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2012 CONFERENCE SESSIONS     SUBJECT TO CHANGE

 

 

Conference Schedule At-A-Glance

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Time

 

Session

11:00-5:00pm

 

Conference Registration

12:00-2:00pm

 

PC1. Ensuring Your Personal Safety In The Advising Office

12:00-2:00pm

 

PC2. Navigation to Success: Harnessing the Wind of Technology to Foster the Role of the Faculty Advisor

12:00-2:00pm

 

PC3. Freshman Transition Program: Mapping the Course from Community College to University

12:00-2:00pm

 

PC4. Emotional Intelligence in Academic Advising

2:15-5:15pm

 

PC5. Better Than a Coin Flip: Empowering Thoughtful and Effective Decision Making

2:15-4:15pm

 

PC6. Blogging for Dummies: Advising Blogs as an Educational Platform

2:15-5:15pm

 

PC7. Social Media and Academic Advising: Engaging Students in the Virtual World

2:15-4:15pm

 

PC8. Becoming an Advisor

5:30-6:45pm

 

Welcome Reception

 

7:00-8:00pm

 

Light Appetizers & Cash Bar (1 complimentary drink ticket)

Focus Group (Participants Prearranged)

7:00-10:30pm

 

Dinner On Your Own

 

 

 

Shuttle to Historic Downtown Annapolis

 

 

 

Hotel Pick-ups TBA

 

 

 

Downtown Pick-ups TBA

 

 

Conference Schedule At-A-Glance

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Time

 

Session

7:30-5:00pm

 

Conference Registration

7:30-8:30am

 

Continental Breakfast (included in the conference fee)

First Time Attendees Breakfast

8:30-9:30am

 

Concurrent Sessions

C01

 

Collaborating With First Mates: Developing Academic Advisors Through Reflection

C02

 

Navigating with the Same Map

C03

 

Peer Mentorship from Scratch: A Case Study on Starting a Peer Mentorship Program

C04

 

A Conversation With NACADA Leadership

C05

 

Supervision… Sigh… Who's Got Time?

C06

 

Advising as Teaching: What's Your Pedagogy?

C07

 

iPug (iPad Users Group): A Round Table Discussion on Technology Aided Advising

C08

 

Environments Speak: What is Yours Saying?

9:45-10:45am

 

Concurrent Sessions

C09

 

"No" is Not Always Spelt "N-O"

C10

 

Diversifying STEM: Retaining Underrepresented Students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

C11

 

Virtual Connection: Using an Online Course to Engage Commuter Students

C12

 

More Than Just Holds: Taking the Blinders Off to See the Value of Academic Advising

C13

 

Navigating Uncharted Territory: Changing the Culture of Academic Advising

C14

 

Navigating Through Uncharted Waters: Building a Freshman Advising Program at an Upper Division University

C15

 

Student Advising Priorities: Do You Know What They Are?

C16

 

Retaining Students in Academic Difficulty: Mason's Academic Intervention Program

11:00-12:00

 

Concurrent Sessions

C17

 

Transforming the Transfer Experience: A Multi-Tiered Approach

C18

 

 Writing for NACADA

C19

 

Cultivating an Appreciation for the Liberal Arts Among Engineering Students: A Faculty Advisor Approach

C20

 

Advising is not a profession… or is it?

C21

 

Career Advising: Navigating Students Beyond the Shores of College

C22

 

Advising and Academic Support: A Model of Collaboration for Student Success

C23

 

Retention 101: Student Outcomes and University Benchmarks

C24

 

Meeting the Challenge: Academic Advising and the American Graduation Initiative

12:15-2:00pm

 

Lunch (included in conference fee)

NACADA Welcome

Keynote Address

2:30-3:30pm

 

Concurrent Sessions

C25

 

Advising in an Interdisciplinary Major: Lessons Learned During our 10 Year Voyage

C26

 

Academic-Level Advising: What Do Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors Need to Know?

C27

 

Discovering the major: An Online Advising Course

C28

 

Theory and Philosophy of Advising: What is the State of the Art?

C29

 

Oh Snap- I. Snap: Information in a Snap Videos and the Use of Technology in Advising

C30

 

The (Not So) Little Program that Could: Leading At-Risk Students Down the Pathway to College Completion

C31

 

Women Thriving! Not Just Surviving a Career in Higher Education

C32

 

The Role of Storytelling in Academic Advising: In the Words of an Exploratory Student

3:45-4:45pm

 

Concurrent Sessions

C33

 

Advising and Learner Success-Student Success and Engagement at a Distance: A Given!

C34

 

Navigating the Ocean of Major Confusion

C35

 

Charting an Efficient Course: Advisors Helping Students to Transfer

C36

 

Advising A(SAP): When Timely Financial Aid Issues Affect Academic Advising

C37

 

Beyond Color, Beyond Name: Perspectives on Historically Black Colleges and Universities for Transfer Students

C38

 

Mapping Success: Developing and Implementing a Student Educational Plan

C39

 

Virtual Life Preserver: An On-Line Course Providing Students on Suspension Strategies to Achieve Academic Success

C40

 

Intelligent Internetting or: How I Learned to Stop Excessive Emailing and Love the Blog

5:00-5:30pm

 

State Meetings

Delaware

District of Columbia

Maryland

New Jersey

Pennsylvania

Virginia

5:30pm

 

Dinner On Your Own

5:30-6:00pm

 

Mentor Reception (by invitation)

7:00-10:30pm

 

Dinner On Your Own

Shuttle to Historic Downtown Annapolis

 

 

Hotel Pick-ups TBA

 

 

 

Downtown Pick-ups TBA

 

 

Conference Schedule At-A-Glance

Friday, March 23, 2012

Time

 

Session

7:30-11:00am

 

Registration & Evaluations

7:30-8:30am

 

Continental Breakfast (included in the conference fee)

7:45-8:45am

 

Poster Sessions

PS1

 

Advising on the Selection of a Minor, Certificate, or Certification: The Real Value of Degree Additives

PS2

 

Building Morale Without Breaking Your Budget

PS3

 

Catching Students Before They Abandon Ship: Advising Probation Students At-a-Distance

PS4

 

Grammar Goofs and You...or Grammar, Goofs, and You?

PS5

 

Initiatives to Support Student Success for Distance Learners

PS6

 

Keeping Them Upwind: How One University Keeps High-Achieving Students Engaged

PS7

 

Motivational Factors for High-Achieving Student-Athletes

PS8

 

One Way Street of Workshops and Remedial Classes: Other Paths to Take When Advising Probationary Students

9:15-10:15am

 

Concurrent Sessions

 

C41

 

Common Reading Discussion

C42

 

Entering the Dialogue: Student Perspectives of Faculty Advising at a Four Year Institution

C43

 

Career Transitions In Academic Advising

C44

 

Effective Co-Curricular Programming for High-Achieving Students

C45

 

Learning to Navigate College, Towson University's S3 Program

C46

 

How to Set Student Internships Sailing: Technique and Strategies for Internship Promotion and Advising

C47

 

YouTube Advising FAQs

C48

 

Transfer: Navigating to Degree Completion

10:30-11:30am

 

Concurrent Sessions

C49

 

Small, Medium, Big: Mixing Individual and Group Advising

C50

 

"Toeing the Line": A Retention Program for Struggling Students

C51

 

Want to Reach First-Semester Students? Use Peer Leaders.

C52

 

Clicking on Success: Teaching the Wired Generation to use Online Advising Resources

C53

 

Navigating the Seas of Degree Completion

C54

 

Finding Their Element: Advising Through a First-Year Transition Course

11:30-12:30PM

 

Region 2 Business Meeting

 

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