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Academic Advising Summer Institute

July 30-August 4, 2006

Madison, WI

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Attention Conference presenters: On June 8, all presenters and co-presenters were emailed the date and time of their sessions. If you did not receiver that email, contact nacada@ksu.edu immediately.

The NACADA National Conference Registration Brochure was mailed June 30 to everyone who received these Highlights. Allow up to three weeks for delivery-in the meantime, the entire brochure is available here.

There are details on Pre-conference Workshops, hotel reservations, the NACADA choir, airline and AVIS discounts, optional tours, a networking opportunity for new advisors, both keynote speakers, and highlights of events.

A good way to get involved and meet new people is to volunteer for a couple of hours at the Conference. Sign up by contacting Larry Ottinger (Ball State University).

The brochure lists over 350 individual sessions sorted by advising tracks, so you can find presentations relating to your advising interests. Here are a few sample program titles on current advising topics:

• You're Hired! Guidelines and Ideas for Finding the Right "Apprentice"
• Where Rhetoric Meets Reality: "Diversity" in Advising Practice
• Wascally Wabbit: Reaching the Angry Student in an Advisement Setting
• Vital Signs: Blacks in Higher Education
• Using Technology to Manage Advising

Congratulations to the 2006 NACADA research grant recipients:

• Robert Abelman, Distinguished Professor of Communication at Cleveland State University, is "Charting the Verbiage of Vision: Student Outcome and Advising Guidelines in Vision and Mission Statements."

• Shaun R. Harper, Assistant Professor and Research Associate at The Pennsylvania State University, will conduct "Advising African American Male Undergraduates: A Cross-Institutional-Type Study of High Achievers."

• Sarah M. Naylor, Academic and Administrative Advisor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is working on "Understanding Graduate Student Constructs for Finding Meaning in the Advising Experience: A Qualitative Case Study of Incoming Master's of Social Work Students."
• Julie A. Traxler, Doctoral Student/Assistant Dean at Rutgers University, will research "Major Choosing Among South Asian American Women: Toward a New Theory of Advising."

Find information about these studies here. Grant recipients will be formally honored at the 2006 Awards Reception at the NACADA National Conference in Indianapolis in October.

Enrollment is underway for fall online courses in the award-winning Kansas State University / NACADA Graduate Certificate Program in Academic Advising. The Program, which is a collaborative effort between NACADA and the K-State department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, received the Association for Continuing Higher Education's 2006 Exceptional Program Award for Region 8. Students in the program gain knowledge of advising and advising-related areas such as student development theory, counseling skill development, and career development.

Students enrolling in the Program must be admitted to the K-State Graduate School. You can find out how to begin the application process here. Students desiring to only take one or two courses may be enrolled as a "special student" and transfer the credits to another institution.

Secure your place today! Fall online classes begin August 21st.

• EDCEP 835 Foundations of Academic Advising - Instructor: Charlie L. Nutt
• EDCEP 838 The College Student & The College Environment - Instructor: Adrienne Leslie-Toogood
• EDCEP 863 Trends in Career Development - Instructor: Kenneth Hughey

For more information, visit this webpage.

Does your institution have a tuition reimbursement plan? Many advisors within the graduate certificate program have found that their institution offers financial support for the Craduate Certificate Program.  Check with your supervisor or institutional human resources department to see what options are available.

NACADA members having a membership expiration date of September 1, 2006 will receive renewal forms in late July or early August.  Please complete and return the renewal form with payment to the Executive Office to ensure continued membership benefits.  Thank you for your continued support of NACADA!

Assessment, evaluation and accreditation are buzz words on most campuses.  In this month's featured article, "Using CAS Standards for Self-Assessment and Improvement," NACADA past President Eric White shares how the CAS Standards and Guidelines for Academic Advising can help meet your assessment challenges. 

As intial student enrollment moves into the dog days of summer advisors routinely see more students who are academically underprepared for college.  This month the Cleairnghouse features ideas that have proven successful in advising and retaining these at-risk students. 

We are currently reviewing manuscripts for the September edition of NACADA's quarterly e-Publication, Academic Advising Today.  Among those accepted for publication are:

"Sound Bites for Sound Advising" by Christopher Armstrong and Hollie Heintz (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

"The Game of MACAO: How Riding the Bus Led to Rolling the Dice in Vegas" by David B. Spight (The University of Texas at Austin)

"How to Make Effective Referrals: A Three Step Framework" by Mark C. Rehfuss (Regent University) and Melissa Mentzer (Ashland University)

We are also accepting article and *Sparkler* submissions for possible publication in the December edition (submission deadline September 1). If you are interested in sharing your thoughts with your colleagues in this format, check out the Guidelines today!

Recommend (spotlight) articles recently published in national, regional or statewide non-advising publications for listing here by submitting information to the NACADA Executive Office via this online form. 

This month, we turn the Spotlight on Ned Laff, who challenges academic advisors to broaden the mission of advising in "Advising as Liberal Learning" (AC&U Liberal Learning, Spring 2006, 92(2). 

The Council for the Advancement Standards (CAS) is sponsoring a national symposium, November 12-14, 2006, on CAS Standards, Self Assessment, and Student Learning Outcomes in Higher Education.  Click here for information.

"Accountability in Academic Advising: Data-Driven Decision Making to Promote Institutional Change" Seminar - January 25-26, 2007  

Academic Advising Administrators' Institute - January 28-30, 2007

Assessment of Academic Advising Institute - January 31 - February 2, 2007

We are excited to announce the dates and location of our three 2007 Winter Professional Development Events, which will be held near the beautiful RiverWalk in San Antonio, TX. We will begin with the "Data-Driven Decision Making" Seminar on January 25, followed by the Administrators' Institute (opening on January 28) and the Assessment Institute (starting on January 31).  You choose the meetings that will fit the needs of your campus. We would love to have you join us for one, two or all three sessions.

Information will be posted on the NACADA website as it becomes available; find links to all three events on the NACADA homepage. We look forward to seeing you in Texas next winter!

Information is now available on the 2007 NACADA Leadership elections, including a list of positions to be elected, eligibility criteria, and an online nomination recommendation form. Election information and printed nomination forms will also be available in the NACADA booth in the Exhibits area at the National Conference in Indianapolis and in the back of the Conference program. Nomination forms can be submitted either online, at the Conference, or by fax or mail. All nominations will be due to the Executive Office by Friday, November 3, 2006.

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CD 1: What is Academic Advising?

Includes:

Audio-Visual Content Modules

•  History & Definitions of Academic Advising

•  Process & Content of Academic Advising

•  Pedagogy & Outcomes of Academic Advising

•  Academic Advising on Your Campus

NACADA Statement of Core Values

Sample Advising Syllabi

Advisor Development Activity

Notes Pages

New for Fall 2006

CD 2: Academic Advising Delivery Models

Includes:

Audio-Visual Content Modules

•  Understanding the Seven Basic Models (Self-Contained, Faculty-Only, Satellite, Supplementary, Split, Dual, and Total Intake)

•  Choosing an Academic Advising Delivery Model

Delivery Models Comparison Chart

Voices of Experience Reference Section

Notes Pages

Coming in Spring 2007!

Foundations of Academic Advising CD3 - "Understanding Cultural Identity and Worldview Development"

In a recent issue of Academic Advising Today, Cornelius Gilbert, academic advisor at the University of Wisconsin, stated, "As America's ethnic and racial demographics continue to shift, not only on college campuses but throughout the nation, it is essential that administrators and practitioners prepare to effectively deliver cross-cultural services. Professionals of all ethnic and racial backgrounds need to gain multicultural awareness and multicultural competence" (2005, Sept).

Blane Harding, Academic Advisor at Colorado State University and Academic Advising Today author, contends (2005, June), "If we are to truly embrace diversity, we must also become more internally aware. How can we better understand other worldviews if we do not fully understand or question our own? If we are to raise our awareness internally, we must question our own attitudes, values, beliefs, behaviors, assumptions, and prejudices. Only when we have done this, can we truly value diversity."

In response to these voices and many others, CD3 of the Foundations of Academic Advising series will address informational material, conceptual theories, and relational skills that relate to the development of intracultural and intercultural competency. Watch for this treasure-house of information on topics such as the worldview continuum, ethnocentrism vs. ethnorelativism, amalgamation theories, the myriad aspects of cultural identity, and much more!

NACADA helps to sponsor State Conferences in several Regions. You may want to take advantage of a nearby meeting this summer or fall!

Also - Allied Member Organizations have the following events planned!

David Trillizio, Chair of Scholarships & Awards within the National Orientation Directors Association (NODA), would like to inform NACADA members of an opportunity for doctoral and/or graduate students who are conducting research in areas addressing issues and concerns related to new student orientation, new student transition, and retention.

Annually, NODA offers an Outstanding Research Award.  The winner receives $1000, as well as a conference fee waiver and an educational session slot during which s/he will present his/her research to interested association members. Please visit the NODA Outstanding Research Award webpage for details.