2012 CONFERENCE AT-A-GLANCE  

NACADA Region 9 2012 Conference At-A-Glance Schedule  - Tentative based on Presenter acceptances!

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

11:00am - 5:30pm  -  Registration Open

1:00-4:30pm - Pre-Conference Sessions           

1:00pm-2:45pm	Bob Hurt & Leigh Cunningham	Writing for NACADA
1:00pm-2:45pm	Janel Irwin & Amy Lance	Hit the Jackpot with Technology in Advising
3:00-5:00pm	Derek Furukawa, Courtney Hafen & Adeste Sipin	Using Videos to Communicate Effectively to Students
3:00pm-5:00pm	Wei-Chien Lee & David Emmert	No-Bet Zone: Signs of Mental Health Problems and How Advisors May Deal with Them
3:00-5:00pm	Gayle Juneau	Safe Zone
5:00-6:00pm	NACADA	Orientation for First-Time Attendees
6:00pm	Opening Reception tba

Thursday, March 8, 2012

7:00-10:30am - Registration Open

8:00-9:00am  -  Continental Breakfast  & Graduate Poster Session

9:15-10:15am - Concurrent Session 1

Ron Cambridge	Engagement and Progression through Dialogue and Support - the Role of the Personal Academic Adivser (PAA)
Kiana Shiroma	Web 2.0 for Advisors: Best Practices, Tools and Tips
Janel Irwin & Amy Lance	Increasing Your Odds by Creating an Effective Peer Advising Program
Patricia Lozano,      Cheryl Tillotson & Ebony Igeleke	The Sophomore Year: A Gamble or Meaningful Experience?

10:30am-11:30am  Concurrent Session 2 

Lisa Wong	How Adolescent Chinese Americans Develop Their Career Aspirations and Interests: Intercultural Implications for Advising Practice
Christy Carlson	Queer Theory Meets Advising: Negotiating Identity in a Post-Identity World
Nancy Markee	Improving the Odds of Graduating - Consider Adding a Concierge Service
Sue Saunders	Freshman Advising...Double Down and Increase the Odds that Freshmen Seek Out Advising Early!

11:45-1:15pm Lunch and Keynote Speaker (TBD)

1:30-2:30pm Concurrent Session 3 

Molly Morin	Promising Futures Program: Supporting First-Generation College Student Success through Advising and Programming
Kiana Shiroma & Rayna Isaki	Our Sophomore Year in our Sophomore Experience Program: Raising the Stakes in Retaining Second-Year Students
Janel Irwin & Amy Lance	Place Your Bet on a Road Map to College Achievement
Stephanie Karas	“Before and After” or, rather, “After and Before":  Exploring the Transition from Working with Non-Traditional Aged Students to Traditional College Aged Students

2:45-3:45pm Concurrent Session 4 

Brandis Bernard	Why Gamble On Students' Futures? Major and Career Decisions
Emily Allen &      Francisco Castillo	Teaching Engineering Faculty that Advising is Teaching
Robert Hurt	Designing Effective Advising Programs with Appreciative Inquiry
Kristan Venegas,   Elizabeth Hernandez & Rosemary Rangel	Policy and Practices for Advising Undocumented Students: A Systemic Approach

4:00-5:00pm  Concurrent Session 5 

Amy Swanson & Carly Head	Make a Bet on Student Success – Campus-Wide Collaboration for an Academic Coaching Program
James Caraway	Success in Advising Requires KNOWING not just KNOWING ABOUT
Wei-chien Lee	A Practical (and Fun) Guide to being a Multiculturally Competent Advisor
Saryna Konczey,    Marielisbet Perez & Julie Berkovatz	Who Said I Can’t Graduate? Understanding the Complexities of Effectively Advising Low Income, first Generation, Minorities and Foster Youth

5:15-6:15pm   Focus Group session (check at registration desk to see if there are spaces available.)

Explore Las Vegas on Your Own

Friday, March 9, 2012

7:30-8:30  Breakfast on your own

8:45-9:45am Concurrent Session 6 

Molly Morin & Gabby Garcia	From Graduate Student to New Advising Professional:  Maximizing Your Graduate Student Experience
Janel Irwin  &  AmyLance	Placing All Bets on a Sustainable Future
Anna Adams, Jason Barkemeyer, Joshua Larson & Sharon Aiken-Wisniewski	Advising is not a Profession...Or is it?
Joshua Loudon & Julia Cappelli	Advising is a Team Sport: Collaboration Using Online Technology to Simplify, Streamline and Improve Advisor Training

10:00-11:00am  Concurrent Session 7 

Mike Atienza &        Latoya Thibodeaux	Going All In: Towards a Collaborative Approach in Advising Queer Students of Color
William Sovich	Utilizing Data to Gauge and Promote Advisor Professional Development
Heather LaPerle	Going All In! How to Create a Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) Retreat for Peer Advisor
Evelyn Felina Castillo	The Effect of Socialization on Doctoral Student Persistence in Engineering

11:00-12:00pm  Region 9 Business Meeting

Conference Concludes

You may be interested in staying for NACADA's Research Symposium!