Region Chair Jennifer McCaul Grand Valley State University 616-331-6890 mccaulj@gvsu.edu Become a NACADA Volunteer Today!		Region Conference Chais - 2010 Jo Stewart Brock University jstewart@brocku.ca Marty Lowman University of Windsor lowman@uwindsor.ca
Join the Great Lakes Region email lists today! Region 5   Region V Steering Committee Past Region Chair Lynn Freeman University of Wisconsin Osh Kosh freemanl@uwosh.edu Region Conference Chair 2009 Tim Kerr Purdue University kerrtp@purdue.edu NACADA State Representative: Illinois Scott Gabbert North Central College sdgabbert@noctrl.edu NACADA State Representative: Indiana Cara Wetzel Purdue University crwetzel@purdue.edu NACADA State Representative: Michigan Shannon Lynn Burton Michigan State University sburton@msu.edu NACADA State Representative: Ohio Nancy Roadruck University of Akron nancy5@uakron.edu NACADA Province Representative: Ontario Jo Stewart Brock University jstewart@brocku.ca NACADA Representative: Wisconsin Diana Maki University of Wisconsin Madison dsmaki@wisc.edu Region V Strategies for Achieving NACADA's Mission & Goals NACADA Strategic Goal 1: Address the academic advising needs of higher education globally. Region 5 will provide comprehensive professional development opportunities through our regional conferences, allied/state/campus organizations and one day workshops. NACADA Strategic Goal 2: Advance the body of knowledge of academic advising. Region 5 will disseminate the knowledge acquired from the research through the Region 5 grants program and support for Best of Region award. NACADA Strategic Goal 5: Ensure the effectiveness of the NACADA organization Region 5 will promote diversity within the association at all levels through a regional future leaders program called ‘Great Lakes, Great Leaders’.
Operating Principles for Region 5 / Steering Committee

NACADA State Representative:

• Scott Gabbert

  North Central College

  sdgabbert@noctrl.edu

Allied Members:  For a current list of Allied Members in Region 5, Click here!

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NACADA State Representative:

• Cara Wetzel

  Purdue University

  crwetzel@purdue.edu

Allied Members:   For a current list of Allied Members in Region 5, Click here!

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NACADA State Representative:

• Nancy Roadruck

  University of Akron

  nancy5@uakron.edu

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Ontario

list serves/Discussion Lists:

• Ontario list serve

NACADA Province Representative:

• Jo Stewart

  Brock University

  jstewart@brocku.ca

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• Wisconsin list serve

NACADA State Representative:

• Diana Maki

  University of Wisconsin Madison

  dsmaki@wisc.edu

Allied Members:  For a current list of Allied Members in Region 5, Click here!

Mission Statement:

Region V Steering Committee will promote and support the academic advising efforts of its members in Region V, the Great Lakes Region, through its leadership acting as a critical bridge to its members and the NACADA national organization. The Steering Committee will assist with the professional development of its members through meetings, the development and distribution of materials, presentation of awards and recognitions, and the offerings of grants to create opportunities to allied organizations.

Nature of the Operating Principles:

NACADA’s Region V Steering Committee will be organized and conduct their work under these Operating Principles, once they are approved by Region V membership.

Steering Committee Roles and Responsibilities

• Steering Committee Members:
• NACADA Region V Steering committee members will include the Regional V Chair, the most recent past Region V Chair until a Region V Chair-elect is chosen, NACADA state and province representatives from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Ontario, and Wisconsin, up to two representatives from the current Regional V Conference committee, and one representative from the next immediate Regional V Conference committee.
• The steering committee will be responsible for:
• Promoting the practice and quality of academic advising.
• Supporting the professional developments advisors in the region.
• Maintaining lines of communication between NACADA and state and allied advising organizations.
• Administering the Region V budget.
• Deciding the offering of and allocation of grants to allied organizations.
• Promoting and encouraging membership in NACADA.
• Creating sub-committees and task forces to address selected regional issues.
• Meetings:
  • The steering committee will meet at least quarterly to conduct regional business. These meetings will follow the following guidelines:
    • The steering committee will meet in person before regional and national conferences.
    • Other quarterly meetings may be conducted either in person or through use of telecommunications.
    • Representatives of the steering committee maybe responsible for one site visit to the regional conference site, six months before it is held, to assist the conference planners. Future regional conferences will consider the inclusion of this expense in their budgets.

Steering Committee Members’ Responsibilities

• Regional Chair
  • The NACADA Regional Chair serves as the Regional Chair of the Steering Committee. In this capacity, the Regional Chair is responsible to convene meetings, initiate agendas, and maintain communication with Region V Steering committee and NACADA’s Regional Division Representative to insure adherence to NACADA’s bylaws. The Regional Chair can also request State/Province and Regional Conference Representatives to serve specific administrative responsibilities on the Steering Committee.
• State/Province Representatives
  • To represent NACADA at the state and province level at meetings and other occasions deemed necessary to carrying out NACADA’s and Region V mission.
  • To attend Steering Committee meetings.
  • To be the primary point of contact for advising organizations allied with NACADA in their respective state or province.
  • To take a leadership role in providing and improving state or province communication linkages between NACADA, Region V steering committee, and those allied organizations within their defined geographic area.

Regional Conference Representatives

• To present to the other members of the steering committee timely and accurate updates on the planning of the regional conference.
• To solicit from the Steering Committee assistance, when it is needed.

Annual Regional Budget

• All members of the steering committee will approve the Annual Budget for Region V.
• However, approval for regional expenditures must be have the consent of the Regional Chair, Conference Chair, and the appointed regional treasurer, who is selected by the Regional Chair, from among one of the state/province representatives.

Region V Grants

• To promote strategic goals for the Region and NACADA the steering committee will offer grants to allied advising organizations within the region through a formal Request for Proposal (RFP) process.
  • All monies allocated for grants cannot exceed the maintenance of balanced accounts for the Regional Budget.
  • The grants will be initiated by the Region V Steering Committee and presented to them where they will decide, by majority vote, the winners.
  • In the case of a tie vote by the Steering Committee on any grant proposal, the Regional Chair of the Steering Committee will decide the outcome.
  • Members of the steering committee are responsible for seeing that knowledge of the grants is widely communicate to NACADA members and allied advising organizations within the region.
  • All grants must have clearly stated requirements.
  • All grants availability will be announced by May 30th of each year.
  • All grant applications must be received by posted deadline dates.
  • The steering committee will review the grant applications and announce those grants receiving support prior to the national conference each year.
  • Selection of winning grants and allocation of awards will be determined by the majority vote of the Region V Steering Committee.
  • Members of the steering committee, who are also members of allied advising organizations submitting RFPs, will recuse themselves and not vote on that proposals merits.
  • It is the Steering Committee’s responsibility to judiciously and fairly award grants. If in the case that there are no qualified grant applications submitted, the Steering Committee should publicly state their decision and reallocate or save the funds.

Elections

• Regional Chair
  • The Regional Chair will be elected in accordance of the bylaws of NACADA
• NACADA State and Province Representatives
  • We will move towards a system, where each state/province will elect a NACADA State and Province Representative at large by the NACADA membership residing in those respective geographic entities.
    • The State/Province Representatives must be NACADA members.
    • The election process for State and Province Representatives will correspond to NACADA’s established policies and election cycle.
    • Terms will begin at the National Conference at the Regional Meeting.
    • The term of office will be for two years.
    • To provide greater representative continuity to the steering committee, a staggered election cycle for NACADA State and Province Representatives will be established. The election cycle will be:

• Until the new election cycle for each designated geographic region is implemented, the existing election processes will be used to elect State/Province Representatives. These election processes vary through the region. Those State/Province Representatives elected in this transition period will act with all assigned powers and responsibilities as delegated within this document.
• Regional Conference Representatives:
  • NACADA members at the institution(s) hosting the Regional Conference will select a Representative to the steering committee.
  • Members of the institution hosting the Regional Conference will determine the selection process.
  • One Regional Conference Representative for the next immediate Regional Conference will also serve on the steering committee.
  • The current Regional Conference Representative will cycle off the Regional V Steering Committee at the end of the next immediate National Conference. At that time the next immediate Regional Conference Representative will become the Regional Conference Representative and a new next immediate Regional Conference Representative will be added.
  • All Regional Conference Representatives must be NACADA members
  • The hosting Regional Conference can select an alternative member to serve in case the selected Regional Conference Representative is unable to attend a Steering Committee meeting.