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2008 Annual Conference Program Topics/Tracks
Retention

Best of Region 5 Students At Risk or On Probation: Success/Retention Initiatives with Impact

Reynolds, Michigan State University

 

2Y Advising: A Relationship That Matters! Get to Know Your Students—Don’t Just Get through Them!

Fergus, Jones, Tacoma Community College

 

A Successful Transition: Peer Mentors Guiding First-Year Students

Corella, Ball, University of Arizona

 

A Retention Initiative Designed to Help Academically Underprepared Students Succeed in College

Bonaguro, Thomas, Western Kentucky University

Staten, Western Kentucky University

 

ABC's of Success: Predicting Academic Difficulty in First-Year Students

Bell-Werner, Keys, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

 

Academic Advising from the Student's Perspective: Significance, Satisfaction, and Challenges

Hundrieser, Hillman, Noel-Levitz

 

Academic Advising to Support the Achievement and Success of At-Risk Students

Brown, Thomas Brown & Associates

 

Academic Excellence - the ACE Program

Williams, Brown, Texas Christian University

 

PANEL Academic Preparation Programs: Mapping a Road to Success

Lovett, Mount Aloysius College

Pendleton, Mercer University

MODERATOR Fread, Lehigh Carbon Community College

 

Advanced Warning System

Langness, Larkin, Jefferson Community and Technical College

 

Advising and Retention: What Today's Students Need

Scheckel, Nordstrom, Gregston, Scheckel, Texas Tech University

 

PANEL Advising Foster Care Alumni

Emerson, Casey Family Programs

Howard, Orangewood Children's Foundation

Klefeker, Murray, Miami University-Hamilton

 

An Apple a Day Increases the G.P.A.: Retention through Wellness

Miller, Kansas State University

 

Combat the “Sophomore Slump”: How to Plan a Sophomore Retention Event

Amos, Grafton, Univeristy of Texas-San Antonio

 

Constructional Student Mentoring: Building Student Success

Brister-Cox , Liden, University of North Texas

 

Developmental Education Students: Advising, Self-Concept, and Sense of Belonging

King, Duke University

 

Early Alert - Is it for Everyone?

Morken, Lanning, Vasquez, Coffey, University of Colorado Denver

 

Effectively Advising Students with Aspergers Syndrome and Other Autism Spectrum Disorders

Bowling, Purdue University

 

PANEL Fear of Heights: A Panel Discussion on First Generation College Students-From Theory to Practice

Longwell-Grice, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Serrata, South Texas College

Zervas, Le Moyne College

Mullins, Front Range Community College

Gonzalez, Texas Tech University

 

From Academic Probation to Academic Success—Helping Students Soar

Schauer, Whiting, Prairie View A&M University

 

PANEL HOT TOPIC: Helping Adult Learners Reach New Heights (or Helping Adult Learners Keep All the Balls in the Air!)

Varney, Southern New Hampshire University

Sukalac, Linfield College

Harrison, Saint Ambrose University

Churchill, Whitworth University

Guy, University of Memphis

Peck, Western Connecticut State University

 

HOT TOPIC: How Will You Know What's Working? Assessment of Intervention Programs for Students in Academic Difficulty

Maroldo, Indiana Univ Purdue Univ-Indianapolis

Harris, Pepperdine University

 

It Takes a University: Designing and Implementing a System of Academic Probation and Intervention in Support of Student Success and Retention

Demetriou, Dawson, Schmitz-Sciborski, University of North Carolina

 

Keeping the Marriage Alive: Strategies to Enhance the Sophomore Experience

TongeMack, University of Cincinnati

 

Life Line or the End of the Line? Is the Exception Semester an Effective Retention Tool?

McCachren, Henson, Graham, Appalachian State University

 

Majors Fair: Taking Advising to New Heights

Bragg, Schauer, Prairie View A&M University

 

Mindfulness Training for Leadership & Extraordinary Academic Performance: Integrating the First-Year Seminar in a Service-Learning Community

Hirsh, St. Edward's University

 

Motivational Factors Affecting Adult Student Persistence at Commuter Colleges - A Case Study

Hunt, Wenthold, Upper Iowa University

 

Motivational Interviewing In Advising : Working With Students to Change

Pettay, Kansas State University

 

Multiple Uses of the At-Risk Database: A Best Practices Discussion

Sevick, Rhoades, Mount St. Mary's University

 

Reinstating Students from Probation/Suspension: It Takes Collaboration to Advise a Student

Deschamps, Hamblin, Utah State University

 

Restoring Your Wings to Soar to New Heights

Haliburton, Hapes, Texas A&M University

 

Retaining Newly Admitted Adult Learners: The First Term Experience Program and Beyond

Griffin, Schmelter, Saint Louis University

 

Rethinking Reinstatement and Retention: One Advising Unit’s Response to a Crisis

Butler, Harper, Iacobacci, Minichillo, Kent State University

 

Scaling the Summit: Individualized and Holistic Strategies for Supporting Re-admitted Students

Grant, MacMannis -Freeland, Ellis, Bridgewater State College

 

Strategies for Your Educational Success

Cox, Potter, Van Ham, Buckingham, Ferris State University

 

Taking Academic Success to New Heights at Illinois State University – How to Engage Students in Academic Success

Roser, Im, Schuline, Illinois State University

 

The Label: Academic Probation Student vs. Student on Academic Probation

Gehrke, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Understanding Today’s Parents: Who Are They and Why do They Hover?

Woycheck, University of Maryland

Deep, Jones, Kent State University

 

Up, Up and Away: Launching an Effective 1:1 Peer Mentor Program

Fletcher, Arizona State University

 

Up the Down Staircase: A Mandatory Intervention Program for Students on Probation

Sarabok, Butler County Community College

 

Using E-Learning Technology to Connect with Students

Price, Sinclair Community College

 

What's the Real Risk in "High Risk"? Identifying and Retaining High Risk Adult Students

Walker, Saint Louis University

 

When Academics Is Not Enough: Providing Counseling to Students on Academic Probation

Gouker, Dozier, Hutson, Ross, University of North Carolina-Greensboro

 

You CAN Get There from Here: The Path to Success for Adult Students.

Redsecker, Dominican University of California

 

 


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