Jayne Drake
	Temple University Philadelphia, PA
	Platform Statement: Highlight the goals you accomplished and the work you did while serving as a Unit Chair or Division Representative. In addition, highlight your involvement in all areas of the Association, demonstrating your experiences that make you qualified to serve in this position on the NACADA Board of Directors.

More than 150 years ago, Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in his famous essay "Self-Reliance" that we must all strive to do what "inly rejoices" us-to do those things which make us happy. For me, at least, these words strike a sympathetic chord. What "inly rejoices" me is my connection to the people of NACADA. The work that I have gladly contributed to the Association has been and continues to be a labor of love, and all undertaken in support of student success in all of its many dimensions. The projects carried out, the goals achieved, the visions made reality-all appear as mere bullet points below, but behind each of these bullets is an issue that required attention, a tradition that needed to be revisited, a concept that required translation into reality-all in service, ultimately, to improving the lives and academic careers of our students.

A sampling of my involvement across the Association includes serving on NACADA's Board of Directors and Council, serving as an instructor for both the Faculty Seminars and the Summer Institutes, chairing the Advisory Board for the new "Scenes for Learning and Reflection" Professional Development DVD, creating an Awards Oversight Committee, restructuring the National Awards program, serving on the Advising Administration Commission's Steering Committee, chairing NACADA's National Awards Committee. Perhaps the most generally instructive (and productive) positions I've held are those NACADA Board and Council. In these positions, I have been able to observe just how nicely NACADA's organizational structure works by allowing all voices of the Association to be recognized through the Regional Division, the Commissions and Interest Groups, and the Administrative Division.

What do you believe are the most important goals and initiatives for the Association in meeting its strategic plan and what do you feel you can contribute to this position in meeting these goals and initiatives?

• Address the academic advising needs of higher education globally.
• Advance the body of knowledge of academic advising.
• Champion the educational role of academic advising to enhance student learning and development in a diverse world.
• Educate university and college decision makers about the role of quality academic advising in higher education.
• Ensure the effectiveness of the NACADA organization.

These five broadly drawn statements serve as guideposts for the future of the Association and define the critical issues facing academic advising, issues such as 1) continuing to provide comprehensive professional development opportunities for our members; 2) promoting and supporting research related to the enhancement of academic advising; 3) building national and international partnerships among various advising constituencies and other professional organizations; 4) developing practical strategies and materials for college and university leadership in order to ensure the sustainability of the Association's commitment to student success; and 5) extending NACADA's reach around the globe.

Perhaps the best contributions that the President of the Association can make are to promote the involvement of all relevant constituencies in our efforts both within and beyond the academy and to make certain that we follow through on our priorities. It is in this way that the strategic plan can assume substance and meaning.

Why are you interested in serving in this leadership position or what influenced you to run for this leadership position? 

As a result of the various positions I have held in the Association (voluntary, appointed, and elected), I have had the opportunity to observe just how quickly NACADA has grown and expanded-and changed-in just a relatively short time. The leadership of the Association must continue to be responsive, sensitive, and accountable to the changing needs of its membership. I am interested in helping to make sure the leadership remains receptive to the needs of its members.

Also influential in my decision to run for President are those who have served in leadership roles in the past. From them, I have been fortunate enough to learn exactly what it means to work in an atmosphere of genial good will and shared goals, and to exchange ideas and experiences cooperatively for the greater good. Others who are nominated for NACADA leadership positions this year will say, as I do, that serving in a leadership role is also a wonderful way to give back to an organization that has given us so much.

Provide any additional comments or information (either personal or leadership-related) that you want potential voters to know about you that is not covered elsewhere in your platform information. 

NACADA is an Association comprised of nearly 11,000 members, and it needs leaders who are willing to devote significant time and energy to serve them. NACADA both deserves and requires this sort of commitment. I pleased to be affiliated with an organization that embraces the talents and ideas of all of its members, an organization whose membership understands that, when all is said and done, it's all about people. It's all about our members, and it's all about the students we serve.

Past Involvement in NACADA:

Years in NACADA: 11 years

National Offices Held and Accomplishments Achieved While in Office:

• Member, NACADA Board of Directors, 2007-2010; -- with the other members of the Board, worked to take the Emerging Leaders Program from a proposal to a reality; reviewed and rewrote the Associations By-Laws.
• NACADA Vice President, 2008-2009 -- Convener of and Board Liaison to the NACADA Council
• Member of the Priority Partnership Sub Committee charged with cultivating alliances with other key national and international organizations
• Chair, NACADA Faculty Advising Training Video Advisory Board, 2006-2010 -- Charged with reviewing, re-conceptualizing, and producing a new Advising Video program designed for professional, faculty, peer, and graduate student advisor.  "Scenes for Learning and Reflection" delivered to the Chicago Annual Conference 2008
• Member of NACADA Council, 2005-2007 -- Assisted the Board of Directors in its Strategic Planning process; worked to develop Codes of Conduct for the Board and Council; charged with evaluating and acting upon initiatives and proposals from the membership; presented Council-approved initiatives and proposals to the Board for its consideration; served as member of the Awards Selection Committee for the Virginia Gordon, Pacesetter, and Service to NACADA awards; member of the Task Force on Reporting Forms
• Division Representative (appointed), NACADA Administrative Division, 2005-2007 -- Responsibilities included convening the Administrative Division Committees at the Annual Conference, training new members of the Division, preparing reports of Administrative Division activities and initiatives to the NACADA Council, as well as formal proposals to the Council in advance of being sent to the Board of Directors, and working to stimulate closer contact with the Administrative Division's Committees.
• Chair, NACADA National Awards Committee, 2002-2005 -- Worked with the Executive Office to re-think and re-structure the Awards Ceremony at the Annual Conference to make it a more intimate, meaningful, and prestigious event for the awardees and their invited guests; ensured staggered terms of appointment for the Awards Selection Committee members in order to be sensitive to continuity of representation from all of NACADA's regions, institutional types and sizes, as well as employment position, ethnicity, gender identity, age, culture, and sexual orientation; established the Awards Oversight Committee as a way to be responsive to and accountable for the various, often complex issues that arise in the execution of the annual Awards process; served as Mistress of Ceremonies for the National Awards Ceremonies in Cincinnati and Las Vegas; and, introduced all award recipients at the First Plenary Session of the Annual Conferences in Cincinnati and Las Vegas.

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

• Assisted in organizing PA/NJ Drive-in Day, 2004
• Presented at Regional Conferences 1, 2, and 10 in 1999 and 2003
• Organized and hosted Southeastern Pennsylvania Drive-In Day, 2000

Committee/Task Force/Advisory Board Activities and Accomplishments:

• Emerging Leaders Program -- Currently serve as a mentor to two Emerging Leaders, 2007-2010; currently serve on the Mentor and Emerging Leaders Selection Committee, 2008-2010
• Chair, Content Advisory Board for NACADA's Faculty Advising Training Video, 2006-2008 -- Assembled the Content Advisory Board composed of a cross section of NACADA's membership to review and make recommendations to the Executive Office on rethinking and revising the training program; Convened the Advisory Board at the 2006 Annual Conference, where formal discussions began and initial tasks were Board activities will be coordinated with the objective of developing a new product.
• Member, Review Board, for NACADA's Faculty Advising Training Video, 2005 -- Reviewed training program, facilitated a Focus Group, and submitted recommendations to the Professional Development Committee concerning the video's viability.

Commission/Interest Group Activities and Accomplishments:

• Current Member, Advising Administration Commission -- received Service to the Commission Award recipient, 2007; Member of Commission Steering Committee charged with selecting Advising Administration and Commission-sponsored sessions for the Annual Conference, 2000-current; Selection Committee for Service to the Commission Award - Chair, 2006 and Member, 2002-2005; Co-editor with Susan Campbell of the web-based Advising Administrator Newsletter, 2001-2002

• Current Member, Faculty Advising Commission -- Member of the Commission Steering Committee, charged with selecting Faculty Advising and Commission-sponsored sessions for the Annual Conference, 2006-current
• Current Member - Advising Graduate and Professional Students Commission, Liberal Arts Advisors Commission

Other:

• Distinguished Lectureship, Kansas State University, January, 2008
• Presenter, "Components of a Successful Faculty Advising Program: Institutional Commitment, Professional Development, Incentives, and Recognition," NACADA-sponsored Webinar, February 22, 2007
• Plenary Speaker and Facilitator, "Effectively Engaging Faculty in Academic Advising," Portsmouth, VA, June 2006; Burlington, VT, August 2007; Portsmouth, VA June 2008
• Faculty, NACADA Summer Institute, Portsmouth, VA, June 2006; Salt Lake City, August 2007; Portsmouth, VA June 2008
• Consultant and speaker through NACADA's Academic Advising Consultants and Speakers Service. Sampling of institutions visited: University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, LaSalle University, University of Northern Iowa, Kansas State University, Delaware Technical and Community College, University of West Georgia, University of Trinidad and Tobago, International Christian University (Tokyo), Algonquin College, University of Hartford, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, University of Southern Maine

• Related Institutional Activities and Awards, a very abbreviated list:
  • Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Liberal Arts, Temple University
  • Associate Professor of English, Temple University
  • Temple University's Faculty Advisor of the Year 2008
  • College of Liberal Arts Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Director of Academic Advising
  • Member, Temple University's Career Center Advisory Board
  • Member, Distance Learning Advisory Board
  • Member, Temple University's Advising Directors Council
  • Member, Temple University's Honors Faculty and Honors Oversight Committee
  • Two research-based books published; eight books published for which I served as editor; many papers/talks and invited addresses on pre-twentieth-century American literary authors and areas
  • More than two dozen research articles and reviews appearing in scholarly publications