Rocky Mountain Region 10 Conference
2010
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Flourishing in Tough Times:
Implementing an Advising “Stimulus Package”
on Your Campus
Call for Presentations open until December 4th, 2009
Has the economic downturn impacted your campus? Are you being asked to do more with less? How have you responded to these tough times? Have you reorganized to increase efficiency? Implemented new operating procedures or developed new strategies? How is your campus providing support for students who are feeling the pressure? How have you demonstrated to administration, faculty, student and staff that good advising is more important than ever? Share your ideas and innovations on these topics by presenting at the NACADA Region 10 conference in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Whether you are an advising administrator, a seasoned faculty or professional advisor, or new to the profession, the Region 10 conference is a great opportunity to learn, share and network.
We also invite presentations on other topics related to advising. We encourage you to present research or share best practices that can inform and benefit our members!
Suggested Presentation Topics
- Facing the challenges of downsizing and limited budgets
- Accountability and the future of academic advising
- Creating and reinvigorating advising centers
- Community College advising issues
- Advising military service members, veterans and their dependents
- Faculty advising and training
- Integrating established and emerging technology into advising
- Career paths & opportunities for careers in academic advising
- Research, Theory & Assessment in Academic Advising
- How global perspectives of students affect advising
- Legal and ethical issues in advisingWorking with specific student populations
- Academic coaching, strengths-based, holistic, integrated and developmental advising
- Choice of advising models & other issues for multi-campus institutions
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To
submit a proposal:
Eligibility for submission: Those who are involved in advising- administration, faculty, full-time advisors and administrative staff are invited to submit proposals.
We encourage novices and experienced presenters alike. Share your research, best practices or techniques with colleagues in the region.
Criteria for selection of paper/presentation: Proposals will be evaluated based on relevance to current issues in advising, appeal to conference participants, creativity, ingenuity, and applicability for participants after the conference. We are seeking a wide range of presentation topics relating to academic advising from a variety of advising professionals in our region.
Proposals should include your presentation title, learning objectives, and desired format (i.e. panel, roundtable, etc.) Titles do not need to incorporate the conference theme. Please include a brief abstract describing your presentation and the desired learning objectives. Abstracts will be included in the conference program and on the conference website. Please limit abstracts to 135 words.
Format options for conference sessions include paper or topic presentations, panel discussions, and roundtable discussions. Paper or topic presentations and panel sessions discuss current issues in advising. Some are based on research, some share best practices, and some are developmental, while others are theoretical. The format may be mostly lecture with a discussion following, a panel session followed by questions, or a more informal discussion. Roundtable sessions are less-structured discussions on relevant advising topics that generate audience/presenter interaction. All sessions will be approximately 1 hour long.
To review proposal submission instructions and submit proposal Click here
NOTE:
- Due to budgetary considerations, the conference is unable to offer complimentary registration or lodging for paper presenters.
- Commercial products are not to be promoted in NACADA sessions.
- NACADA does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or marital status.
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