Past Involvement in NACADA:

Years in NACADA: 7 years

National Offices Held and Accomplishments Achieved While in Office: N/A

Regional Activities/Offices Held, including accomplishments achieved while in office:

• Co-Chair, NACADA Region 7 Conference, 2005
• NACADA Region 7 Steering Committee member, 2004-2006
• President-elect, Oklahoma Academic Advising Association (OACADA), 2004-2005
• OACADA Steering Committee, 2002 to present

Committee Activities and Accomplishments:

• NACADA 2003 National Conference Evaluations Chair
• Member, NACADA President's Task Force on National Conferences, 2003-2004

Commission/Interest Group Activities and Accomplishments:

• Two-Year Colleges Commission activities:
  • Current Editor for Two-Year College Newsletter
  • Member of "Hot Topics" panel for Two-Year Colleges Commission at 2004 National Conference
  • Reviewer for Two-Year Colleges Commission-sponsored workshops for NACADA National Conferences, 2001-2003
• Current member, Two-Year Colleges Commission and Advisor Training & Development Commission
• Current member, Theory and Philosophy of Advising Interest Group and First-Generation College Student Advising Interest Group

Other:

• Member, Oklahoma City Community College Task Force on Advising
• Coordinator of Master Advisor Workshops for faculty advisors at Oklahoma City Community College
• Workshop presentations for NACADA National and Regional Conferences, as well as prsentations at OACADA state Conferences
• Member of Editorial Board for "The Mentor: An Academic Advising Journal"
• Have attended the past six NACADA National Conferences, 1999-2004.

Platform Statement:

I have been a member of the Two-Year Colleges Commission five years. I have benefited from active participation in the two-year colleges list serve, writing for the NACADA Journal and being editor of the Two-Year College Newsletter. I made a career transition to academic counseling from personal counseling and have found that academic advisors/counselors in two-year colleges have a different mission than our university counterparts. Our challenges are different if not more difficult. We serve students from diverse academic, emotional, personal, and cultural backgrounds. As advisors and counselors we attempt to address any issue that may impede students' academic progress. Along with tremendous confidence, we also see anxiety and self-doubt. It is academic advisors and counselors, both professional advisors and faculty advisors, who have the most impact on students' ability to clarify their goals and overcome their individual, unique obstacles.

If selected to serve as Two-Year Colleges Commission Chair, my goals are to: