations Due: Friday, February 5

(Advisor of the Year form) (Administrator of the Year form)

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ken Hughey

Dr. Ken Hughey’s Bio:

• Ph.D. University of Missouri—Columbia, 1989
• M.A.Ed. Southeast Missouri State University, 1975
• B.S.Ed. Southeast Missouri State University, 1972

Dr. Hughey has approximately 20 years of experience teaching graduate courses in career development and is a professor and chair of the Department of Special Education, Counseling, and Student Affairs in the College of Education at Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS. He is the former Associate Director of Counseling for High Skills (1992–1998), a DeWitt Wallace–Reader's Digest Fund project designed to assist counselors in addressing the career development of students planning to attend community colleges, technical institutions, and proprietary institutions. Prior to coming to K-State in 1989, Dr. Hughey had 15 years of experience in career guidance and counseling, including working with college students and adults in transition. Dr. Hughey has published articles on career development in well respected journals, such as Professional School Counseling, the Journal of Career Development, the School Counselor, and the Journal of Counseling and Development. Also, he served as lead editor of The Handbook of Career Advising, a NACADA/Jossey-Bass publication, that was released at the 2009 NACADA Conference in San Antonio. In addition, he has presented at numerous conferences, including NACADA conferences. Dr. Hughey is also the former editor of Professional School Counseling and currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Career Development and The Career Development Quarterly. He previously served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Counseling Development and Counseling and Values. Dr. Hughey is a member of the National Academic Advising Association, American Counseling Association, the National Career Development Association, and the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision.

The Fall 2009 Conference in Broken Arrow was very successful.  Here are the PowerPoint Presentations:

Keynote Address “Tech Resources for Advising”

Eric Stoller-Oregon State University

http://www.slideshare.net/ericstoller/resources-from-my-oacada-keynote

Reaching Out With Tech

Nancy Blass OU

What’s Your Tech IQ?

Molly Gann NSU, BA

Becoming a Social Media Fan!

Karen Christian & Mary Daniels OSU

Social Networking Sites: Technological Advancement or Potential Liability to the University

Amber Fite NSU, BA

To Friend or Not to Friend: Faculty Interaction on Facebook

Dr. Jesse Mendez & Kathryn Weinland, OSU