2017 R2 Pittsburgh - Sessions

(Updated 3/8/17 - Schedule Subject to Change)

Wednesday, March 29th, 2017

10:00am - Registration Opens (17th Floor)

12:00pm-5:00pm - Preconferences (advanced registration required)


P1: Publish with NACADA: Find the Appropriate NACADA Venue for Your Writing  (12:00-2:00pm) - Free
Lead Presenter: NACADA Journal Editorial Board; Monongahela Room (17th Floor)

P2: Job Search Boot Camp (12:00-3:00pm) - Free
Lead Presenter: Melinda Anderson, UNC Wilmington; Urban Room (17th Floor)

P3: Mindfulness in Academic Advising for Student (and Advisor) Success (2:00-5:00pm) - $25

Lead Presenter: Jennifer Jones, Fairmont State University; Frick Room (Conference Level)

P4: Creating a Peer Advising/Mentoring Program: Strategies for Developing a Winning Team (2:00-5:00pm) - $25
Lead Presenter: Lisa Yamin, Virginia Commonwealth University; Monongahela Room (17th Floor)

P5: Training & Supervising Your Professional Advising Staff (2:00-5:00pm) - $25
Lead Presenter: Jenine (Nina) Buchanan, Wilmington University; Allegheny Room (17th Floor)

5:00pm-6:00pm - Poster Sessions (Urban Room, 17th Floor)

PO1: Academies of North Hills High School - Personally Preparing College and Career Ready Students
Beth Williams (North Hills School District)

PO2: Holding Up a Mirror to Your Advising Practice: How do your words and actions enhance your message?
Janine Warnas (Temple University)

PO3: #Winning The First-Year Seminar
Keith Schweiger (Temple University); Handout 2; Handout 3; Handout 4; Handout 5; Handout 6: Handout 7: Handout 8: Handout 9: Handout 10; Handout 11: Handout 12

PO4: Phoenix Academic Coaching: Increasing Student Success
M. Christina Rolon (New Jersey City University)

PO5: Champions of a Second Chance: How to Build a Student Re-Engagement Program Made of S.T.E.E.L.
Denise Snow (Drexel University)

PO6: Strategic Social Media
Alexandra Yeity (George Washington University)

PO7: Wait—you’re human, too?: Humanizing the First-Year Academic Advisor
Brittany White  (Seton Hall University)

PO8: Let's Get Connected: Helping Students Reach Their Career Potential with Speed Networking
Brianna Loy (West Virginia University)

PO9: Advising as Teaching -- Building your toolkit
Ellie Hansen (George Washington University)

PO10: Reaching for a Dream: Helping Students with Big Goals and Aspirations
Edna Renee Macbeth (Virginia Commonwealth University)

6:00pm-7:00pm - Welcome Tailgate Party (Grand Ballroom)

7:00pm - Group Dinners (Sign up at Hospitality Desk)

Thursday, March 30, 2017

6:45am - Fun Run to "The Point"

Meet in Lobby of Omni underneath the clock

7:00am - Registration Opens (17th Floor)

7:30am-8:30am - Orientation to NACADA (Urban Room, 17th Floor)

7:30am-8:30am - Coffee Service available (17th Floor Corridor)

8:30am-9:30am - Concurrent Sessions

C1: Understanding the Impact of Mental Health to Improve College Student Success
Laura Cassidy (Centenary University ); Urban Room (17th Floor)

C2: Student Feedback Matters: The Benefits of Creating a Student Advisory Board
Laurie Lenz (Drexel); Allegheny Room (17th Floor)

C3: Through Your Looking Glass: Growth from Self-reflection
Joan Miller (Penn State University); Monongahela Room (17th Floor)
Track: New Advisor

C4: Using Peer Advisors to Engage At-Risk Students
Meghan Erwin (Indiana University of Pennsylvania); Sky Room (17th Floor)

C5: Academic Advisor to Administrator: Championing Your Transition
Bob Bullard (Rowan University); Franklin & Greene Room (17th Floor)
Track: Advising Administrator

C6: Filling the Mentor Gap: Academic Advising for International Graduate Students
Emma Cutrufello (George Mason University); Carnegie III Room (Conference Level)

C7: When One Size Does Not Fit All: Promoting Academic Success in a Nursing Dual Enrollment Model
Ashley Fullwood (Towson University); Frick Room (Conference Level)

C8: Transforming the Advising Culture at Your Institution
Kimberly Smith (Virginia Tech); Phipps Room (Conference Level)
Track: Advising Administrator

9:45am-10:45am - Concurrent Sessions
C9: Voluntold as Tribute: How to Navigate the First Years as an Academic Advisor
Kevin Corea (Virginia Tech); Urban Room (17th Floor)
Track: New Advisor

C10: Student Success for Life: An Integration of Life Coaching and Academic Advising
Sylvia Frejd (Liberty University); Allegheny Room (17th Floor)

C11: How to Use Cultural Responsiveness (CR) in Advising to be more Effective
Alla Webb (Montgomery College); Monongahela Room (17th Floor)

C12: Becoming Champions of Change: Supporting your Advising staff and students during times of transition
Karen Archambault (Rowan College at Burlington County); Sky Room (17th Floor)
Track: Advising Administrator

C13: Before After the Fact: Intrusive Advising for the College Freshmen
Lisa Sparks (Norfolk State University); Franklin & Greene Room (17th Floor)

C14: "But Can't You Just Do It For me?": Advising students through university transitions in technology
Ashley Dorsey (Penn State University); Carnegie III Room (Conference Level)

C15: Seminar Savvy: Redefining Student Success
Gavin Farber (Temple University); Frick Room (Conference Level)

C16: ABD to Ph.inishe.D: Advising Doctoral Students Through The Dissertation Rabbit Hole
Janelle Williams (University of the Sciences); Phipps Room (Conference Level); Handout 2; Handout 3; Handout 4

11:00am-12:00pm - Concurrent Sessions

C17: Better Together: Supporting New and Experienced Advisors through Peer Mentorship
Stephanie Barnett (George Mason University); Urban Room (17th Floor)
Track: New Advisor

C18: Raising value as a professional: Determining your level of involvement in the scholarship of advising
Wendy Troxel (Kansas State University); Allegheny Room (17th Floor)
Track: Advising Administrator

C19: A Winning Team: Integrating Advising, Career Development, Academic Counseling, Tutoring, and Accessibility Services to Promote Student Success
Marie Deem (La Roche College); Monongahela Room (17th Floor)

C20: Ch-ch-ch-Changes: Easing the new student transition with summer communications
Kelley Ausman (Virginia Tech); Sky Room (17th Floor)

C21: Managing “Peak” Advising for Student Success and Advisor Sanity
Marcus Peanort (Montgomery College); Franklin & Greene Room (17th Floor)

C22: “Why Didn’t I get an ‘A?’”: Using Educational Psychology to make Sense of Pre-health Student Motivation and Achievement
Erika Dumke (Stevenson University); Carnegie III Room (Conference Level)

C23: Academic Coaching - Strategies, Tools & Tips
Ivonne Cruz (The College of New Jersey); Frick Room (Conference Level)

C24: What Do We Do With This Thing? The Challenges of Advising a New Major from both a Faculty and Advisor Perspective
Matthew Kaulius (Rutgers University); Phipps Room (Conference Level)

12:15pm-1:30pm - Keynote Luncheon (Grand Ballroom)

Plated Lunch, Welcome from NACADA Leaders, and Keynote Address with Dr. W. Charles Patrick, Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus.

1:45pm-2:45pm - Concurrent Sessions

C25: Understanding Our Privilege within the Context of an Academic Advising Relationship
Quentin Alexander (Longwood University); Urban Room (17th Floor)

C26: Facilitating the "Seamless Transfer"
Neeta Chandrashekhar (Rutgers University); Allegheny Room (17th Floor)

C27: Will You Accept This Rose?: Choosing Your Approach to Academic Advising
Amanda Neuber (Temple University); Monongahela Room (17th Floor)
Track: New Advisor

C28: Doing more with less: Symbiotic first year group advising
Nimisha Thakur (Penn State University); Sky Room (17th Floor)

C29: Q&A with Dr. W. Charles Partick, Keynote Speaker
Christopher Selena (Lafayette College); Carnegie III Room (Conference Level)

C31: All Good Things Come From Smaller Caseloads! How Drexel's Split-model Advising enhances the Advising Experience
Mark Costello (Drexel University); Frick Room (Conference Level)
Track: Advising Administrator

C32: Together Everyone Achieves More: Working Across Campus to Create a Grassroots Advising Network
Lisa Yamin (Virginia Commonwealth University); Phipps Room (Conference Level)

3:00pm-4:00pm - Concurrent Sessions

C33: "A Conversation with NACADA Leaders” – Core Values Review: Round Two
Joanne Damminger, Core Values Task Force, and other NACADA Leaders; Urban Room (17th Floor)

C34: Understanding your student is as complicated as understanding yourself
Robert Kennedy (Neumann University); Allegheny Room (17th Floor)
Track: New Advisor

C35: Understanding and Combating Imposter Syndrome in Our Students
Janet Peters (Carnegie Mellon University); Monongahela Room (17th Floor)

C36: The Hidden Disability: What Academic Advisors Can Do To Support Students with Learning Disabilities
Susmita Saha (New York University); Sky Room (17th Floor)

C37: Who Invited the Party Pooper? On Becoming a Public Intellectual on Your College Campus
Shannon Telenko (Penn State University); Franklin & Greene Room (17th Floor)

C38: Cultural Transformation: Breaking Silos
Sarah Vandermark (New Jersey Institute of Technology); Carnegie III Room (Conference Level)
Track: Advising Administrator

C39: What do you meme I have an advisor? Speaking the language of social media to increase student engagement
Lyndsay Durham (Virginia Commonwealth University);  Frick Room (Conference Level)

C40: Champions for Veterans: Priority Registration
Joy Stroman (Temple University); Phipps Room (Conference Level)

4:15pm-5:00pm - State Meetings

Pennsylvania - Urban Room (17th Floor)
Maryland - Allegheny Room (17th Floor)
Virginia - Monongahela Room (17th Floor)
Delaware - Sky Room (17th Floor)
District of Columbia - Franklin & Greene (17th Floor)
New Jersey - Frick (Conference Level)

5:00pm-6:00pm - Post-Game Networking Session (Grand Ballroom)

5:00pm - Mentoring Reception (by invitation only)

6:30pm - Group Dinners (Sign up at Hospitality Desk)

9:00pm-11:30pm - Hospitality Suite

Friday, March 31, 2017

6:45-7:30am - Yoga (Three River Room on William Penn Level, next to Speakeasy)

7:30am - Registration Opens (17th Floor)
8:00am-9:00am - Concurrent Sessions

C42: Introversion: A Delight or a Disease?
Lauren Daly (Liberty University); Allegheny Room (17th Floor)

C43: Calling All Champions: Hear What Your Fans Have to Say
Babs Mowery (University of Pittsburgh); Monongahela Room (17th Floor)

C44: From Mentee to Mentor: Raising the Next Advisor
Gavin Farber (Temple University); Sky Room (17th Floor)
Track: New Advisor & Advising Administrator

C45: Retention! Retention! RETENTION!: Putting theory into practice through the lens of a First Year Experience team
Yolanda Gibson (Marymount University); Franklin & Greene Room (17th Floor)

C46: A Different World: Advising at HBCU- Seven Things You Need to Know
Janelle Williams (University of the Sciences); Carnegie III Room (Conference Level); Handout 2; Handout 3

C47: Enhancing Students Transition to College: A Realistic Approach to Student Success
R. Chad Brown (Kutztown University); Urban Room (17th Floor)

C48: Championing the adult learner transition to higher education
Courtney Karmelita (Penn State University); Frick Room (Conference Level)

9:15am-10:15am - Concurrent Sessions

C49: Building Transfer Champions: Tools to create a successful transfer center
Whitney Lovelady (Virginia Commonwealth University); Urban Room (17th Floor)

C50: Become a NACADA Champion: Get Involved in the Emerging Leaders Program
Tania Alvarez (Old Dominion University); Allegheny Room (17th Floor)
Track: New Advisor

C51: Managing Expectations for Parents of High Achieving Students (or… The Hairball in the System)
Mark Stehlik (Carnegie Mellon University); Monongahela Room (17th Floor)

C52: Advising Experiences of First Year, First Generation Students of Color on a Predominantly White Campus
Quentin Alexander (Longwood University); Sky Room (17th Floor)

C53: Connecting at Large: in Heinz-sight
Nicole Conley (Temple University); Franklin & Greene Room (17th Floor)

C54: Advising Undeclared Students through a Freshman Seminar Course
Carol Gleichsner (Edinboro University); Carnegie III Room (Conference Level)

C55: First Year Advising in a Virtual World
Sherrie Dennee (American Public University System); Frick Room (Conference Level)

C56: Building a Culture of Academic Integrity and Accountability with International Students
Jana Clinton (Penn State University); Phipps Room (Conference Level)

10:30am-12:00pm - Region 2 Business Meeting (Grand Ballroom)

Brunch, Awards, Region News, 2018 Conference Preview, Closing Remarks, Raffles

12:00pm - Conference Ends - See you in Delaware, 2018!


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