a. To promote membership in CUES.
b. To recruit CUES members to present programs at regional conferences and the National Conference in October.
c. To recruit CUES members who will submit articles for publication in the newsletter and journal.
d. To develop a CUES member handbook.
e. To develop a CUES Web site
f. To share information about successful programs and strategies with
Members.

1. Models for advising exploratory students
2. Tracking trends
3. Assessment
4. Use of technology
5. Connections between major and career
6. Undecided adults
7. Best practices
8. Group advising
9. Policies on being undeclared
10. Recent research
11. Mandatory advising
12. Mentoring for new advisers
13. Needs of sophomores/major changers
14. Web links for students

a. NACADA Newsletter
Commission Chair submitted regular Commission reports to the newsletter.
b. NACADA Journal
"Students Decided and Undecided About Career Choice: A Comparison of College Achievement and Student Involvement" (Spring 1995) by Willard Clark Lewallen
"The Irrational Nature of Choice: A New Model for Advising Undecided Students" (Fall 1996) by Robert M. Bertram.
c. Monograph
The Commission felt that it was wise to delay publication of a monograph since the National Resource Center for the Freshman Year Experience published a monograph, "Issues in Advising the Undecided Student" in 1994. Several chapters in the monograph were written by CUES members and it was a very comprehensive resource. We felt it was important to identify some different issues to address so that there would be some demand for a new monograph. A committee has been formed and some possible topics have been identified. The Chair hopes to have the Chair-elect devote more time to this during the next year.

a. National Conferences:
Beginning in 1994, members were encouraged via annual mailings and the newsletter to submit conference proposals. I was gratified by the number of proposals reviewed for each of the last three national conferences. I only wish more of them had been selected for inclusion. There were some disappointed CUES members who had submitted excellent proposals. I realize that conference planners only have so much time to allot for programs and that there are many commissions to represent. I do feel the membership has generated some fine programs and, based on my observations, they have been very well attended (standing room only in most cases).
b. Regional Conferences:
Regional CUES representatives have been identified for each NACADA region. We are beginning to form "regional teams" in some regions. I correspond with the representatives prior to regional conferences. The intent is to have the representatives or teams be responsible for hosting a roundtable or presenting a program at their regional. They are also responsible for reporting what sessions were presented that would be of interest to CUES members. I then try to follow-up and encourage the presenters to repeat their programs at a national conference. I also highlight certain programs of particular interest in my mailings to the entire membership.

a. CUES Commission business meetings have been held at each national conference since 1994. The challenge is to keep the members "on task" in terms of the purpose of the business meeting. When you get a bunch of colleagues together who all work with undecided/exploratory students, there is a strong desire to spend the time sharing information rather than planning commission activities! We do manage to accomplish something during each meeting, however.

b. Regular newsletter submissions have served to inform the membership about CUES activities, to recognize members who have contributed something to the commission, and to solicit programs and articles.

c. Semi-annual mailings (one in January and one in July of each year since 1994) have allowed me to elaborate on information presented in the newsletter, to summarize national conference information, and to solicit information for special projects (see Special projects).

I have not specifically requested CUES members to share this information, but I will include this in future communiqués. I have concentrated my energies on soliciting programs for our regional and national conferences. I do know of one member who presented a program about peer advising and the undeclared student at the Mid-Western Conference on Peer Advising this past spring. With a membership this large, I would expect that there have been others as well.

While many members have been involved in commission activities, we don't yet have anyone who stands out as someone who meets the award criteria. I will include this as an agenda item for the Kansas City Conference.

Again, our focus has been on generating publications for our own journal. Members have been encouraged to share if they have been involved in these activities and I will continue to do this.

At the 1995 National Conference, members expressed a desire to learn more about programs in existence that were experiencing success with undecided/exploratory students. The Commission sponsored a survey to "Identify Established Programs and Techniques that have Proven Successful" with undecided/exploratory students. The survey was included in the January 1996 mailing to all members. Sixty-one members responded and the results were summarized and sent to the membership in the July 1996 mailing. A more comprehensive report was distributed at the National Conference in Washington and, by request, to CUES members who read about the survey in the newsletter and who wanted a copy of the comprehensive report. My budget would not have supported a mass mailing of this, but I did send out several in response to individual inquiries. A copy of the survey is attached.