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Mid-South Region 4 Conference
March 10-13, 2012

2012 CONFERENCE AT-A-GLANCE

 

Saturday, March 10, 2012             (FIU Campus)

                8:00-5:15pm       Social Media Workshop

Sunday, March 11, 2012                (Sofitel Hotel)

12:00- 5:30 pm                   Conference Check-In

12:30- 4:15 pm                   Pre-Conferences Sessions

4:30- 5:30 pm                     Introduction to NACADA: First Time Attendee

6:00- 7:00 pm                     Cocktail Reception and Networking Hour

7:00- 9:00 pm                     Opening Session and Fiesta (heavy hord’oeuvers will be served)

Monday, March 12, 2012                (FIU Campus)                                       

7:30 am- 1:00 pm               Conference Check-In                     Graham Center Foyer

8:30 - 9:15 am                    Continental Breakfast                    Graham Center Ballrooms

9:30-10:30a.m.                  Concurrent Session 1

 

Title

Presenter

GC 150

The Role of Technology in Advising for a Global Community

Shaina Gonzalez

GL100B

Establishing an Advising Presence in Housing and Residential Life: Working Together to Encourage Academic Success

Aparna Saini

GC 287B

Evolution of an Academic Advising Unit within a growing University

Laura Brazzeal

GC 280

Writing for NACADA: The NACADA Journal, Academic Advising Today, the Clearinghouse, NACADA monographs, books and blogs

Charlie Nutt

GL 100A

The Sophomore Experience Abroad Program: Advisor Taught, guided and created

Christ Cook

GC 283A

Advising to Make the Grade - FYE Assignments that Benefit Students and Advisers

Veronica Giguere

GC 277

Disabling the Enabler...... Are You the Enabler?

Catherine Bynum

10:45 am- 11:45 pm         Concurrent Session 2       

GL 100B

Extreme Makeover: Advisement Edition-The Transformation from Faculty-Driven Advisement to Center-Based Professional Advisement

Bobbie Williams Williams

GC 280

Advising is Teaching: Integrating Student Learning and Development in Academic Advising

Alina Quintana

GC 283A

Building A Veteran-Friendly Campus

Meredith McMackin

GC 150

Best of Alabama--What's next? Advising via text messages?

Samantha Nelson

GC 277

Listen to Me: I'm Undecided

Kyle Ellis

GL 100A

Enhancing Retention and Graduation Through Academic Advising

Nathaniel Wade

GC 287B

Establishing Multicultural Relationship in Advising and How to Develop those Relationships

Tennyson Smith

12:00- 1:30 pm                   Lunch/Speaker/Awards Presentation     Graham Center Ballrooms

1:45- 2:45 pm                     Concurrent Session 3

GL 100B

Bridging the Transfer Gap: Florida International University's Bridge Advisor Initiative

Brittany Janes

GL 100A

Ethical and Legal Implications of Electronic Documentation

Sue Ohrablo

GC 287B

Major Re-Selection: Finding the Right Match

Deborah Major

GC 277

Social Advoccacy of GLBT Students: Empowering Students through Campus Initiatives

Rosa Fuste

GC 283A

U-Decide Your Future: Empowering Undeclared Students in a First-Year Experience Course

Jessica McCarty

GC 150

Best of Georgia - The Challenge of Student Employability: How Advisors Can Help Students Develop Skills and Learn to Self-Manage Their Professional Development. A New Paradigm for Academic and Career Advising

Stephanie Jackson

GC 280

Tackling Technology in Advising: Bench to MVP

Mande Miller

3:00 - 4:00 pm                    Concurrent Session 4

GC 283A

Beyond the Office: Advising in the Classroom and Abroad

Arnaldo Mejías

GC 150

A Demo of A3 - Academic Appointment Application: Technology to Organize and Analyze your Office's Advising Appointments!

Marco Gomez

GC 277

Advising from Coast to Coast: Supporting your Out-of-State Student Population

Jenna Nobili

GC 280

New Advisors: Learn, Immerse and Lead

Paula D'Amico

GL 100A

Limited Access Undergraduate Majors: Economic Lifesaver or Advising Nightmare?

Dwayne Peterson

GL 100B

The Unmet Need: Does Financial Aid Positively Affect Student Success within the Undocumented Student Population?

Catherine Bynum

  Conversation with NACADA: Leadership and EO Representative  

4:00- 4:10 pm                    Break

4:10- 5:00 pm                    State Meetings

5:00 pm                              Dinner on your own

 

Tuesday, March 13, 2012              (FIU Campus)

7:30 - 8:15 am                    Full Breakfast Served                     Graham Center Ballrooms

                                                Poster Session

8:15- 9:15 am                     Concurrent Session 1

Room

Title

Presenter

GC 280

Extreme Couponing for Advisor Training Programs

Jessica Simmons

GC 283A

Palm Trees, Flip Flops and Peer Advisors all come together in Miami to build the ultimate global community:  A “how to” guide to developing a peer advisor program within your advising unit, and tips to enhance current programs

Emily Williams

GL 100A

Working Smarter Not Harder: A Collaborative Tool for Exploratory Students

Eric Crosier

GL 100B

Just Tell Me What I Should Do: How to Deliver Developmental Advising to Students in an On-Demand World

Sue Ohrablo

GC 150

Circumventing Transfer Shock!: Using Schlossberg’s Transition Theory to ease the Transition of Transfer Students

Craig McGill

GC 277

Major Exploration: Finding the Right Path to a Major

Sade Tramble

9:30- 10:30 am                   Concurrent Session 2

Room

Title

Presenter

GC 280

Improved Intervention Strategies through Integration of Social Networking & Technology

Jason Pollett

GC 283A

Actively Engaging Online Students in the Advising Process

Sharriette Finley

GL 100A

Myths about Majors and Careers: High-Demand Careers and Alternative Routes to Get There

Chevonne Brown

GC 287B

Successful ways to recruit and retain diverse students at a PWI

Jocelyn Vickers

GL 100B

What’s in a Name? Assessing and Advising for a ”Backup Plan”

Holly Hunt

GC 150

Services Focused on the Special Needs of Today’s Veterans, Service-members, Dependents, and Survivors

Ronnie White

GC 277 What Am I Going to Do Now? Tips on How to Advise Students When They Are Not Selected Into Limited-Access Programs Angela Moore

10:45- 11:45 am                 Concurrent Session 3

Room

Title

Presenter

GC 283A

Streamlining for success: Using digital tools at your institution to enhance efforts in assisting probationary students

Adam Musolino

GC 277

Advising International Students: Bridging the Gap Between Immigration and Academic Advising

Ana Sippin

GL 100A

Sweet Home Alabama? Explore culture shock theory and strategies to embrace one's new home

Erin Weston

GC 150

Connecting your Transfer Student community through a Transfer Success course

Jaime Little

GC 280

Riddle Me This: How Can Effective Questioning Enhance Student-Advisor Relationships?

Louis Macias

GL 100B

Meet Me in My Residential College

Melissa Hechtman

GC 287B

Your Passport to Graduate Advising: Starting a Graduate Academic Services Center

 

11:50- 12:30 pm                Conference Closing and Wrap-up

 


 

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