The presenters for the 2014 Academic Advising Association Conference have provided their materials to the association and are located below. Please do not reproduce the materials without giving proper credit to the authors of this work.
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Keynote Speaker
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At the University Of Nebraska, you are being called to be architects of the newest Big Ten University. Each of you will determine what UNL will look like as the campus grows to 30,000 students in 2020. What is your role in the University’s vision? How can you be a positive agent for change and growth? In order to provide quality academic programs and support services, this process cannot be left up to chance. Progress and success must be something you design. |
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Ten 'Must Have' Tips for New Academic Advisors
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It is sometimes said that we can’t really train someone to be an advisor; it’s just “learn as you go.” While this has some validity, there certainly are things new advisors should know as they embark on this career path. The following list contains ten tips to ease the new advisor’s transition into the field or to remind veteran advisors of the things they should keep in mind when working with new colleagues. |
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Developing and Sustaining an Inclusive Campus
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The Chancellor’s charge for developing a more inclusive campus has created conversation and action across campus. This panel discussion adds to the conversation by identifying unintentional and intentional actions that impact campus environments. Advice for advisers to intentionally create a more inclusive campus will be offered. Action steps occurring across campus will also be discussed. |
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The Best Practices for Academic Advising: Utilizing Technology to Increase Efficiency
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Are you behind on entering your MyPlan notes? Is your desk covered in Post-Its? This presentation will help you utilize the technology available to staff on campus most efficiently. We will look at Microsoft Outlook and how to organize your calendar as well as coordinate calendars and tasks. We will explore how to use templates for common email questions and creating graduation plans (which can then copy into MyPlan). We will also look at office configurations across campus to show various arrangements. There will be a demonstration on how some offices utilize the setup to best take notes in MyPLAN while meeting with a student. Lastly there will be small group discussions to brainstorm ideas that others have found effective and then share in a large group discussion. |
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The Brand Gap: Developing Your Professional Identity
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NACADA has championed advising as a profession, but it is up to us, as advisors, to solidify our “brand.” Viewing advising through the lens of brand identity, the following questions will be considered: What can advisors do to create and develop a professional identity? How do we stay relevant and grow in our field? What tools and methods can be used to connect and partner with other colleagues? Participants will be shown how professional networks and portfolios can highlight and drive their work and leave them feeling empowered as professionals in the field. |
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Cultivating Transfer Student Success: A Campus Dialogue on Current Practices and Theory
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Nearly 1000 students transfer into UNL each fall. It is important to understand the experience to effectively assist those in transition. How can advisers better understand the transition of transfer students, particularly when there is no model in the literature that has attempted to explain the transition process of transfer students (Cameron, 2005)? Schlossberg’s Transition Theory provides a strong framework for advisers in understanding how to work with transfer students. This session will discuss Schlossberg’s Transition Theory, highlight the College of Arts and Sciences Early Outreach model, overview the transfer peer mentoring program, Transfer Advantage Course, and transfer learning community, as well as provide an opportunity for collaborative discussion on ways for advisers to improve the transition for transfer students. |
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Exploring Partnerships between Advisers and Learning Communities
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What kinds of possible partnerships exist between academic advisers and Learning Communities at UNL, and how can advisers best support success of students in Learning Communities? This panel discussion will investigate the various ways academic advisers can support the success of Learning Community (LC) students by exploring different types of interactions between advisers and LC students, best practices for advisers in working with LC students, and past examples provided by a panel of advisers from different colleges (Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Arts & Sciences, Business, and the Explore Center), who have worked with LCs in a variety of contexts. During the panel, we will discuss how LC program expansion has led to more opportunities for advisers to interact with LC students, share best practices for various types of adviser interactions using past examples, and learn through a discussion between panelists and the audience. |
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Building Collective Identity among need-based scholarships recipients
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Working with low income, minority, and/or first-generation students presents a unique set of challenges rooted in the students’ backgrounds; frequently these students come to college with extra financial, personal, and academic concerns as well as without institutional knowledge. Professionals working with this student group are tasked not only with helping them overcome these challenges, but also helping them achieve academic and personal successes. This discussion will address an array of strategies that can be employed to engage and encourage a sense of community within this population. |
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Motivational Interviewing as an Advising Tool
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Advisers use many tools to reach and meet students where they are developmentally. One tool expanding into Academic Advising is Motivational Interviewing. Motivational Interviewing (MI) helps students identify behaviors that need to be changed and creates a path for change using a stage process. |
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“Are You Ready to Plan?”: Reflection, Reading, and Research in Comprehensive Academic Planning”
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Academic advisers and career counselors all strive to impress upon undergraduate students the importance of planning for the future by using online degree worksheets, strength assessments, and advising guides. The goal: to get students to think creatively about the question “What are you going to do with a major in?” This presentation takes as its subject the activities of degree planning. Reflection, disciplinary reading, and research are integral activities for developing a comprehensive degree plan, one that takes into account a student’s major discipline, professional and personal goals, and the national and international job trends. Presenters from the University Honors Program and the Departments of English and Psychology will invite attendees 1) to work through several reflective exercises, 2) to relate comprehensive educational planning to their academic disciplines, 3) to consider the role of research and reading in long-term planning. Presenters will discuss how this approach can be developed for one-on-one appointments, advising program workshops, or discipline-specific career courses. |
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