2010 CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Please submit "Presentation Proposals Nov. 15 - February 1

Join us next spring for the 2010 North Central Region 6 Conference!  The conference will be held May 12-14, 2010 at the Embassy Suites in downtown Lincoln, NE.  Beautiful weather, blooming flowers and trees, and friendly people await you at the home of the University of Nebraska.  Our theme this year is:

"Yours, Mine, and Ours: Collaboration in the World of Advising."  

You are invited to submit a proposal for presentation.  The proposal period runs Nov. 15, 2009 through Jan. 31, 2010.

Suggested Presentation Topics:

• Defining the link between majors and careers
• Evaluating advising effectiveness
• Beyond accommodation: Special advising needs of students with disabilities
• Developing relationships with advisers at other institutions
• Inter-generational issues in advising
• Faculty advisers as career mentors
• Helping transfer students make the transition to a new college or university
• Legal and ethical issues in advising
• Advising distance education students
• Training new advisers
• Any other topic that deals with collaboration

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.