tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198805945363463872024-02-07T21:49:06.364-05:00NACADA Region 2Addressing the academic advising needs of the Mid-Atlantic region:
Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia Liztastichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07382115248733945165noreply@blogger.comBlogger152125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819880594536346387.post-25301227838153429812023-04-10T16:55:00.001-04:002023-04-10T16:55:16.533-04:002023 Region Awards and Certificate of Merit Winners<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hello NACADA R2 Family! </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It was so great to see many of you a few weeks ago at our Region 2 Conference in Hanover, MD. We hope that you left the conference all on in on students! </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Congrats to our Excellence in Advising winners on their outstanding contributions to student success! Be sure to stay tuned for nominations for the 23-24 awards and scholarship season. <br /><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">View our recipients acceptance videos below. </span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3012248764210866312" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 638px;"><p style="color: #4d4e4e; font-size: 13.86px;"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Page Fetter</strong><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #555555; font-size: 15px;"> | Virginia Tech | Excellence in Advising - New Advisor</span></p><p style="color: #4d4e4e; font-size: 13.86px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dySaNDc7Zm8YVk8wYLsPP5e4bIwoYxYKsNy8BI-5ChFzPByXdxB89wnjO7qrlkFAMGV4068Pc5hCqfxdMga0A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p></p><p style="color: #4d4e4e; font-size: 13.86px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Joy Stroman</strong><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #555555; font-size: 15px;"> | Temple University | Excellence in Advising - Primary Role Advisor</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #4d4e4e; font-size: 13.86px; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwaVzHVP6j2_jI4DQhrGXdH8dKR04IcrjW7OwWF77OsvIi5GqfFqZVIJU1CBCFVDnlEwva0h-GqvHlbw62KHQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p style="color: #4d4e4e; font-size: 13.86px;"><br /></p><p style="color: #4d4e4e; font-size: 13.86px;"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">James Tuten</strong><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> | </span><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Juniata College</span><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #555555; font-size: 15px;"> | </span><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Excellence in Advising - Faculty Advisor</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #4d4e4e; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwO-7kFlvC1MNKQ4wykKDkW74rPk_nQLFRPhz4mpg_-PQTnDnfDLfr7HjaVzwBYDEVzNIR-sEkJX2-0PcE-Hg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #4d4e4e; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="color: #4d4e4e; font-size: 13.86px;"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Steph Dorman</strong><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #555555; font-size: 15px;"> | Virginia Commonwealth University | Excellence in Advising - Advising Administrator</span></p><p style="color: #4d4e4e;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.86px; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw8VbZgtjw-Y_DxylCFhp4XrD9Ge8V0yo2fnq_EosafEGmX7HJNJnxcGEVDpYWzBE8zQ5GOJUEgJlOjXpeWlg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p style="font-size: 13.86px;"><br /></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Certificate of Merit Winners and Scholarship Winners:</b></span><p></p><p style="color: #4d4e4e;"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Courtney Dressler</strong><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #555555; font-size: 15px;"> | Virginia Commonwealth University | Excellence in Advising - New Advisor Certificate of Merit</span></p><p style="color: #4d4e4e;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqOBTqsG01IMIDt_YlqEegsM6TAAY4-2R6ZxivEcPBxD37rugzLeHIDoozspJ5d39gSgPAz25mq_cgHMWi_B5K01YzeEP_jpurc5rTrbVRw6eknNcJ93xOUBVnwF92TcZxb6bYAWqElNp8JUFgeZlO07329t1MpLSg2i_SKH6PHjBoMeoblDGhX00J/s5184/Courtney%20Dressler.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 15px;"> | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Excellence in Advising - New Advisor Certificate of Merit</span><p></p><p><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #555555;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #4d4e4e; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigCzvz_9nrYCKcLuT1CM5VFUbw60oTDqpM1O6pTH3a4zdcBA0Sn0DW4Aqe9UTuvRvFe65-pTDelqNgzkMeT5EdwoGUbnxSg4vwkPWKzHWPP_BkYsLSNr_D176HOV6qncmgLWPRBMRPwFK210nynYRJhZvfrG63ZwCc2VbczPRu_vIEn6HQQCtjVnrH/s5329/Grace%20Burden.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3242" data-original-width="5329" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigCzvz_9nrYCKcLuT1CM5VFUbw60oTDqpM1O6pTH3a4zdcBA0Sn0DW4Aqe9UTuvRvFe65-pTDelqNgzkMeT5EdwoGUbnxSg4vwkPWKzHWPP_BkYsLSNr_D176HOV6qncmgLWPRBMRPwFK210nynYRJhZvfrG63ZwCc2VbczPRu_vIEn6HQQCtjVnrH/w320-h195/Grace%20Burden.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Patrice Henry-Thatcher</strong><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #555555; font-size: 15px;"> | Rowan University | Excellence in Advising - Primary Role Advisor Certificate of Merit</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3bGPFAgE0_kL1KHRxFOygu6lq7FN34kpoqIJhnc9W9s5SExRlMKYfc6z3DVjLGxEbWTNjeJQZGC2VWwhxhom-pck0-r0AXpNeJyp9vN6J8P0Gb-BAWl3c0QzQwM1fbmim_8tCOZ8cKDEeO5i-oY0PG68hwq7DoN7FVZzyZNPoUFf025eJnghgV3y/s187/Patrice%20Henry-Thatcher%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3bGPFAgE0_kL1KHRxFOygu6lq7FN34kpoqIJhnc9W9s5SExRlMKYfc6z3DVjLGxEbWTNjeJQZGC2VWwhxhom-pck0-r0AXpNeJyp9vN6J8P0Gb-BAWl3c0QzQwM1fbmim_8tCOZ8cKDEeO5i-oY0PG68hwq7DoN7FVZzyZNPoUFf025eJnghgV3y/w257-h320/Patrice%20Henry-Thatcher%20.jpg" width="257" /></a></div><br /><p style="color: #4d4e4e;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Janice Chatham</strong><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #555555; font-size: 15px;"> | Virginia Tech | Excellence in Advising - Primary Role Advisor Certificate of Merit</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicI13K17snnB-Bk07FTFt96i-uTQvXBV9y2AXYqRgRQbwQQmvZxCK4-M0CPnKFrxm6EmQBikTzDVkH_FkFddSNb3J47U3fom08BbXCKW1CUp39WZoZdVLRrF8CfoEiUFFCb7zzpMPBUhl-Qa69FKGUKb2rL6bcgL9QKG-SyrOWIhgWWINTlIzKqSWj/s368/Janice%20Chatham.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Elizabeth Ozment</strong><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #555555; font-size: 15px;"> | University of Virginia | Excellence in Advising - Faculty Advisor Certificate of Merit</span></p><p style="color: #4d4e4e;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; 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font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Shalom Rosenberg</strong><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #555555; font-size: 15px;"> | University of Maryland-College Park | Region 2 Conference Graduate Student Scholarship</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmaYiRYSOgqOH39bifXyfBUylmCvG2yBBfkbjlMgK4C8maw6DjzCBfyJ9k85Lpu7bO99Ij9phfItwfPW6F_1phZl0YT2fxHBBUHYs_XkRd9cg-iV690SuEuP6p7LzoN-u7aloXymrIWtP0IAgCQ7_3Dx7TsBwgyQ1p_9bR__rdy4mAMyjDTd4Muj3j/s4096/Shalom%20Rosenberg.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="2650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmaYiRYSOgqOH39bifXyfBUylmCvG2yBBfkbjlMgK4C8maw6DjzCBfyJ9k85Lpu7bO99Ij9phfItwfPW6F_1phZl0YT2fxHBBUHYs_XkRd9cg-iV690SuEuP6p7LzoN-u7aloXymrIWtP0IAgCQ7_3Dx7TsBwgyQ1p_9bR__rdy4mAMyjDTd4Muj3j/s320/Shalom%20Rosenberg.JPG" width="207" /></a></div><p style="color: #4d4e4e;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Marc Vukotich | </strong><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #555555; font-size: 15px;">Indiana University of Pennsylvania | Region 2 Conference Graduate Student Scholarship</span></p><p style="color: #4d4e4e;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNf8s_LC8b2TSDoykikNbM0sPAONaBfelkHrJ9oRTx-YYGupn_g1Ab5AnwYg1SdZT4Tzc8FF36hpHzX6px2ggOVSAdRALhBnWFQf-bTNhOGUAD7cTjFCXlt06W8ZgMMyEUBGxyFCT0BaDjW4zwJ5sL3waY0EgQJp1KLcD9GTnmB9aQ-_vJ0jWEeGpx/s1440/Marc%20Vukotich.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Lee<h1 style="text-align: center;"> Jasmine A. Lee Biography</h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRd5iuNHJ6jIT34wBeeIBWI56Sm0xA1foTXBQPsyGA_dnBaVHQ2mlq5EbIUXcGfFU-LP9HaTKf8LnU9mNN2wZC2M6R5C3rugweSUbYWDzdTa3oG7d2n6FJZLYFYCrFHrBL58iwW3BeEll74kSo1gIO4uUSfAZeJnFji5e-W5WoXsuzuseOK-Y-XT8/s2048/Dr,%20Jasmine%20Lee%20Headshots_Winston%20Zhou%20Photo-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1472" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRd5iuNHJ6jIT34wBeeIBWI56Sm0xA1foTXBQPsyGA_dnBaVHQ2mlq5EbIUXcGfFU-LP9HaTKf8LnU9mNN2wZC2M6R5C3rugweSUbYWDzdTa3oG7d2n6FJZLYFYCrFHrBL58iwW3BeEll74kSo1gIO4uUSfAZeJnFji5e-W5WoXsuzuseOK-Y-XT8/s320/Dr,%20Jasmine%20Lee%20Headshots_Winston%20Zhou%20Photo-5.jpg" width="230" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Dr. Jasmine A. Lee is a diversity, equity, inclusion and justice scholar, practitioner, trainer and</p><p>coach. She currently serves as the Director of Inclusive Excellence, and leads the Initiatives for</p><p>Identity, Inclusion & Belonging team at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. In this</p><p>capacity, she works with students, staff and faculty to create inclusive campus environments</p><p>through direct programming and strategic Divisional leadership. Dr. Lee’s background</p><p>encompasses campus climate studies and crisis response, inclusive hiring and supervision best</p><p>practices, teaching and inclusive classroom pedagogy, diversity action planning and equity</p><p>assessments, strategic student success outreach and academic advising, as well as traditional</p><p>diversity and inclusion programming.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 2019, Dr. Lee founded J. Lee Consulting Group, LLC, where she works collaboratively to</p><p>provide training, consulting, coaching and organizational change services; partnering with clients</p><p>to curate unique and engaging solutions that lead to sustainable and measurable change. Dr. Lee</p><p>is a qualified administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory® (IDI), a certified diversity</p><p>trainer with the National Coalition Building Institute, and a certified Mental Health First Aid</p><p>instructor.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a social worker, Dr. Lee holds a BSW from Eastern Michigan University and a MSW from</p><p>the University of Michigan. She earned her Ph.D. at Michigan State University, where she used</p><p>Critical Race Theory as a framework to study the experiences of Black, first-generation, low-income</p><p>college students pursuing degrees at a Predominantly White Institution. She is a</p><p>published author with work focused on academic advising for students of color, intergroup</p><p>dialogue, and social justice education, with forthcoming work on radical love in the academy and</p><p>cultivating belonging in first year seminars.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dr. Lee is whole human who loves cartoons, traveling, laughing at corny jokes, hanging out with</p><p>her puppy, and spending time with family and friends. Beyond NACADA she is an active</p><p>member of many organizations, including ACPA® – Student College Educators International,</p><p>and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. More than anything Dr. Lee wants people to know that she</p><p>believes in the world changing and redeeming power of radical revolutionary love, and asks you</p><p>to consider the words of Valerie Kaur: “revolutionary love is the choice to enter into wonder and</p><p>labor for others, our opponents, and for ourselves in order to transform the world around us.”</p>Akeyla Porcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589190883495264749noreply@blogger.com07002 Arundel Mills Cir Ste 7777, Hanover, MD 21076, USA39.1577546 -76.726888312.321246977326187 -111.8831383 65.994262222673811 -41.5706383tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819880594536346387.post-55865143368531731932022-05-10T16:28:00.002-04:002022-05-10T16:28:49.110-04:00Tribute Tuesday: Excellence in Advising Awards Edition (6)<p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTwVMSt4AtRDYtymR9NeAXw6lLlHfho_nW7Zfp48Q-BA8zLzL1bJMH745hsU66VpVgc6iUtRgdI7m2VfzA2uBHMLbKHvj8DBrguD5BgTmeT8aX6bt6nHn0T0kjH1PYBlBpu60DMwmYWmuk_8m1J6bUFeAnlqdQza3V4BXLpir4rrGvybDZaKGQQaJXsA/s320/IMG_0049%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="320" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTwVMSt4AtRDYtymR9NeAXw6lLlHfho_nW7Zfp48Q-BA8zLzL1bJMH745hsU66VpVgc6iUtRgdI7m2VfzA2uBHMLbKHvj8DBrguD5BgTmeT8aX6bt6nHn0T0kjH1PYBlBpu60DMwmYWmuk_8m1J6bUFeAnlqdQza3V4BXLpir4rrGvybDZaKGQQaJXsA/s1600/IMG_0049%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Our final Tribute Tuesday goes to Em Rowe (University of Delaware) for winning the Excellence in Advising Award in their role as a new advisor, <span style="font-family: inherit;">and Chris Kirchoff (University of Pittsburgh) for receiving the Thomas J. Grites Service to Region 2 Award! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin3VPUXfClISMChX7fUs0M0Ml6fJe1NiBgx7gF_NbAIaxJNhJ3B8W8s6HJUBNAerhIWLN2XtEbw3tSnCaU9Olrvwt0Q91HnsaH3HVFZ-6SZU7TCf1gLcoG38nA5s819dEstih65-UkW-Irmna7JOR_he1_Dxd2vCNHz-W6_0M1r6xh8c6ABcn5J7BMLg/s903/Rowe%20Headshot%201.21.22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="644" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin3VPUXfClISMChX7fUs0M0Ml6fJe1NiBgx7gF_NbAIaxJNhJ3B8W8s6HJUBNAerhIWLN2XtEbw3tSnCaU9Olrvwt0Q91HnsaH3HVFZ-6SZU7TCf1gLcoG38nA5s819dEstih65-UkW-Irmna7JOR_he1_Dxd2vCNHz-W6_0M1r6xh8c6ABcn5J7BMLg/s320/Rowe%20Headshot%201.21.22.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Em is an academic advisor in the College of Arts and
Sciences at the University of Delaware. They earned their BA in Sociology and
Communication from the University of Pittsburgh, and their MA in Sociology from
the University of Delaware. Em advises over 300 first- and second-year
students, as well as transfer students in their first semester at UD. These
students span over 80 majors and minors. Em often teaches introductory
Sociology courses at the university, which they really enjoy on top of their
advising career. Em is passionate about student success, particularly as it
relates to personal development and career exploration. Through their work as
Chair of the Pride Caucus, leader of the Social Justice Subcommittee of UD’s
Advisor Network, and their team’s own Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Subcommittee, Em is committed to fostering the success of students with
marginalized identities—particularly those in the LGBTQ+ community. Em lives
with their partner (Jess), their two cats (Pepper and Milton), their dog (Pierogi),
and their growing foster family in Wilmington, DE.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx84dExVfODmN91Y6flaHiQUeDrJDqj6o61m_LARz8WO-rEhlZkELVc_SpL-so0gD2A6g2EC2ynXzt8gjHsTw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVf1gOl_bwYVELD509Fw2NPs_t6NMjbKet_hF73PZyaZKhcK3YXooxUs9K4aSrTjamqdu6NAiENuKCztBT8BkVifcHDRisT9zB7BR-S85hfE3u_iZ3jVwVreAUMcUKWSVVYviwqk1qjEYgQ8UsFlUicAHiR_fTqoW7wR5j-NDqAUkDll3lQ2-JycYDmw/s2048/Kirchhof%20Headshot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1367" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVf1gOl_bwYVELD509Fw2NPs_t6NMjbKet_hF73PZyaZKhcK3YXooxUs9K4aSrTjamqdu6NAiENuKCztBT8BkVifcHDRisT9zB7BR-S85hfE3u_iZ3jVwVreAUMcUKWSVVYviwqk1qjEYgQ8UsFlUicAHiR_fTqoW7wR5j-NDqAUkDll3lQ2-JycYDmw/s320/Kirchhof%20Headshot.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Chris Kirchhof is the Director for Undergraduate Recruitment
& Transfer Student Services for the Swanson School of Engineering at the
University of Pittsburgh. Chris has worked at Pitt since 2009, serving as an
academic advisor for both freshmen and transfer students. Chris has also served
as a program manager for Engineering Study Abroad experiences for first year
students. He has been recognized by the University with the 2014 Staff Award
for Excellence in Student Services. Chris has also been awarded with the 2013
Outstanding Academic Advisor, Primary Rolle by NACADA Region 2 and the 2016
NACADA Global Award for Outstanding Advising Program. Chris has served in various leadership roles in NACADA,
serving as Western Pennsylvania Liaison, Advising Transfer Students Advising
Community Chair, 2017 Region 2 Conference Co-chair, Region Chair, and currently
as the Regional Division Representative on the NACADA Council. Chris holds a
Bachelor’s Degree in History Education from Providence College and a Master’s
Degree in Educational Leadership from Central Connecticut State University.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwXkX2Nj39KjJR46RwVeHmIxN9PMiFSfzX2X8aPnu59Z9XG_76L1AeP5nZIg8h2Qq4ELK3tH_KhD-JAbicHKQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> Congrats to the two honorees! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Tim H. Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14502892470577978398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819880594536346387.post-14601449591862530712022-04-26T13:53:00.001-04:002022-04-26T13:53:19.216-04:00Tribute Tuesday: Excellence in Advising Awards Edition (5)<p><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTwVMSt4AtRDYtymR9NeAXw6lLlHfho_nW7Zfp48Q-BA8zLzL1bJMH745hsU66VpVgc6iUtRgdI7m2VfzA2uBHMLbKHvj8DBrguD5BgTmeT8aX6bt6nHn0T0kjH1PYBlBpu60DMwmYWmuk_8m1J6bUFeAnlqdQza3V4BXLpir4rrGvybDZaKGQQaJXsA/s320/IMG_0049%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="320" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTwVMSt4AtRDYtymR9NeAXw6lLlHfho_nW7Zfp48Q-BA8zLzL1bJMH745hsU66VpVgc6iUtRgdI7m2VfzA2uBHMLbKHvj8DBrguD5BgTmeT8aX6bt6nHn0T0kjH1PYBlBpu60DMwmYWmuk_8m1J6bUFeAnlqdQza3V4BXLpir4rrGvybDZaKGQQaJXsA/s1600/IMG_0049%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Today's Tribute Tuesday goes to Gerron Scott (Virginia Commonwealth) for receiving the Excellence in Advising Award for his role as a primar<span style="font-family: inherit;">y advisor, and Kristin Eden (Old Dominion University) for receiving a certificate of merit for her role as an advising administrator. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM9ZzmkvhicE4vW2ZiZJ-vzlkBFhjXn5FRvcCqe9kfiJmLjLudBRc1MwCk9hdI7IHdHW40DPSulkn3U6tVwCJMDuAfj5hagLp2NPa0caBtpyBj558sEOsQBDgPbPTKwaA17TliiUc9HSESXzp13MPQbbEq-kJP-hgybUmXpdxcTl310jkEusVBhjDODw/s300/Scott-Gerron-200x300%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM9ZzmkvhicE4vW2ZiZJ-vzlkBFhjXn5FRvcCqe9kfiJmLjLudBRc1MwCk9hdI7IHdHW40DPSulkn3U6tVwCJMDuAfj5hagLp2NPa0caBtpyBj558sEOsQBDgPbPTKwaA17TliiUc9HSESXzp13MPQbbEq-kJP-hgybUmXpdxcTl310jkEusVBhjDODw/s1600/Scott-Gerron-200x300%20(1).jpg" width="200" /></a></div></span><p class="MsoNormal">Gerron Scott is a Senior Academic Advisor in the Center for
Environmental Studies, where he works with students to ensure that they are
successful during their journey at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is
currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Educational Leadership, Policy, and Justice at
VCU's School of Education. Mr. Scott has worked with local, state, regional,
and national organizations to present workshops on biases, Myers-Briggs, and
working with marginalized populations. He currently serves as NACADA's Region 2
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Chair. In this position, he has overseen
efforts to promote marginalized populations and offers a platform for others to
speak diversity, equity, and inclusion. . Gerron has won multiple awards for
his work, including Outstanding Advisor for NACADA Region 2, Outstanding
Advisor from VCU's University Academic Advising Board, and the Leadership in
Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (LSIDE) Staff and Administrator Award from
VCU's College of Humanities and Sciences. Gerron can be found riding his bike,
taking care of his plants and pets, and spending time with family and friends
in his free time.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyr2SyC5NOFrRYggG2zMrur0KIkZqaN_lMzj7e7fkEzblsHr1babetsAWXCb85_2WCPdeh25Km2zHKIc_TGYA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ZKInc_kTxzpjhhGBg7Ip7fxh721TmVkZgt_dI29ZAt7nPu67wblZGHB3K0xae1vnPlJSIlIJJwCr0UnSLsaNtntPhLKCbvLNots7FTMPhglQPzMfimv30H6m3dtjdv9xXw1TzWvbN-PCoeol9Z57Ii92d0z_jNRstrdRzSJkGoZc1LNcUkAgA1WKgQ/s429/Kristin_Eden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="429" data-original-width="300" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ZKInc_kTxzpjhhGBg7Ip7fxh721TmVkZgt_dI29ZAt7nPu67wblZGHB3K0xae1vnPlJSIlIJJwCr0UnSLsaNtntPhLKCbvLNots7FTMPhglQPzMfimv30H6m3dtjdv9xXw1TzWvbN-PCoeol9Z57Ii92d0z_jNRstrdRzSJkGoZc1LNcUkAgA1WKgQ/w218-h311/Kristin_Eden.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">Kristin Eden is the new director of engineering student
success for the Batten College of Engineering and Technology. As the director of engineering student
success, Eden will oversee student success initiatives for Batten College of
Engineering students. This includes
student development, academic planning, and support services. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Eden’s previous experience includes six years of working
with ODU Athletics where she served as director of student-athlete academic
services, she oversaw the day-to-day operations for the Jacobson Student-Athlete
Academic Center, all tutoring efforts for the Monarchs, advised men's
wrestling, women's volleyball, women's basketball, men's and women's swimming
teams, and the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. She was responsible for the
advising efforts for all Monarchs student-athletes. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Most recently, Eden was named the ODAN Advising
Administrator of the Year in 2021 and selected as a Region 2 Excellence in
Advising - Advising Administrator Certificate of Merit recipient. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Eden's previous positions included athletic academic advisor
at Tennessee State University and Western Kentucky University. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Eden holds an Education Specialist degree in higher
education from Old Dominion University, a Master of Science in sport and
recreation from Western Kentucky University and a Bachelor of Arts in mass
communication-public relations from Pittsburg State University (KS). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kristin is married to Rick French and the have a son George
(5) and a daughter Faithe (19).<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxkevFbXwiXB7Ln2Uby6_SPt4XCzOr-6-mbKCUlDZXWpmexvFNyYpPzPgTogwz3amRq8jIZwrFC_tAZpbZZTg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span> Congrats to the two honorees! We appreciate your dedicated service in advising. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div>Tim H. Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14502892470577978398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819880594536346387.post-36753249854526624592022-04-19T10:21:00.001-04:002022-04-19T10:22:25.802-04:00Tribute Tuesday: Excellence in Advising Awards Edition (4)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTwVMSt4AtRDYtymR9NeAXw6lLlHfho_nW7Zfp48Q-BA8zLzL1bJMH745hsU66VpVgc6iUtRgdI7m2VfzA2uBHMLbKHvj8DBrguD5BgTmeT8aX6bt6nHn0T0kjH1PYBlBpu60DMwmYWmuk_8m1J6bUFeAnlqdQza3V4BXLpir4rrGvybDZaKGQQaJXsA/s320/IMG_0049%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="320" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTwVMSt4AtRDYtymR9NeAXw6lLlHfho_nW7Zfp48Q-BA8zLzL1bJMH745hsU66VpVgc6iUtRgdI7m2VfzA2uBHMLbKHvj8DBrguD5BgTmeT8aX6bt6nHn0T0kjH1PYBlBpu60DMwmYWmuk_8m1J6bUFeAnlqdQza3V4BXLpir4rrGvybDZaKGQQaJXsA/s1600/IMG_0049%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Today's Tribute Tuesday goes to Kate Habegger (University of Delaware) and Kelsie Potter (Virginia Commonwealth University) for excellence in their roles as new advisors at their respective institutions. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBL1H2-riOrmNx0b0LCB6wNWlVpfRqxpd_FeLeACld7Om-dL0Bn62MS2H_bOFFkEldkOoZsUY5Mn13_3EGp04B_ve-jZGFn8C7wm2mIAZwjzlUCNkTyLdHMensCFt7lXf0oovkoZqIzKlg5f2XdfYMUkIW-Iv--cWRYXSSpeqGZPQb7ZxtNVOVirvVhQ/s4366/Habegger_Kate-2019-009.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4366" data-original-width="2911" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBL1H2-riOrmNx0b0LCB6wNWlVpfRqxpd_FeLeACld7Om-dL0Bn62MS2H_bOFFkEldkOoZsUY5Mn13_3EGp04B_ve-jZGFn8C7wm2mIAZwjzlUCNkTyLdHMensCFt7lXf0oovkoZqIzKlg5f2XdfYMUkIW-Iv--cWRYXSSpeqGZPQb7ZxtNVOVirvVhQ/s320/Habegger_Kate-2019-009.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />Kate Habegger is an Academic Advisor at the University of
Delaware, in the College of Arts & Sciences. She is passionate about
fostering student success by providing equitable support to help all students
earn their bachelor’s degree. For the past two-and-a-half years, Kate has
worked with students in more than 70 majors on developing their academic plan,
assisting with monitoring their academic progress, answering questions
regarding academic policies and requirements, and referring them to appropriate
academic and personal support resources. Kate’s advising philosophy is to
affirm, empower, and support all students through equitable access, proactive
outreach, and clear communication. Originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania,
Kate holds a Bachelor’s degree from New York University and a Master’s degree
from the University of Delaware. Kate is also a trained opera singer, and sings
locally in Wilmington, Delaware with OperaDelaware and Christ Church Christiana
Hundred.<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dymrG0Sh-W73mfek9TF2F3kQ0o8UvFsU6jsJ8QaPHTBoWRe_O4bS9Hriwaxop3p2rlcFu7gbRumGC68R1Ht9w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmuyqsPRMWvbt9mRxl64ZbB_rXiEE7HwSkocP_6D-riu_gQ85kWE0BZWGMLQ7Y3BD_eEV78lCrdM3Gyv5-mPdyMQpYPssbhwgSA3JdGUr-M7xBZsRE3j259zw8gYJUQkdl98x84YOX4I4HOmvnJ-aPENAbvyfRMHRMQYg1PuKh5jb9yLvGKCGr751JTg/s3888/KelsiePotter_2018.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmuyqsPRMWvbt9mRxl64ZbB_rXiEE7HwSkocP_6D-riu_gQ85kWE0BZWGMLQ7Y3BD_eEV78lCrdM3Gyv5-mPdyMQpYPssbhwgSA3JdGUr-M7xBZsRE3j259zw8gYJUQkdl98x84YOX4I4HOmvnJ-aPENAbvyfRMHRMQYg1PuKh5jb9yLvGKCGr751JTg/s320/KelsiePotter_2018.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br />Kelsie Potter is the Senior Academic Advisor for English at
Virginia Commonwealth University located in Richmond, Virginia. Previously, she
was an academic advisor in psychology at VCU and a graduate advisor in media
studies at The New School in New York City. Kelsie is a member of the NACADA
LGBTQA Advising and Advocacy Community Steering Committee and is an advocate
for LGBTQIA+ students and faculty. She has taught courses for LGBTQIA+ freshmen
and enjoys working with first-generation students, as she identifies with both
of those student populations. Her research interests include queer studies,
interactive educational tools, game studies, and appreciate advising. She is
currently pursuing her Doctorate in Educational Leadership and is set to
graduate in Spring 2024.<o:p></o:p><p></p></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxjpIngdpT_xlGKPhvaxYIrKnND26LG6tQ-T7e6Ve5UkxjqndgQoJk_KjuVRHaVSI2c4vDybWM7FkS3Levv_w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p>Congratulations to our certificate of merit holders! </p>Tim H. Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14502892470577978398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819880594536346387.post-12719417140422466042022-04-12T14:01:00.000-04:002022-04-12T14:01:07.771-04:00Tribute Tuesday: Excellence in Advising Awards Edition (3)<p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoCzqYKhZ5uXnrz4d3C4dYqUzsvSVypzkiTPid7S6Gsl6V6qO37YP2Ti6x8fjK2FWgzbN5m0IBAgsiqLeOM2O02pe2RD_zLw1Qyze41hOW6FJPM0uyd8YFTE_QtAh82ra2K0lquDACgdGi8CgfCGwcj35CkqTwYN1wsl3n2kzmwcV_cWaI-wkgbz5SdQ/s2048/IMG_0049.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1547" data-original-width="2048" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoCzqYKhZ5uXnrz4d3C4dYqUzsvSVypzkiTPid7S6Gsl6V6qO37YP2Ti6x8fjK2FWgzbN5m0IBAgsiqLeOM2O02pe2RD_zLw1Qyze41hOW6FJPM0uyd8YFTE_QtAh82ra2K0lquDACgdGi8CgfCGwcj35CkqTwYN1wsl3n2kzmwcV_cWaI-wkgbz5SdQ/s320/IMG_0049.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Today's Tribute Tuesday goes to Cristina Winterton (Villanova University) for excellence in her role as a new advisor, and Keith Schweiger (Temple University) for excellence in his role as a primary advisor. Both honorees received certificates of merit. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sH4IGbVoGEHALMFp3Orx5SixKieQIulDfeykxFvO_0nGVEjJimEj2qFFFO9p4pPuWubgFtSBOdwOIfzJP8kR_wAvlc1PIVSFKs9aGFLrwx_cjaOdJOs-vxrw762l38DNM5QX8K6gC9cBDu3vP-qQOAY93SBFFkLz3BHTK6tqSRNCd_PS73ep_I5-YQ/s800/Christina%20Winterton.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sH4IGbVoGEHALMFp3Orx5SixKieQIulDfeykxFvO_0nGVEjJimEj2qFFFO9p4pPuWubgFtSBOdwOIfzJP8kR_wAvlc1PIVSFKs9aGFLrwx_cjaOdJOs-vxrw762l38DNM5QX8K6gC9cBDu3vP-qQOAY93SBFFkLz3BHTK6tqSRNCd_PS73ep_I5-YQ/w168-h224/Christina%20Winterton.png" width="168" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Christina Winterton joined Villanova University in July 2020 as the Faculty Advisor for Exploratory Science (undeclared) students and external science transfer students. She is also an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Biology. In her short time at Villano</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">va, Christina has contributed to important new initiatives to </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">promote engagement in STEM, such as advising for a new learning community called “Science, Inquiry, and Self” as well as developing and implementing a General Biology Peer Mentoring program. Recently, she has begun researching different aspects of the interactions between academic advisors and advisees in the STEM field to learn what advisees are hoping to gain during advising appointments. She hopes this research will add to the literature on STEM retention and recruitment. Christina is looking forward to continuing advising science students and guiding them as they discover their talents.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwCyQpPgXDcNCvqHI2aqpccBuc-nZ1DLQPKLKL2nOA5iPzkhGZxcc4xfRLBPYf8BqzjCuxSME8-4EX53dHZGg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxBh5ZMCBgMZSVNaCCeeLFq4OTLN3rOuPZKss7DmykKv8iDCVtbCqHAJnhLgItqIBlEa6vMN2wz44FN4aWr5CPzd0p1c1brKxIPjkDRJFOLB5lknV51IoKhbPn_gGtvJkn5UnUQNMmILIBfD3B_TeafzRsWbGI1CHIaZT96802IFUSPOcVpCiwXFOgw/s446/Keith%20Schweiger.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="446" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxBh5ZMCBgMZSVNaCCeeLFq4OTLN3rOuPZKss7DmykKv8iDCVtbCqHAJnhLgItqIBlEa6vMN2wz44FN4aWr5CPzd0p1c1brKxIPjkDRJFOLB5lknV51IoKhbPn_gGtvJkn5UnUQNMmILIBfD3B_TeafzRsWbGI1CHIaZT96802IFUSPOcVpCiwXFOgw/s320/Keith%20Schweiger.png" width="320" /></span></a><p class="MsoNormal">Growing up, Keith never saw himself becoming
an Academic Advisor. Keith faced a lot of adversity growing up, and had it not
been for some incredibly talented and caring teachers in high school, Keith
probably would not have gone to college. One of those teachers was a high
school math teacher, and this inspired Keith to become a high school math
teacher. However, Keith then encountered Calculus, and those plans changed
quickly. Keith still wanted to be in education, and decided to lean more
towards elementary education until some field experiences said otherwise. It
was his on-campus job in Residence Life at Montclair State University that
sparked Keith's passion of helping college students succeed and pivoted his
career in this direction. Keith finished his Bachelor's degree in 2009 and then
went straight into the MA in Counseling with a concentration in Student Affairs
at Montclair State University. Keith finished that degree in 2013 while
completing internships through Montclair's Educational Opportunity Fund Office
and NJIT's College of Computing Sciences Academic Advising office. After this,
Keith began working professionally as an Academic Advisor in the Center for
Advising & Student Transitions at Montclair State University. Keith then
accepted a full-time employment offer working as an Academic Advisor in the
College of Science & Technology (CST) at Temple University in early 2014,
and Keith has been here ever since rising through the ranks. Keith is very
proud of developing a number of initiatives at Temple, including organizing and
implementing CST's first majors & minors fair, developing and implementing
a living learning community to increase CST student engagement, leading all
aspects of first year orientation in CST including the redesign of the student
experience to accommodate the pandemic, redesigning a student position that
existed in our college to get the most out of the position and what it can be,
developing and redesigning curriculum for a probation-type version of our first
year seminar, and developing the curriculum and launching a professional
development course for the student worker position he oversees. Keith's
fascination with student learning and student success has led to his interest
in pursuing a Ph.D. in Education with a concentration in Educational
Psychology, which Keith began at Temple University in Fall 2020 officially.
Keith hopes to be able to produce scholarly research related to student
motivation in higher education, especially as it relates to Academic Advising.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx4JW2aTKYmHvjJR59rpbWDHZ-576JQS9O2PPzaVosiOqVBWFOZ5m3esQ4mUHKMUMTLkxQ75SK_q_S4oW473Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Congratulations to our certificate of merit holders! <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><p><br /></p>Tim H. Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14502892470577978398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819880594536346387.post-37137540337884652902022-04-05T18:22:00.001-04:002022-04-05T18:22:29.606-04:00Tribute Tuesday: Excellence in Advising Awards Edition (2)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoCzqYKhZ5uXnrz4d3C4dYqUzsvSVypzkiTPid7S6Gsl6V6qO37YP2Ti6x8fjK2FWgzbN5m0IBAgsiqLeOM2O02pe2RD_zLw1Qyze41hOW6FJPM0uyd8YFTE_QtAh82ra2K0lquDACgdGi8CgfCGwcj35CkqTwYN1wsl3n2kzmwcV_cWaI-wkgbz5SdQ/s2048/IMG_0049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1547" data-original-width="2048" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoCzqYKhZ5uXnrz4d3C4dYqUzsvSVypzkiTPid7S6Gsl6V6qO37YP2Ti6x8fjK2FWgzbN5m0IBAgsiqLeOM2O02pe2RD_zLw1Qyze41hOW6FJPM0uyd8YFTE_QtAh82ra2K0lquDACgdGi8CgfCGwcj35CkqTwYN1wsl3n2kzmwcV_cWaI-wkgbz5SdQ/s320/IMG_0049.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal">Today's Tribute Tuesday goes to our Region 2 Conference
Graduate Scholarship Winners: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Karis Cornelius (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Jocelyn Fuller (Old Dominion University)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Nicole Tota (Rowan University)</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Their bios and acceptance speeches are below: <o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3OR2whzsdDi3HHuRMHMD9Q_5_NBP5XT-GDynQqwXaKUdo4B5k_zKxNE2A9VUIB7TdYKbQz7fL0UQbYogCwvODg4nrjqC3wB5k56eJwVRL-kZZPgdDSvDmvV9navSpsKx1q962DYt_HdJG6w7A2-GGsOL0VT7OeCxDDW0VIp0k8_wYX2Fe6XCXzXMSIw/s960/Cornelius,%20Karis.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="959" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3OR2whzsdDi3HHuRMHMD9Q_5_NBP5XT-GDynQqwXaKUdo4B5k_zKxNE2A9VUIB7TdYKbQz7fL0UQbYogCwvODg4nrjqC3wB5k56eJwVRL-kZZPgdDSvDmvV9navSpsKx1q962DYt_HdJG6w7A2-GGsOL0VT7OeCxDDW0VIp0k8_wYX2Fe6XCXzXMSIw/w247-h247/Cornelius,%20Karis.jpeg" width="247" /></span></a><p class="MsoNormal">Karis Cornelius is a second-year graduate student at the
Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) in the Student Affairs in Higher
Education (SAHE) Program. She completed her undergraduate work at Juniata
College in Huntingdon, PA with a Bachelor’s in Marketing and Communication. At
IUP, she is the Graduate Assistant for the Diversity and Inclusion Standing
Committee of the College of Education and Communications. During the SAHE
program, she has had practicum experiences in New Student Advising at Dickinson
College, Study Abroad Advising at Saint Vincent College, and Financial Aid at
IUP. After graduation in May, Karis hopes to work abroad for a year teaching
and advising English Language Learners and/or international students, then
plans to work in international education advising with study abroad students in
the U.S.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzZi5-Yf3X6Vfzlp9Oxv-gdIDKHNKG6vcMc3f1vUV0bZ-XQ_zGxME94tzPVpa3HEhyDUq-Zv1CSVuGWQClgsA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMqDf3RIbVX_HyPR10DGyGooVA28kXKB7QTCGT0xQi6vlKdAEDCy3mZM5lAXWxHxFmaYdnBjYiuzO-ulhLDfDVqUNjPzOvJn_IBce559re3n6d1BWbv_Qntd9owfrEH43JJo6d7ndNnZOhvC3os_r-WT33C9JI6Ycm7mfL-p8Vu0D4BqIwGLJs51cPHg/s960/Jocelyn%20Fuller,%20Headshot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white;"><img border="0" data-original-height="959" data-original-width="960" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMqDf3RIbVX_HyPR10DGyGooVA28kXKB7QTCGT0xQi6vlKdAEDCy3mZM5lAXWxHxFmaYdnBjYiuzO-ulhLDfDVqUNjPzOvJn_IBce559re3n6d1BWbv_Qntd9owfrEH43JJo6d7ndNnZOhvC3os_r-WT33C9JI6Ycm7mfL-p8Vu0D4BqIwGLJs51cPHg/w251-h251/Jocelyn%20Fuller,%20Headshot.jpg" width="251" /></span></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Jocelyn Fuller is a first-generation college graduate
earning her bachelor's degree in psychology from Norfolk State University in
May 2020. Currently, Jocelyn is working on completing and obtaining her Masters
of Science in Education in Counseling at Old Dominion University. While at Old
Dominion, Jocelyn is the Graduate Assistant for the Center for Advising
Administration and Academic Partnerships and the co-advisor for Tau Sigma
National Honor Society for transfer students. Jocelyn is a part of the National
Honor Society of Leadership and Success. Jocelyn believes that her purpose is
to help students be the best version of themselves by guiding them to their
interests and what works for them.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwMMinPDvQbR1aQfKaIHdZSkIDRFtO5YYZoCn-xoJk8b6CF9oSEJHUQ6Eqv5TWDoj9OzPtTIbn3gaGTIN6u9Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span style="font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0czr6YJ-6cs1ZoHPrOsgDGvUBLsm80sMx6Yv_F3-u_ZWYVFBnmQVM6XvZcjRj9Ih_i_7B9GG58xpUicoAmgPvFmQmZ9RjKWgKTkFZx_DCKDrxBl3kVHRW0wMMwdRMQ_3QLMZ7hrqLpNpA-HymBrNCMcNG4LmbXK1_6AutcHTcK0CaWiXmdhsC9Ui5dQ/s830/Nicole-Tota-Headshot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="830" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0czr6YJ-6cs1ZoHPrOsgDGvUBLsm80sMx6Yv_F3-u_ZWYVFBnmQVM6XvZcjRj9Ih_i_7B9GG58xpUicoAmgPvFmQmZ9RjKWgKTkFZx_DCKDrxBl3kVHRW0wMMwdRMQ_3QLMZ7hrqLpNpA-HymBrNCMcNG4LmbXK1_6AutcHTcK0CaWiXmdhsC9Ui5dQ/w269-h203/Nicole-Tota-Headshot.jpg" width="269" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">Nicole Tota is currently obtaining her Master’s of Arts in
Diversity and Inclusion from Rowan University, where she works as a part-time
Program and Student Services Advisor with Rowan Global OASIS. She obtained her
Bachelor of Arts in History and English from Rowan in 2021. Motivated by her
amazing academic advisor as an undergraduate, Nicole hopes to deliver that same
positive experience to her Psychology and Applied Professional Communications
students as they transition from Rowan College at Burlington County to Rowan
University. Passionate about equity, social justice, and community-building,
Nicole’s personal and professional interests converge in her graduate research
on improving Rowan’s first-generation and transfer student experience, which
she hopes will not only improve retention rates, but also foster a sense of
community and belonging. She is a current member of Rowan’s Antiracist
Pedagogies and Practices Taskforce, which aims to create a comprehensive Center
for Antiracism and implement curricular changes in the coming years. Outside of
work, Nicole’s hobbies include crocheting, scrapbooking, and curling up with a
good book, preferably with one of her four cats nearby.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzqfMFnGM4WRYtBoMzj2a6kGnJ0dr0KSj-5gsx-3fIEFfIiS1gueLMkems1NZJLCPyn9Ehi88BrtuQjQKaqjA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal">Congratulations to our award winners! We look forward
to seeing your continued impact on your students and in the field! academic
advising. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p></p></div>Tim H. Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14502892470577978398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819880594536346387.post-33131422299693960142022-03-29T13:07:00.002-04:002022-03-29T13:18:55.600-04:00Tribute Tuesday: Excellence in Advising Awards Edition<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRezsDVfDls8H_CpucGKRkmQg50Sl_iP2a3mfcjObZCq0-Tn_FE0rvnfwtgu_bqKteaw8iwzjOeEB4-jnYKWVInYhrHTf9ilPfOJzE33mSu_RXyDo8vznp7eWp9ax3YIYxix3oOZDuS0eaZS9QEMLe5CoLAjjF_J2qdETMx9yrKWW8645_VgQjcwhvQw/s2048/IMG_0049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1547" data-original-width="2048" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRezsDVfDls8H_CpucGKRkmQg50Sl_iP2a3mfcjObZCq0-Tn_FE0rvnfwtgu_bqKteaw8iwzjOeEB4-jnYKWVInYhrHTf9ilPfOJzE33mSu_RXyDo8vznp7eWp9ax3YIYxix3oOZDuS0eaZS9QEMLe5CoLAjjF_J2qdETMx9yrKWW8645_VgQjcwhvQw/s320/IMG_0049.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"> </span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Today's Tribute Tuesday goes to Adrian McCleary (University of Delaware), and Dr. Anne Drummey (Villanova University) for excellence in advising in their roles as an advising administrator and faculty advisor, respectively.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLeh1nxcsE5HAfxN2TFwZFZS6VKAjvhkWsmzn4gVRGqePIC6L_3aW04r04QorYG0gAyTDU4cEm7Cmfo50PyMHnWoMGHSX81RKnMjlZb_k1_61lN2-jW7yLfIHp0FKW1Q4LwwysWmyMeKHVOR4P-TREi0akTQsR7xxbrAudje4SA3aIhbw0cnOk0euoLA/s2084/Adrian%20A.%20McCleary%20Headshot.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="1454" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLeh1nxcsE5HAfxN2TFwZFZS6VKAjvhkWsmzn4gVRGqePIC6L_3aW04r04QorYG0gAyTDU4cEm7Cmfo50PyMHnWoMGHSX81RKnMjlZb_k1_61lN2-jW7yLfIHp0FKW1Q4LwwysWmyMeKHVOR4P-TREi0akTQsR7xxbrAudje4SA3aIhbw0cnOk0euoLA/w189-h271/Adrian%20A.%20McCleary%20Headshot.jpg" width="189" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Adrian A. McCleary, has spent his entire professional career in higher education supporting exploratory, and first-generation students. He currently serves as Associate Director in the Center for Academic Success & University Studies Program at the University of Delaware. Adrian is responsible for coordinating advisement services for undeclared students, as well as students who are transitioning between majors. In addition to his role in advising administration, Adrian oversees the UD Scholars Program, which provides select students with a transformative academic experience the summer prior to their freshman year and support throughout their undergraduate career. In an effort to further support first-semester students with the acclimation process, Adrian is also a First Year Seminar instructor.<br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Earlier in his career, Adrian served as an Academic Advisor
and TRIO Counselor at the University of Connecticut. During his tenure, he was
recognized for his passion and enthusiasm for mentoring, advising, and teaching
with the, “Outstanding Advisor of the Year” and “Outstanding First Year
Experience Teaching” awards. Adrian holds a BA in Communication Sciences and an
M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration, both from the State University of New
York at Buffalo.<o:p></o:p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxvMSx38KN6pjGdCVwUenIaxV5NYzO8snawg9R7UdIYyBeTV9ZzsEReWtxGgphBJjU-mmWxjoWWRsu8Oy843A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhUQld1ZxRYqQ58wKzyX999URGEQ0GteoBZMBR9sjojqmdPf_Bk1hM6mmsEPR5ze0B2YUjHQUdsGIXxU0cMxmBOCXLRHep_l6_t_Jh-zU0YZ80l5qSGVqvF7nJahFDUQtacINfxYGFVC3ovXcGm3Jqo6KNYZvn3UoNRGuFvadpA_OmnnDEtmW-KAZBg/s3566/Drummey_Anna.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3566" data-original-width="2853" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhUQld1ZxRYqQ58wKzyX999URGEQ0GteoBZMBR9sjojqmdPf_Bk1hM6mmsEPR5ze0B2YUjHQUdsGIXxU0cMxmBOCXLRHep_l6_t_Jh-zU0YZ80l5qSGVqvF7nJahFDUQtacINfxYGFVC3ovXcGm3Jqo6KNYZvn3UoNRGuFvadpA_OmnnDEtmW-KAZBg/w238-h298/Drummey_Anna.jpg" width="238" /></a></div></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Anna Drummey is on the faculty at Villanova University
and has two major areas of focus. As a member of the Department of
Psychological and Brain Sciences at Villanova University, she teaches Cognitive
Neuroscience and Statistics as well conducting research investigating the
neural substrates of human memory and cognitive control. In addition, she is
interested in understanding the factors and barriers that impact student
success in STEM majors and developing possible ways to break down these
barriers. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Drummey’s other major focus at Villanova is her role as faculty
advisor for incoming students interested in majoring in science. She takes a
hands-on approach to guiding students as they decide on the best path to take
in college. This includes meeting with students frequently, introducing them to
University resources, helping them through situations that may hamper them
along the way and most importantly listening to them as they work through the
possible options. She is always looking for new ways to help students achieve
their full potential and finds her role as faculty advisor truly fulfilling.<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxOaBIUSxoAe2fzFeieT_rZ4M68GgI_hL4CNWo8T46Yb_kZnX08qFfvhT8fcITbypqZASHPlL42YsCd-gvf3A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Congratulations to Adrian McCleary, and Dr. Anne Drummey! We appreciate your passion, work, and dedication to your students, colleagues, and the field of academic advising. </span></p><p></p>Tim H. Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14502892470577978398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819880594536346387.post-30122487642108663122022-03-23T09:50:00.004-04:002022-03-23T09:54:16.848-04:002022 Region 2 Award Winners and Certificates of Merit <p> Hello NACADA R2 Family,</p><p>It was so great to see many of you a few weeks ago at our Region 2 Conference in Norfolk, VA. We hope that you left the conference prepared to navigate the tide of student success; the waves are coming as we approach the end of the semester. </p><p>Over the next few weeks, we'll highlight some of our "captains" who are leading efforts across their respective areas of advising. We will feature their bios and their acceptance speeches. </p><p>Congrats to our winners, and be sure to stay tuned for nominations for the 22-23 awards and scholarship season! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_i5vQX4--De9GhwReIh7vMHH89T1XBY5WYeG_cJR76tI7s1guj8xFRnA3wtRHk0h3QFXmxGzdKTmZmxDj9y5rxMuJ_2ej7mjckCuB3tv63jRL5pL-vFMxH4OBz8JJ1725KeqCmyr_CYrfuJgrToC1XDZW6S-J8Q17-4q1KKfIu1Z4YJJxs4cHZMlk5Q/s4678/2022%20NACADA%20Recipients.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4678" data-original-width="3307" height="923" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_i5vQX4--De9GhwReIh7vMHH89T1XBY5WYeG_cJR76tI7s1guj8xFRnA3wtRHk0h3QFXmxGzdKTmZmxDj9y5rxMuJ_2ej7mjckCuB3tv63jRL5pL-vFMxH4OBz8JJ1725KeqCmyr_CYrfuJgrToC1XDZW6S-J8Q17-4q1KKfIu1Z4YJJxs4cHZMlk5Q/w650-h923/2022%20NACADA%20Recipients.jpg" width="650" /></a></div><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Em Rowe</span></b> | University of Delaware | Excellence In Advising - New Advisor<br /><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Gerron Scott</span></b> | Virginia Commonwealth University | Excellence in Advising - Primary Role<br /><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Anna Drummey</span></b> | Villanova University | Excellence in Advising - Faculty Advisor<br /><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Adrian McCleary</span></b> | University of Delaware | Excellence in Advising - Advising Administrator<br /><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Shajuana Isom-Payne</span></b> | Virginia Commonwealth University | Region 2 Outstanding Advising Advocate Award<br /><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Chris Kirchhof</span></b> | University of Pittsburgh | Thomas J. Grites Service to Region 2 Award<br /><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Kelsie Potter</span></b> | Virginia Commonwealth University | Excellence in Advising - New Advisor Certificate of Merit<br /><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Christina Winterton </span></b>| Villanova University | Excellence in Advising - New Advisor Certificate of Merit<br /><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Kate Habegger</span></b> | University of Delaware | Excellence in Advising - New Advisor Certificate of Merit<br /><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Victoria Bowman</span></b> | Stockton University | Excellence in Advising - Advisor Primary Role Certificate of Merit<br /><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Alyssa Davella</b></span> | Drexel University | Excellence in Advising - Advisor Primary Role Certificate of Merit<br /><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Keith Schweiger</span></b> | Temple University | Excellence in Advising - Advisor Primary Role Certificate of Merit<br /><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Kristin Eden</span></b> | Old Dominion University | Excellence in Advising - Advising Administrator Certificate of Merit<br /><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">LaChelle Waller</span></b> | Virginia Commonwealth University | Excellence in Advising - Advising Administrator Certificate of Merit<br /><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Karis Cornelius</span></b> | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | Region 2 Conference Graduate Student Scholarship<br /><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Nicole Tota |</span></b> Rowan University | Region 2 Conference Graduate Student Scholarship<br /><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Jocelyn Fuller</span></b> <a href="https://padlet.com/nacadaeo/audwvksgg3b5l40e"> </a>| Old Dominion University | Region 2 Conference Graduate Student Scholarship<br /><p><br /></p>Tim H. Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14502892470577978398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819880594536346387.post-29817337395252161942021-10-28T11:05:00.000-04:002021-10-28T11:05:18.169-04:00Tips on Completing Your Award/Scholarship Nominations<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtBZXqxGCQ6S5D8jfmZVdurmec-n8OOivP5ELhIcmC0dLlGE5KU4kInOde2uVUi7aTj_v8uzNYAUo1FzwLPeWMJE2ceS1XrXzLgQyBXnH4EWIzX7BUk8p9iumWZNX4lssR-agpYNyZYv7YIhoGzlhZSzwkGc7bk-wPPbPzoIHv1m2DMi6NTyGxsAGSOA=s800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtBZXqxGCQ6S5D8jfmZVdurmec-n8OOivP5ELhIcmC0dLlGE5KU4kInOde2uVUi7aTj_v8uzNYAUo1FzwLPeWMJE2ceS1XrXzLgQyBXnH4EWIzX7BUk8p9iumWZNX4lssR-agpYNyZYv7YIhoGzlhZSzwkGc7bk-wPPbPzoIHv1m2DMi6NTyGxsAGSOA=s320" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;">You know what's scary? Missing the nomination deadline. It's okay -- we still have time to put the finishing touches on those nominations. It is a
mission of the <b>Region 2 Awards and Scholarships program</b> to
increase representation of our members from all over the region. <i>To do
this, we need help from each and every one of you.</i> I urge you to take
this opportunity to <b>submit at least one nomination</b> for a
colleague or a self-nomination. <b>The</b> <b>Region 2 Awards and
Scholarships</b> <b>are open for nominations now through 11:59 p.m.
central time on Monday, November 1, 2021.</b></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;">NEW! </span></b><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;">The Excellence in Advising Awards (Primary
Role, Faculty Advisor, New Advisor, and Advising Administrator) will now
provide the recipient with:</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 47.25pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">A $600 Professional Development stipend for
the purpose of funding the following:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 83.25pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">One-Year NACADA general membership<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 83.25pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Early region conference registration fee<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 83.25pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;">Remaining funds are provided to the recipient
to be used towards travel, lodging, and/or other approved cost associated with
attending the region conference.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;">Please review
the <b>scoring rubrics, </b>which are available for each and every
scholarship, on the</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://elink.clickdimensions.com/c/6/?T=MjQxOTk1MTY%3AMDItYjIwMjc1LTQ5MDI4MGM3NjY5NDRhY2NhZDQzOTRhYWRlNWZjZTg5%3AYXBwbGVAdWRlbC5lZHU%3AY29udGFjdC1hZGQ2MzE4MWM5ZDFlNTExYTA1NDAwNTA1NjljMDBhNy05YTZhYzZmMDQ2NDE0MmYwYThjM2JmMWM2ODQwYTJmZg%3AZmFsc2U%3AMA%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly9uYW0xMi5zYWZlbGlua3MucHJvdGVjdGlvbi5vdXRsb29rLmNvbS8_dXJsPWh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGd3d3Lm5hY2FkYS5rc3UuZWR1JTJGQ29tbXVuaXR5JTJGUmVnaW9ucyUyRlJlZ2lvbi0yJTJGQXBwbHktZm9yLUF3YXJkcy5hc3B4JmRhdGE9MDIlN0MwMSU3Q2NoazYzJTQwcGl0dC5lZHUlN0M5MDMyNGRmZjYyNzA0M2YyNzE0OTA4ZDg1YTdhNzcxNSU3QzllZjlmNDg5ZTBhMDRlZWI4N2NjM2E1MjYxMTJmZDBkJTdDMSU3QzAlN0M2MzczNTg4MjkzMTg1NDc5MDgmc2RhdGE9RWRzR3JvSmtHaVR3NExrMEhSciUyRkRNUGtRRW1MN1doS2NJM0Vkc0tNWk1VJTNEJnJlc2VydmVkPTAmX2NsZGVlPVlYQndiR1ZBZFdSbGJDNWxaSFUlM2QmcmVjaXBpZW50aWQ9Y29udGFjdC1hZGQ2MzE4MWM5ZDFlNTExYTA1NDAwNTA1NjljMDBhNy05YTZhYzZmMDQ2NDE0MmYwYThjM2JmMWM2ODQwYTJmZiZlc2lkPWU0ZDcyZjNiLTE1MDMtZWIxMS04MGU2LTAwMGQzYTBlZTRlZA&K=xw2Xf8lnYRzPWkKbzjslSg" target="_blank"><span style="color: #414042;"> </span><span style="color: #007fb7;">Region 2 Awards & Scholarships Website</span></a></span><u><span style="color: #007fb7; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></u><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;"> The website also includes additional information about
each award and scholarship and instructions on how to submit a nomination.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;">Awards:</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 47.25pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;">Excellence Advising - New in Advisor Award</span></i><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 47.25pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;">Excellence in Advising - Primary Role Award</span></i><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 47.25pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;">Excellence in Advising - Faculty Advisor Award</span></i><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 47.25pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;">Excellence in Advising - Advising
Administrator Award</span></i><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 47.25pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;">Region 2 Outstanding Advising Advocate Award</span></i><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 47.25pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;">Thomas J. Grites Service to Region 2 Award</span></i><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 47.25pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;">Region 2 Outstanding Contribution to
Scholarship Award</span></i><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;">Scholarships: </span></b><i><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;">*Must be a self-nomination, which can be
supported by letter(s) of support.*</span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 47.25pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;">Jeff Gardner Memorial Summer Institute
Scholarship</span></i><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 47.25pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;">Region 2 Webinar Scholarship</span></i><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 47.25pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;">Region 2 Ambassador Scholarship<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 47.25pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;">Region 2 Research Institute Scholarship<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;">The <b>Region 2
Conference Graduate Student Scholarship</b> is the only award/scholarship
that is open beyond November 1<sup>st</sup>, and instead <b>self-nominations
will be accepted now through 11:59 p.m. central time on Monday, January 31,
2022.</b></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #414042; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">I hope that each of you
has already been considering who you will be nominating this year and encourage
you to also think about self-nominating!</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
<br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">To help you with this
process, I have put together <b>five tips for creating a strong nomination</b>:</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
<br />
</span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">1. Include all
documentation. </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">For most awards and
scholarships, only the nomination letter is required. However, you can and
should include up to two letters of support, a resume or curriculum vitae, and
a personal advising philosophy statement. Each piece of documentation provides
a unique opportunity to showcase the nominee’s qualifications and can really
help the evaluators to gain more insight into why the nominee deserves the
specific award or scholarship. This additional support could be the reason a
nominee is selected as a winner in comparison to a nomination lacking
additional documentation. You are encouraged to work with the nominee to
collect their most up-to-date resume or curriculum vitae and their personal
advising philosophy statement as these documents may be strongest when created
by the nominee. Be sure to check the scoring rubric for all required and
optional documentation.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
<br />
</span><b><span style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); color: black; font-size: 12pt;">2. </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Be specific to the award or scholarship. </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Make sure to answer each
question from the scoring rubric that corresponds to the specific award or scholarship
to which you are nominating. These questions are exactly what the evaluators
will be rating when reviewing nominations. For example, in the case of the
Region 2 Webinar Scholarship, a nomination speaking to the caring and helpful
nature of the nominee would not sufficiently meet the criteria for this
scholarship. Instead, the nomination should demonstrate the nominee’s
commitment to professional development, list the specific NACADA webinar they
are seeking the scholarship for and how it will benefit them or list a specific
topic they are seeking a webinar in, and speak to how they will organize for
others to participate in the webinar. The recognition and opportunities for
each award and scholarship greatly varies; therefore, so should the content of
the nominations.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
<br />
</span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">3. Provide quantitative
and qualitative data. </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Data can provide strong
evidence that a nominee meets the qualifications of an award or scholarship.
Whenever possible, include quantitative data with numeric support and
qualitative data through direct quotes. For example, in the case of the Region
2 Excellence in Advising - Primary Role Award, a strong nomination might state
that the nominee has received a 96% rating for their advisees feeling
“supported, listened to, and respected” on a self-reported survey and that one
advisee stated “my advisor always makes me feel welcome and really takes the
time to help me with my concerns while developing a plan I feel comfortable
with moving forward”. This data provides a stronger foundation than simply
stating that the nominee is supportive of students and makes them feel listened
to and respected while developing their academic goals. Data can come from the
larger division or institution, not just the nominee’s direct department, and
you are encouraged to consider perspectives from various interaction points,
such as students, colleagues, direct reports, supervisors, campus partners,
etc.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
<br />
</span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">4. Be clear and
concise. </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Nomination letters,
letters of support, and the personal advising philosophy statement should not
exceed two pages, single spaced, and must be submitted in pdf format. This
means you will want to be very selective in the information included so that
you are clearly and concisely answering the scoring rubric questions and
showcasing the nominee’s qualifications. You do have creative freedom in how
you choose to format the documentation, so feel free to use paragraphs, bullet
points, lists, etc. - whatever works best for you!</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
<br />
</span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">5. Make nominating a
team effort. </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Building a strong
nomination does not have to be overly time consuming! If there is someone you
feel is deserving of an award or scholarship, I would suggest seeking others
that may be supportive of this and are willing to contribute to the nomination.
The main nominator can then develop a strong nomination letter using the
collected numeric data and quotes and can allow others to supplement this
through up to two letters of support. These letters of support can be from one
direct source of a combination of voices, such as a letter written by one
direct report or instead a letter written by multiple direct reports. Both
examples can greatly supplement the nomination letter. Consider the strengths,
resources, and availability of each individual involved so that as a team you
can create an all-encompassing, strong nomination.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
<br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">I hope that the scoring
rubrics and these nomination tips help you in building your nominations and I
look forward to answering any questions you may have! Please contact me
at <b><a href="mailto:apple@udel.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">apple@udel.edu</span></a></b>.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
<br />
Thank you and we look forward to reviewing your nomination packet!</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Michele Applegate<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Region 2 Awards
Chair </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>Tim H. Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14502892470577978398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819880594536346387.post-45336419493971296172021-05-21T09:45:00.003-04:002021-05-21T09:54:40.932-04:00Congrats to Our Best of Region Winners! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDxDBJpT-f3u6z6f_mOXHjuiTChpzQozz0vMK6MOxmpL22rXYAnJZzXNRs1Eop_-ISw_HgIcPOFk6l6OHSDZqYp7OXuaGNa6pdpr9T0xaqFSrrq_uXdaGdxjZgCxCsTNoky2tXOAMY0dg4/s956/Best2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="956" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDxDBJpT-f3u6z6f_mOXHjuiTChpzQozz0vMK6MOxmpL22rXYAnJZzXNRs1Eop_-ISw_HgIcPOFk6l6OHSDZqYp7OXuaGNa6pdpr9T0xaqFSrrq_uXdaGdxjZgCxCsTNoky2tXOAMY0dg4/w398-h264/Best2.png" width="398" /></a></div><p>Wiona Porath and Tim Beaucage of Johns Hopkins University (MD) are the recipients of this year’s “Best of Region” at the 2021 Virtual Region 1 and Region 2 Conference held in
March. Their presentation, <i><b>Navigating Burnout in Academic Advising through
Mindfulness</b></i>, was selected for its excellence and relevance.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We had a chance to catch up with the advising rock stars to
learn more about their experience in designing and presenting on the topic.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wiona:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyBcU_DnvRvrFoj8ubOkUeb7v55xkAV71iH9Gx7sab8qFtG5t4Tyh7J54Kt50yE6WI0hfxGHtNV3oRmag_7kMsK4DNoBwYzTgU7RaNEZV1l1wOQEBj0R75LLYBWAuIGReHYTX9918_8eiL/s150/wp+2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyBcU_DnvRvrFoj8ubOkUeb7v55xkAV71iH9Gx7sab8qFtG5t4Tyh7J54Kt50yE6WI0hfxGHtNV3oRmag_7kMsK4DNoBwYzTgU7RaNEZV1l1wOQEBj0R75LLYBWAuIGReHYTX9918_8eiL/s0/wp+2.jpg" /></a></div>“I approached Tim about presenting on this topic because
there were mindfulness presentations being held on campus [Johns Hopkins].<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I had done some work in this area,
along with some on burnout, I thought it would be a great topic for us to
present on together, as we really enjoy working together and we both can be
honest with our feelings with each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We originally submitted for the 2020 R2, but the conference was
cancelled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We retooled it a bit to fit
in 2021 as the topic became more relevant. <o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My big takeaway from this presentation was that supporting
colleagues is more important than ever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have all had such a challenging year, and many people are feeling
burned out, while at the same time feeling lucky to still be employed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For me hearing people say how much they need
this type of conversation, means we need to keep having them. As Tim would say,
“Walk Your Turtle!"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tim:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyPk8tdpPgLVC1D7s6iwA810R8ncA4svtClfAjS7aYBjbu3dQ5o8B9wb7ovRt_eveXwI_RrVNXhaPjvuvUWBGdEiGX_4gDATLt7cpVZbzETVTNsYl82HEzIAFLAWKsQD9x39qZE50AX882/s356/Advising+Photo+4+%25282%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="356" data-original-width="355" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyPk8tdpPgLVC1D7s6iwA810R8ncA4svtClfAjS7aYBjbu3dQ5o8B9wb7ovRt_eveXwI_RrVNXhaPjvuvUWBGdEiGX_4gDATLt7cpVZbzETVTNsYl82HEzIAFLAWKsQD9x39qZE50AX882/w230-h231/Advising+Photo+4+%25282%2529.jpg" width="230" /></a></div>“I was super excited to present with Wiona on this topic as
it has been a passion of mine for many years now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am a member of a wonderful organization (in
addition to NACADA <span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">😉</span>) called the Association
of Contemplative Mind in Higher Education (ACMHE).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I navigated graduate school, I found a
deep connection between mindfulness and contemplative practices with the amazing
transformative work education in all forms can accomplish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted to bring the practice into as many
lives as possible.<o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The major thing I took away from presenting on this topic is
what I learned from the challenge of engaging in mindfulness practices in a
relatively novel virtual world - a world that appears to be one in which we
will exist in some capacity for the time to come.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At first, I thought that there was no way to
do the type of training I have been doing in person virtually, so I was inclined
to decline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a while, I realized
that one of my greatest joys in life is to learn, and to learn how to
communicate the messages of our presentation in a virtual space was and
continues to be a challenge worth meeting head on.”</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbbUqOJ04RLPHzAigZ54w6PqYRg-KeNFYAwK_R5tNjfkMavLDckzWFOGvcfeqV3pcp1TrG921XZhw_dt8bngAUzuLnX7v6mrfeXf8q3yFrDqSTBaqf-GYojvWlLykMG8g-fqRN1PcycugG/s930/BurnoutSlide.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbbUqOJ04RLPHzAigZ54w6PqYRg-KeNFYAwK_R5tNjfkMavLDckzWFOGvcfeqV3pcp1TrG921XZhw_dt8bngAUzuLnX7v6mrfeXf8q3yFrDqSTBaqf-GYojvWlLykMG8g-fqRN1PcycugG/s320/BurnoutSlide.png" width="320" /></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal">In recognition of being named Best of Region (2), Wiona and Tim
have been invited to present their session at the 2021 NACADA Annual
Conference, October 6-9, 2021 in Cincinnati, Ohio! We hope to see you there!<o:p></o:p></p>Tim H. Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14502892470577978398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819880594536346387.post-21686962035533005372021-04-26T09:03:00.003-04:002021-04-26T09:10:52.925-04:00Get to Know R2: Meet Monique Ransom, our Maryland Liaison<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttJ9drrJ7seQV-pyez0Y-brS7-BQvSx317s99jhWA_wru2zjtwiC36no2XD4d-AwQfgbdJYXl8Y5gRyNTdC5xUOPJmV1FTwrosV4co93OXK6V76TIiJQMOHHL7EoNyw96LY6pFoEEXf9c/s2048/IMG-5428+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttJ9drrJ7seQV-pyez0Y-brS7-BQvSx317s99jhWA_wru2zjtwiC36no2XD4d-AwQfgbdJYXl8Y5gRyNTdC5xUOPJmV1FTwrosV4co93OXK6V76TIiJQMOHHL7EoNyw96LY6pFoEEXf9c/s320/IMG-5428+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Name:</b> Monique Ransom<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Pronouns:</b> She/Her/Hers<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Title:</b> Associate Director
for Academic Advisor Development & Student Transition Programs<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Institution:</b> University of
Maryland, Baltimore County<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>R2 Leadership Position:</b>
Maryland Liaison<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>What do you hope to accomplish
in this role?</b> I intend to promote
active involvement with NACADA and professional development opportunities on my
campus at the University of Maryland Baltimore County and other higher
education institutions in the state of Maryland.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Proudest Advisor/NACADA moment:</b>
Last year, I had the opportunity to help a returning student earn their
undergraduate degree after being absent from UMBC for 10 years. The student
discontinued their enrollment when they were six credit hours away from earning
their degree due to personal reasons. During our initial conversation in late
Fall 2019, the student mentioned they were interested in returning to earn
their bachelor's degree to seek advanced career opportunities but they were
concerned about following the new catalog which would increase their number of
outstanding credit hours for their degree requirements. After working closely
with her Undergraduate Program Coordinator and our Registrar’s Office, we were
able to grant the student permission to continue with the previous catalog
requirements which resulted in the student earning their bachelor's degree in
Spring 2020. It was a proud moment because I helped a student achieved their
goal.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>To maintain balance and
wellbeing, I:</b> begin each day with a prayer and a guided meditation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Motivational advising song:</b>
I have a few: "Work That" by Mary J. Blige, "Just Fine" by
Mary J. Blige & "Girl On Fire" by Alicia Keys<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Last movie/show watched:</b>
Hamilton on Disney+<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Favorite snack:</b> Golden
Double Stuff Oreos<o:p></o:p></p></div><p><br /></p>Tim H. Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14502892470577978398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819880594536346387.post-82912091887122968742021-04-26T08:45:00.003-04:002021-04-26T08:49:25.204-04:00NACADA Statement on the Continuing Fight for Social Justice<p></p><p class="MsoNormal">On April 20th, 2021, a twelve-person jury found former Minneapolis
police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on two counts of murder and one count of
manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. The United States and the world have
been rocked by the outcry for justice and accountability for the death of Floyd
and other countless victims of police brutality. #BreonnaTaylor #EricGarner
#JacobBlake #DaunteWright #MaKhiaBryant<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">While many begin the call to action for sustainable,
transformational change following this verdict, it is imperative to remember
the work toward healing and recovery is far from over. As members of the
NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising, we reaffirm our commitment
to respond to this call, as declared in NACADA’s June 2020 statement on racial
violence and police brutality and the April 2021 statement on anti-Asian
violence:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">"We understand that each member of our NACADA and
campus communities has different needs at different times and places. We want
to create spaces for people to feel heard, supported, and loved, and spaces for
people to learn to be better allies, advocates, and supporters. We urge you to
not lose hope or believe we are powerless to demand and create change. Each of
us can take action now – in NACADA, in our institutions, and in our local
communities.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">NACADA recognizes the value and power of diversity among our
members and the students who entrust us with their educational experiences. We
know full inclusion and engagement is the ideal we have not yet reached, and we
are taking continual steps to do better. As an advising community, we must come
together from all our different institutions, different roles, and different
places of understanding and desire to be better and through our unifying work
create a better association so we can better serve our students who need us.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The fight for social justice requires critical hope and the
acknowledgment that the struggle for racial equity is never-ending. Each of us
shares responsibility in this journey to create a better world together. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We encourage you to engage in active listening and seek
honest, sincere understanding of the pain, trauma, and hurt of our BIPOC
communities. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We encourage you to support and uplift Black lives and
voices. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We encourage you to speak with campus administrators,
faculty, and community partners to discuss strategies to improve relations
between BIPOC communities and local law enforcement.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We encourage you to actively participate in antiracism and
community building efforts on your campuses and in your communities.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And we encourage you to take care of yourselves, continue to
reach out to one another, and engage in healing activities.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>“We will have to march. We will have to do this for life.” –
Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Locksley Knibbs, Co-Chair, Race, Ethnicity, and Inclusion Workgroup;
Incoming Board Member</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Megumi Makino-Kanehiro, Vice President</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Mark Nelson, Incoming Chair, Inclusion and Engagement Committee<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Charlie Nutt, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Cecilia Olivares, President<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Jessica Staten, Co-Chair, Race, Ethnicity, and Inclusion Workgroup<o:p></o:p></p><br /><p></p>Tim H. Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14502892470577978398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819880594536346387.post-74657678015726480642021-04-19T09:50:00.014-04:002021-04-20T08:22:11.372-04:00Promising Practices: Wellness Wednesdays<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Submitted by </b><b>Carrie Egnosak, Pennsylvania State University (Behrend) and Dane Zdunowski</b><b>, Temple University</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Background/Introduction</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Although it’s not a new topic, having worked remotely for a
year, during a pandemic, wellness and self-care have become an important focus
for both ourselves and those we advise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>NACADA was ahead of the curve in this area. In 2018 work began on
forming what is now the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://nacada.ksu.edu/Community/Advising-Communities/Well-Being-and-Advisor-Retention.aspx"><span><b>Well-Being and Advisor Retention</b></span></a> (WBAR)
Advising Community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This community keeps
both students and advisors in mind as they seek to educate and help others
avoid burnout and become overwhelmed by stress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As part of its structure, the WBAR created regional liaison
positions to ensure that wellness was integrated into the 10 different NACADA
regions through events, conferences, and other means. Since we are both
passionate about helping our students and advising colleagues,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we quickly volunteered to help in Region 2. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Promising Practice:
Wellness Wednesdays</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It began with a hashtag: #R2WellnessWednesday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
<w:sdt id="-169563095" sdttag="goog_rdk_11"></w:sdt>wanted to share with Region
2 via social media the great resources that we have accumulated over the years,
along with those from the Well-Being and Advisor Retention committee. Thus, the
Wellness Wednesday's idea was created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As most of the social media traffic for Region 2 currently flows through
Facebook, we decided to use that group as the social media platform for this <w:sdt id="1674993714" sdttag="goog_rdk_12"></w:sdt><w:sdt id="-1135865619" sdttag="goog_rdk_13"></w:sdt>promising practice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Since we work at different universities, <w:sdt id="347224411" sdttag="goog_rdk_14">Microsoft Teams is used to </w:sdt><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>communicate. Through Teams, we’re able to chat
and edit a central document which lists all the topics to cover for each of the
weekly postings. Here are some of the topics that have been covered:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span>Sharing the </span>Greater
Good Science Center’s H<span>appiness </span>C<span>alendars<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span>A day at home
self-care tips<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span>Avoiding burnout<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">●<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Mindful eating activities</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As mentioned, these topics were derived from our previous
experiences, the Well-Being and Advisor Retention (WBAR) Advising Community,
and the resource document that had been <w:sdt id="1635066426" sdttag="goog_rdk_16"></w:sdt>curated by WBAR community members.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That <w:sdt id="-610282282" sdttag="goog_rdk_17"></w:sdt><w:sdt id="1880900588" sdttag="goog_rdk_18"></w:sdt><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1y3FGV7ozxW4RJ89DBAAcxq8H9K2ivkOZoObOeWNmfBI/edit#gid=0"><b>curated
resource document</b></a> can be found below in the resource section of this blog
post.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many of the topics for the
Wellness Wednesday posts were selected from the section that focuses on advisor
self-care and well-being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Through likes, shares and comments, <w:sdt id="-818647817" sdttag="goog_rdk_20"></w:sdt>we’ve found that the weekly
Wellness Wednesday posts have been well received by those who follow the Region
2 Facebook group. There has also been a
representative from the Canadian Advising Community who reshares the Region 2
post with their Advising Community. If you’re looking for an easy way to get a
similar practice started, <w:sdt id="-1732845781" sdttag="goog_rdk_22"></w:sdt>consider
sharing the Wellness Wednesday posts with your group as well!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Another good starting point could be with the monthly <w:sdt id="-1328739925" sdttag="goog_rdk_23"></w:sdt><w:sdt id="588977000" sdttag="goog_rdk_24"></w:sdt>Happiness Calendars. <w:sdt id="1011570963" sdttag="goog_rdk_27">They were first shared with</w:sdt> the WBAR Facebook group
last year, and since then, have been shared with the Temple CPH advising
group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These monthly <w:sdt id="-1550609106" sdttag="goog_rdk_29"></w:sdt>calendars are day-by-day guides
to <w:sdt id="-1981761561" sdttag="goog_rdk_30"></w:sdt>wellbeing and have
covered topics like compassion, kindness, awe, peace, lov<w:sdt id="-1683419271" sdttag="goog_rdk_31"></w:sdt>e, and healing. No matter what
you start with, the important thing is to find what will resonate with the
group you want to reach. Not sure what that is? Just ask them!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Practical
Considerations<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The great thing about this practice is it can be easily
implemented at your institution! For example, <w:sdt id="894704972" sdttag="goog_rdk_34">Temple University’s</w:sdt> CPH advising team has a wellness
committee. The committee creates weekly Wellness Wednesday posts for the
college Instagram account (temple_cph) with a focus on student well-being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Penn State’s Academic and Career Planning
Center has a similar practice. Carrie created both an Adventures in Mindfulness
and an Adventures in Happiness Facebook group where she would share helpful
articles and activities once a week. These were based on the book <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">How to Train a Wild Elephant: And Other
Adventures in Mindfulness</i> by Dr. Jan Chozen Bays and Carrie’s work in the
Science of Happiness course through U.C. Berkley’s Greater Good Science Center
(there’s a course starting in August if you’re interested, see the Resources
section for a link). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If <w:sdt id="569775908" sdttag="goog_rdk_36"></w:sdt>you’re
thinking about implementing a wellness-focused practice like Wellness
Wednesdays, here are some things to consider:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span>Who is your audience-
students, faculty, staff, etc.?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span>What is the best way
to communicate with your audience?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span>Do you have access to
a social media platform to share the information?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span>If not, what other
creative ways can you share the information (</span><w:sdt id="455835428" sdttag="goog_rdk_37"></w:sdt><span>like Microsoft Sway,
newsletter, learning management system)?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span>How often do you want
to share content- weekly, monthly, etc.?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><span>Should there be one
point of contact or a group/committee for sharing the information?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span>What topics do you
want to focus on?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sharing the weekly Region 2 social media posts or the
monthly <w:sdt id="2107372597" sdttag="goog_rdk_39"></w:sdt>Happiness Calendars,
and <w:sdt id="-225772510" sdttag="goog_rdk_40"></w:sdt>creating a wellness
committee or social media group are just a few examples of wellness-focused
activities. Don’t be afraid to try new things. We also recently began hosting
monthly Happy Hour Coloring events for the <span>region. This has been a wonderful
way for advisors to virtually </span>come together and color while
chatting and relaxing. Why? Because it’s fun and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-you-should-make-art-even-if-youre-bad-2016-6#7-making-art-can-help-you-achieve-flow-7"><b>scientifically
proven</b></a> to be good for you! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So, start brainstorming! What are some wellness-focused
activities your school and/or advising unit is or can be doing?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you have ideas of what else we should try
within Region 2?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><w:sdt id="1179617620" sdttag="goog_rdk_45">Please</w:sdt> feel free to contact us!
Carrie can be reached at <a href="mailto:cae136@psu.edu"><span>cae136@psu.edu</span></a> and Dane at <a href="mailto:dpz@temple.edu"><span>dpz@temple.edu</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Resources<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span>Google sheet with
wellness resources for both students and advisors from the Well-Being and
Advisor Retention </span>A<span>dvising </span>C<span>ommunity: </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> <u> </u><a href="https://nacada.ksu.edu/Community/Advising-Communities/Well-Being-and-Advisor-Retention/resources.aspx">https://nacada.ksu.edu/Community/Advising-Communities/Well-Being-and-Advisor-Retention/resources.aspx</a></span><span> <u><o:p></o:p></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span>The Greater Good
Science Center and Happiness Calendars: </span><a href="https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/your_happiness_calendar_for_april_2021">https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/your_happiness_calendar_for_april_2021</a><span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span>The Greater Good
Science Center, Science of Happiness course:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span><a href="https://ggsc.berkeley.edu/what_we_do/event/the_science_of_happiness">https://ggsc.berkeley.edu/what_we_do/event/the_science_of_happiness</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>●<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>How to Train a Wild Elephant: And Other Adventures in Mindfulness:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-Train-Wild-Elephant-Mindfulness/dp/1590308174">https://www.amazon.com/How-Train-Wild-Elephant-Mindfulness/dp/1590308174</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bios <u><o:p></o:p></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Carrie Egnosak</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8p8xZJiRJ9-BNUjLZZpXsNA0uxv8x6wIsifvw7GkXOD_dICb64Hfmd4A-9li8UfpBDfeifEnuYcoKtYONy-qb1_dOw3Jc75WxLkpm-UOxiDqi-adWoqBfmAn42aEwkEfEmlr2xoF7Buge/s960/Carrie+Egnosak.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="670" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8p8xZJiRJ9-BNUjLZZpXsNA0uxv8x6wIsifvw7GkXOD_dICb64Hfmd4A-9li8UfpBDfeifEnuYcoKtYONy-qb1_dOw3Jc75WxLkpm-UOxiDqi-adWoqBfmAn42aEwkEfEmlr2xoF7Buge/w207-h297/Carrie+Egnosak.jpg" width="207" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Carrie began her career in higher education as both a Career Services Coordinator and Academic Adviser at Penn State Shenango over 15 years ago. She currently serves as a Division of Undergraduate Studies Adviser in the Academic and Career Planning Center at Penn State Behrend. In her current role, she works with exploratory and engineering students, teaches a first-year seminar and is one of two advisors responsible for the University’s faculty advisor training and development program. Egnosak’s focus on well-being and self-care initiatives includes: creating a first-year seminar curriculum of which 50% is focused on mindfulness/meditation; being a part of the Penn State Student Flourishing Network, and teaching a course on the Art and Science of Human Flourishing. She also earned a Science of Happiness Certificate from U.C. Berkley. Egnosak currently serves on NACADA’s Region 2 Steering Committee as the Western Pennsylvania Liaison and is a founding member of the Well-Being & Advisor Retention Advising Community.<o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Dane Zdunowski</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtrZglRynvZmjBlf6_lvD_8HhaKtqp2LR74AokDyOKRRddJ55q_lxhbS80vHbBDUWb2MUs9nreidb6EKnepOsI6142gfdSOsnvdkppOmrQdBwN4FiXgJGyp5nzt9eohQHn549oWhn82bXL/s224/zdunowskidane+%25281%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtrZglRynvZmjBlf6_lvD_8HhaKtqp2LR74AokDyOKRRddJ55q_lxhbS80vHbBDUWb2MUs9nreidb6EKnepOsI6142gfdSOsnvdkppOmrQdBwN4FiXgJGyp5nzt9eohQHn549oWhn82bXL/s0/zdunowskidane+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dane currently works in the College of Public Health (CPH) at Temple University <w:sdt id="-416477696" sdttag="goog_rdk_3">where he advises </w:sdt>students in the Health Professions major. He has been in higher education for over 13 years, starting his career in financial aid and moving into academic advising for six years. As part of the CPH advising team, Zdunowski is involved with the Professional Development and Transfer Task Force committees. He serves on NACADA’s Advisor Training & Development Advising Community’s Steering Committee and<w:sdt id="-1809783055" sdttag="goog_rdk_5"> as</w:sdt> the<w:sdt id="134141361" sdttag="goog_rdk_6"> Region 2 Liaison for the</w:sdt> Well-Being & Advisor Retention Advising Community<w:sdt id="1386598724" sdttag="goog_rdk_7">.</w:sdt></span><p></p>Tim H. Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14502892470577978398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819880594536346387.post-17393867173516641152021-04-15T08:25:00.002-04:002021-04-26T09:04:16.985-04:00Get to Know R2: Meet Moira Curtis, our Delaware Liaison<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFHg34HQKMYCndB-gqlQrIvGDVvi__HopEYJFv4QixLmONM535PEbe1Q8qJNJFRLTO9zKQmYo2yLxMEvl-WBsJTpZ5piKJduoeR-ILQOIA9_NkzXruHZe6NVoAsz-WeWCzAkmXHwlzoMm/s2048/ImageMoira.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1975" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFHg34HQKMYCndB-gqlQrIvGDVvi__HopEYJFv4QixLmONM535PEbe1Q8qJNJFRLTO9zKQmYo2yLxMEvl-WBsJTpZ5piKJduoeR-ILQOIA9_NkzXruHZe6NVoAsz-WeWCzAkmXHwlzoMm/s320/ImageMoira.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><b>Name: </b><span class="il">Moira</span> Curtis<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><b>Pronouns: </b>She/her/hers<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><b>Title:</b> Academic Advisor II<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><b>Institution: </b>University of Delaware<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><b>R2 Leadership Position: </b>Delaware State Liaison<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><b>What do you hope to accomplish in this role? </b>While in this role, I hope to help those in Delaware be aware of all the fantastic resources that NACADA has, get involved with NACADA in any way that they are interested and bring local opportunities for professional development and social networking within the state.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><b>Proudest Advisor/NACADA moment: </b>My proudest advising moment would probably have to be when students figure out their major. Working with undeclared students, a lot of times they are struggling with what others think they should do or just declaring so they have a major. When they do the work and really figure out what they want, and then have that moment of excitement for this new direction, it really is so rewarding! Proudest moment in NACADA would probably have to be my involvement on conference committees in the past and building such an amazing network!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><b>To maintain balance and wellbeing, I: </b>participate in workout classes! I love that there is a community feel (even virtually), accountability, and it takes my mind off everything else.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><b>Last movie/show watched: </b>Ginny and Georgia on Netflix!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><b>Favorite snack: </b>Ice cream</p></div><p><br /></p>Tim H. Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14502892470577978398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819880594536346387.post-55463637156970122782021-04-08T09:27:00.002-04:002021-04-26T09:05:10.090-04:00Get to Know R2: Meet Gerron Scott, our Diversity, Inclusion, and Engagement Chair<p><br /></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9XaAZP_CfKsKoQqwxbD2EL5qmw8FBtI_jYWtD9IhW3sx7QLgBjzH0IJUvAvikpqV9lhzLi3fMdX53a0kOb14NzP8YcLRgWdZpj9sHYm9Ho-Qh3sfB0elCK84CIui4A0QCAPArtT0g1lbA/s1440/C531E8F0-D3EE-487D-BED9-A2EF995923E7.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9XaAZP_CfKsKoQqwxbD2EL5qmw8FBtI_jYWtD9IhW3sx7QLgBjzH0IJUvAvikpqV9lhzLi3fMdX53a0kOb14NzP8YcLRgWdZpj9sHYm9Ho-Qh3sfB0elCK84CIui4A0QCAPArtT0g1lbA/s320/C531E8F0-D3EE-487D-BED9-A2EF995923E7.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></b></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span><b>Name: </b> Gerron Scott</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Pronouns: </b>he/him/his</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Title: </b>Academic Advisor<b> </b></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Institution: </b>Virginia Commonwealth University</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>R2 Leadership Position: </b>Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Chair (20-22)</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>What do you hope to accomplish in this role?</b> I hope to promote the uniqueness of the advisors and the students that we serve.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Proudest Advisor/NACADA moment: </b>My proudest NACADA moment was getting to present at the National Conference. It was such a joy to fellowship and connect with so many awesome advisors. </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>To maintain balance and wellbeing, I: </b>ride my bike and take photos.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Motivational advising song: </b>Staying Alive by the Bee Gees</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Last movie/show watched: </b>The Office</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Favorite snack: </b>Oranges</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Gerron will be leading our next Region 2 Talk on Monday, April 12 at 1:00 pm ET: More Than Meets the Eye; Advising Beyond the First Generation Identity. Click <a href="https://ksu.zoom.us/j/99934600664?pwd=K3lDNjYyd1pIOERyZDhYeGszREltZz09" target="_blank">HERE</a> to access the talk! </b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></div>Tim H. Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14502892470577978398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819880594536346387.post-56579669635699852132021-03-23T09:47:00.004-04:002021-03-23T09:50:26.406-04:00NACADA Statement and Resources on Anti-Asian Violence<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Dear R2 Family,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Yesterday, NACADA put out a statement on anti-Asian
violence. We understand that there are many advising professionals who are not
members of NACADA, and there are many NACADA members who opt-out of receiving
emails. Still, it is important that we share this message with the larger
group: "NACADA condemns all acts of racism and hate and stands in
solidarity against hatred, racism, xenophobia, misogyny, and all forms of
discrimination and violence."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Let's stand with our colleagues and students, especially
those within the Asian, Asian-American, and Pacific Islander communities. Let's
take care of one another and ourselves, and continue the conversation and
actions against <b><i>all</i></b> identity-based violence. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The full message is below:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Last Tuesday evening, six Asian women -- Daoyou Feng, Hyun
Jung Grant, Suncha Kim, Soon Chung Park, Xiaojie Tan, and Yong Ae Yue -- were
among eight people murdered in three locations in the Atlanta area.This
horrible tragedy is only one recent incident of violence against Asians,
Asian-Americans, and Pacific Islanders in the United States and throughout this
nation’s history. Nearly 3800 incidents were recorded by <a href="https://elink.clickdimensions.com/c/6/?T=MjQxOTk1MTY%3AMDItYjIxMDgxLTJjYmRmZmYyMTEzNDRiZWQ4YjRmMzlkMTJkOWQyNDY0%3AY294dEBsYWZheWV0dGUuZWR1%3AY29udGFjdC02NjBkOTI0NzVhMWQ0NDA1YjBhMjA3MDk4NjZjYmZiYS04Y2NjYjQ2NWYzZGM0NTlkYjMyZTM0NGRlNjc5YzE4MQ%3AZmFsc2U%3AMA%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly9zZWN1cmVzZXJ2ZXJjZG4ubmV0LzEwNC4yMzguNjkuMjMxL2Exdy45MGQubXlmdHB1cGxvYWQuY29tL3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy8yMDIxLzAzLzIxMDMxMi1TdG9wLUFBUEktSGF0ZS1OYXRpb25hbC1SZXBvcnQtLnBkZj9fY2xkZWU9WTI5NGRFQnNZV1poZVdWMGRHVXVaV1IxJnJlY2lwaWVudGlkPWNvbnRhY3QtNjYwZDkyNDc1YTFkNDQwNWIwYTIwNzA5ODY2Y2JmYmEtOGNjY2I0NjVmM2RjNDU5ZGIzMmUzNDRkZTY3OWMxODEmZXNpZD0yMGNmMjlhZi0xMThiLWViMTEtODBmMi0wMDBkM2EwZWU4Mjg&K=Cgb5rfWzVe8HjlgHMwK6Mg" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Stop AAPI Hate’s reporting center</b></span></a> from March 2020 to
February 2021, and hate crimes against the AAPI community increased nearly 150%
in 2020 according to the <a href="https://elink.clickdimensions.com/c/6/?T=MjQxOTk1MTY%3AMDItYjIxMDgxLTJjYmRmZmYyMTEzNDRiZWQ4YjRmMzlkMTJkOWQyNDY0%3AY294dEBsYWZheWV0dGUuZWR1%3AY29udGFjdC02NjBkOTI0NzVhMWQ0NDA1YjBhMjA3MDk4NjZjYmZiYS04Y2NjYjQ2NWYzZGM0NTlkYjMyZTM0NGRlNjc5YzE4MQ%3AZmFsc2U%3AMQ%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY3N1c2IuZWR1L3NpdGVzL2RlZmF1bHQvZmlsZXMvRkFDVCUyMFNIRUVULSUyMEFudGktQXNpYW4lMjBIYXRlJTIwMjAyMCUyMDMuMi4yMS5wZGY_X2NsZGVlPVkyOTRkRUJzWVdaaGVXVjBkR1V1WldSMSZyZWNpcGllbnRpZD1jb250YWN0LTY2MGQ5MjQ3NWExZDQ0MDViMGEyMDcwOTg2NmNiZmJhLThjY2NiNDY1ZjNkYzQ1OWRiMzJlMzQ0ZGU2NzljMTgxJmVzaWQ9MjBjZjI5YWYtMTE4Yi1lYjExLTgwZjItMDAwZDNhMGVlODI4&K=GDrWoqalILmYOhu4ioGOZA" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State
University-San Bernardino</b></span></a>. Each act of violence reminds us again that we
have not moved past injustice and cruelty against the AAPI community.<br />
<br />
Since the beginning of the pandemic, members of the Asian community and
individuals of Asian descent have faced amplified hate, violence, and
aggression demonstrating how the response to COVID-19 has been deeply
racialized. It is not enough to only acknowledge and decry this increase in
violence, but also condemn all forms of identity-based violence, including
those that are anti-Asian, anti-woman, and anti-immigrant. As members of the
NACADA community, we condemn all acts of racism and hate. We stand in
solidarity against hatred, racism, xenophobia, misogyny, and all forms of
discrimination and violence.<br />
<br />
We reaffirm our commitment to work towards positive and sustained change, as
declared in NACADAʻs June 2020 statement on racial violence and police
brutality. We understand that each member of our NACADA and campus communities
has different needs at different times and places. We want to create spaces for
people to feel heard, supported, and loved, and spaces for people to learn to
be better allies, advocates, and supporters. We urge you to not lose hope or
believe we are powerless to demand and create change. Each of us can take
action now – in NACADA, in our institutions, and in our local communities.<br />
<br />
NACADA recognizes the value and power of diversity among our members and the
students who entrust us with their educational experiences. We know full
inclusion and engagement is the ideal we have not yet reached, and we are
taking continual steps to do better. As an advising community, we must come
together from all our different institutions, different roles, and different
places of understanding and desire to be better and through our unifying work
create a better association so we can better serve our students who need us. <br />
<br />
As each of us continues to process the<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> <a href="https://elink.clickdimensions.com/c/6/?T=MjQxOTk1MTY%3AMDItYjIxMDgxLTJjYmRmZmYyMTEzNDRiZWQ4YjRmMzlkMTJkOWQyNDY0%3AY294dEBsYWZheWV0dGUuZWR1%3AY29udGFjdC02NjBkOTI0NzVhMWQ0NDA1YjBhMjA3MDk4NjZjYmZiYS04Y2NjYjQ2NWYzZGM0NTlkYjMyZTM0NGRlNjc5YzE4MQ%3AZmFsc2U%3AMg%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly9pbnRlcmFjdGl2ZS5hbGphemVlcmEuY29tL2FqZS8yMDIwL2tub3ctdGhlaXItbmFtZXMvaW5kZXguaHRtbD9fY2xkZWU9WTI5NGRFQnNZV1poZVdWMGRHVXVaV1IxJnJlY2lwaWVudGlkPWNvbnRhY3QtNjYwZDkyNDc1YTFkNDQwNWIwYTIwNzA5ODY2Y2JmYmEtOGNjY2I0NjVmM2RjNDU5ZGIzMmUzNDRkZTY3OWMxODEmZXNpZD0yMGNmMjlhZi0xMThiLWViMTEtODBmMi0wMDBkM2EwZWU4Mjg&K=gl9qMDJ_MvKQnZSnQ209Ew" target="_blank"><b>senseless deaths</b></a></span> and other acts of violence stemming
from systemic racism, we hope you will reach out to one another, share your
feelings and experiences, engage in healing activities, and actively
participate in antiracism and community building efforts in our institutions
and communities. We have highlighted resources below, which we hope you find
helpful as you navigate the days ahead.<br />
<br />
Resources<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://elink.clickdimensions.com/c/6/?T=MjQxOTk1MTY%3AMDItYjIxMDgxLTJjYmRmZmYyMTEzNDRiZWQ4YjRmMzlkMTJkOWQyNDY0%3AY294dEBsYWZheWV0dGUuZWR1%3AY29udGFjdC02NjBkOTI0NzVhMWQ0NDA1YjBhMjA3MDk4NjZjYmZiYS04Y2NjYjQ2NWYzZGM0NTlkYjMyZTM0NGRlNjc5YzE4MQ%3AZmFsc2U%3AMw%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW1yZWFkeW1vdmVtZW50Lm9yZy8_X2NsZGVlPVkyOTRkRUJzWVdaaGVXVjBkR1V1WldSMSZyZWNpcGllbnRpZD1jb250YWN0LTY2MGQ5MjQ3NWExZDQ0MDViMGEyMDcwOTg2NmNiZmJhLThjY2NiNDY1ZjNkYzQ1OWRiMzJlMzQ0ZGU2NzljMTgxJmVzaWQ9MjBjZjI5YWYtMTE4Yi1lYjExLTgwZjItMDAwZDNhMGVlODI4&K=S5JNxAmAQLosHcpPpfmb3A" target="_blank">AAPI Women Lead</a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://elink.clickdimensions.com/c/6/?T=MjQxOTk1MTY%3AMDItYjIxMDgxLTJjYmRmZmYyMTEzNDRiZWQ4YjRmMzlkMTJkOWQyNDY0%3AY294dEBsYWZheWV0dGUuZWR1%3AY29udGFjdC02NjBkOTI0NzVhMWQ0NDA1YjBhMjA3MDk4NjZjYmZiYS04Y2NjYjQ2NWYzZGM0NTlkYjMyZTM0NGRlNjc5YzE4MQ%3AZmFsc2U%3ANA%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly9hbnRpLWFzaWFudmlvbGVuY2VyZXNvdXJjZXMuY2FycmQuY28vP19jbGRlZT1ZMjk0ZEVCc1lXWmhlV1YwZEdVdVpXUjEmcmVjaXBpZW50aWQ9Y29udGFjdC02NjBkOTI0NzVhMWQ0NDA1YjBhMjA3MDk4NjZjYmZiYS04Y2NjYjQ2NWYzZGM0NTlkYjMyZTM0NGRlNjc5YzE4MSZlc2lkPTIwY2YyOWFmLTExOGItZWIxMS04MGYyLTAwMGQzYTBlZTgyOA&K=R_mQ2hylFiSbKBG8la9jHA" target="_blank">Anti-Asian Violence Resources</a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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Therapist Directory</a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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Intervention training</a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://elink.clickdimensions.com/c/6/?T=MjQxOTk1MTY%3AMDItYjIxMDgxLTJjYmRmZmYyMTEzNDRiZWQ4YjRmMzlkMTJkOWQyNDY0%3AY294dEBsYWZheWV0dGUuZWR1%3AY29udGFjdC02NjBkOTI0NzVhMWQ0NDA1YjBhMjA3MDk4NjZjYmZiYS04Y2NjYjQ2NWYzZGM0NTlkYjMyZTM0NGRlNjc5YzE4MQ%3AZmFsc2U%3AMTA%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly9uYWNhZGEua3N1LmVkdS9SZXNvdXJjZXMvR2xvYmFsLUNvbm5lY3Rpb24tU2VyaWVzLmFzcHg_X2NsZGVlPVkyOTRkRUJzWVdaaGVXVjBkR1V1WldSMSZyZWNpcGllbnRpZD1jb250YWN0LTY2MGQ5MjQ3NWExZDQ0MDViMGEyMDcwOTg2NmNiZmJhLThjY2NiNDY1ZjNkYzQ1OWRiMzJlMzQ0ZGU2NzljMTgxJmVzaWQ9MjBjZjI5YWYtMTE4Yi1lYjExLTgwZjItMDAwZDNhMGVlODI4&K=u9UJ4Vw0M9IP_kj_BR6euA" target="_blank">NACADA Global Connection Series: Xenophobia, Anti-Asian
Racism, and Intolerance: How to support Students, Faculty, and Staff
during COVID-19</a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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Students</a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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Ending Sexual Violence (NAPIESV)</a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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Hate and 5 Ways to Help If You are Witnessing Hate</a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><a href="https://elink.clickdimensions.com/c/6/?T=MjQxOTk1MTY%3AMDItYjIxMDgxLTJjYmRmZmYyMTEzNDRiZWQ4YjRmMzlkMTJkOWQyNDY0%3AY294dEBsYWZheWV0dGUuZWR1%3AY29udGFjdC02NjBkOTI0NzVhMWQ0NDA1YjBhMjA3MDk4NjZjYmZiYS04Y2NjYjQ2NWYzZGM0NTlkYjMyZTM0NGRlNjc5YzE4MQ%3AZmFsc2U%3AMTY%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cub25saW5lbXN3cHJvZ3JhbXMuY29tL3Jlc291cmNlcy9zb2NpYWwtaXNzdWVzL21lbnRhbC1oZWFsdGgtcmVzb3VyY2VzLXJhY2lhbC1ldGhuaWMtZ3JvdXBzLz9fY2xkZWU9WTI5NGRFQnNZV1poZVdWMGRHVXVaV1IxJnJlY2lwaWVudGlkPWNvbnRhY3QtNjYwZDkyNDc1YTFkNDQwNWIwYTIwNzA5ODY2Y2JmYmEtOGNjY2I0NjVmM2RjNDU5ZGIzMmUzNDRkZTY3OWMxODEmZXNpZD0yMGNmMjlhZi0xMThiLWViMTEtODBmMi0wMDBkM2EwZWU4Mjg&K=utMcISR8xrCBQCV35DHoOw" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">55 Mental Health Resources for People of Color</span></a><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you have ideas or recommendations for additional support
or resources NACADA can provide, please contact President Cecilia Olivares
at <a href="mailto:OlivaresC@missouri.edu" target="_blank">OlivaresC@missouri.edu</a>,
Vice President Megumi <a href="mailto:makino@hawaii.edu" target="_blank">makino@hawaii.edu</a>,
or Executive Director Charlie Nutt at <a href="mailto:cnutt@ksu.edu" target="_blank">cnutt@ksu.edu</a>.<br />
<br />
Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Shea Ellingham, Chair, Region 8<br />
Locksley Knibbs, Co-Chair, Race, Ethnicity, and Inclusion Workgroup<br />
Megumi Makino-Kanehiro, Vice President<br />
Charlie Nutt, Executive Director<br />
Cecilia Olivares, President<br />
Cheri Souza, Chair, Region 9<br />
Jessica Staten, Co-Chair, Race, Ethnicity, and Inclusion Workgroup <o:p></o:p></p>Tim H. Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14502892470577978398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819880594536346387.post-31633473551342890022021-03-16T17:52:00.005-04:002021-03-16T18:02:27.855-04:00Promising Practices: The Advising Buddies Program at Temple University<p><b>Submitted by Dane Zdunowksi, Temple University</b></p><p><b>Introduction</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Working remotely during <w:sdt id="-1763899169" sdttag="goog_rdk_3">the COVID-19</w:sdt> pandemic has <w:sdt id="-1092927527" sdttag="goog_rdk_5">presented</w:sdt> challenges to our personal and professional
lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of those challenges include
advisor well-being and lack of connection with colleagues outside of regular
meetings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To help with these challenges,
the CPH Professional Development committee created the Advising Buddies
program. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The program relates to both the
<a href="https://nacada.ksu.edu/Community/Advising-Communities/Advisor-Training-Development.aspx"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Advisor Training & Development</span></a> and <a href="https://nacada.ksu.edu/Community/Advising-Communities/Well-Being-and-Advisor-Retention.aspx"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Well-Being & Advisor Retention</span></a> advising
communities from NACADA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Promising Practice</b><w:sdt id="1048182678" sdttag="goog_rdk_7"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">:
Advising Buddies Program</b></w:sdt><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Before I discuss the program itself, I want to give a shout
out to the CPH Professional Development committee-- Alyssa Garnich, Lauren
Hosko McKenzie, and Nicole Howard for their awesome work in getting this
program up and running!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Advising
Buddies program started in the Fall 2020 semester and pairs advisors within the
college that advise different majors. The program seeks to have advisors
observe each other in student appointments to be able to provide peer
feedback.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For the Fall 2020 semester, the pairings ran for a two-week
period and then advisors would change buddies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We had three rounds of pairings for the fall, and advisors completed a
post-round survey to offer their feedback and reflection on working with their
buddy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also incorporated a group
discussion at our fall retreat to discuss what people learned from the
program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Based on feedback, the program changed for the Spring 2021
semester.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of pairs, we<w:sdt id="1810589994" sdttag="goog_rdk_9"> created</w:sdt> groups of three for each
round of the program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><w:sdt id="-992402089" sdttag="goog_rdk_11">We also extended each rou</w:sdt><w:sdt id="-922024389" sdttag="goog_rdk_12">n</w:sdt><w:sdt id="1226871383" sdttag="goog_rdk_13">d to last a month (four weeks, </w:sdt><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>since people felt that two weeks was <w:sdt id="-2089607348" sdttag="goog_rdk_15">not enough</w:sdt><w:sdt id="-276949643" sdttag="goog_rdk_16"><w:sdt id="-365746994" sdttag="goog_rdk_17"> </w:sdt></w:sdt>time with each buddy<w:sdt id="1679533856" sdttag="goog_rdk_18">.</w:sdt> This would allow for more time <w:sdt id="-948471467" sdttag="goog_rdk_21">for</w:sdt> each buddy to observe
multiple appointments and more time to get to know one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The program is a great opportunity for the advising buddies
to learn more about a major they do not advise and to share their own personal
best practices with each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, I advise for the Health Professions major but learned a lot when I
observed appointments with the <w:sdt id="-1694917617" sdttag="goog_rdk_25">N</w:sdt>ursing
advisors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took away many <w:sdt id="1566067083" sdttag="goog_rdk_26">excellent</w:sdt> resources which I was
able to share with my students who are looking to <w:sdt id="544404891" sdttag="goog_rdk_28">apply for</w:sdt> accelerated nursing programs after
graduation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Outside of observing appointments, some groups found
different ways to connect with their buddies, <w:sdt id="1636837111" sdttag="goog_rdk_30">such as</w:sdt> having a virtual lunch together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was a great way for advisors to <w:sdt id="-803385342" sdttag="goog_rdk_32">meet in</w:sdt> an informal, relaxed
setting and just catch up with each other.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Advising Buddies program also lends itself to provide
peer feedback <w:sdt id="411058016" sdttag="goog_rdk_35">to</w:sdt> our
advising colleagues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Assessment in
advising is important, and most feedback is only given during the annual
performance review process required by Human Resources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peer feedback is not part of the performance
review process since we only meet with and hear from our direct supervisors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“By reviewing student-advisor correspondence,
observing advising sessions, assessing the advisor’s knowledge-base, and
considering student and peer feedback, administrators can more effectively
assess advisor performance and set standards to which advisors can be held
accountable (Ohrablo, 2019).”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Practical
Considerations<u><o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you or your advising team are looking to start an
Advising Buddies program, here are some things to consider before
implementation:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">What size groups do
you want to have- pairs, </span><w:sdt id="-98184167" sdttag="goog_rdk_37"><span style="color: black;">three</span></w:sdt><span style="color: black;"> people,
etc.?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">How long do you want
to have each round?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">How many appointments
should be observed (</span><w:sdt id="-1083600216" sdttag="goog_rdk_39"><span style="color: black;">two</span></w:sdt><span style="color: black;">, </span><w:sdt id="1045260483" sdttag="goog_rdk_41"><span style="color: black;">three</span></w:sdt><span style="color: black;">, or more)?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">What are the intended
outcomes of the program for your advising unit?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Do you want to include
advisors from other advising units?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">What social aspects do
you want to incorporate into the program- lunches, games, etc.?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Do you want to include
a survey for participants to complete after each round?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Will there be a chance
for participants to discuss what they learned in a group setting?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-left: 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Would your students be
ok with other advisor(s) shadowing the appointment?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">One thing to note is that this program <w:sdt id="-814880918" sdttag="goog_rdk_44">has been operating </w:sdt>virtually via
Zoom for the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters due to remote work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The program has worked great in a virtual
environment, and hopefully will work for an in-person setting as well.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In terms of the survey used after each round of the program,
here are some of the questions we included in the online form (submitted via
Google forms):<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">How would you describe
your buddy’s advising approach or style?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Did your buddy use any
technology, software and/or online tools that were new to you?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">What is one thing your
buddy did that you might adopt in your own advising sessions?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Noto Sans Symbols";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">In your opinion, what
are your buddy's top strengths as an advisor based on what you observed?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">What suggestions do
you have for your buddy to continue in their growth as an advisor?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This was the first time our advising<w:sdt id="692348901" sdttag="goog_rdk_45"> team</w:sdt> has facilitated a program
like this, <w:sdt id="328416094" sdttag="goog_rdk_46">as such it continues to </w:sdt><w:sdt id="-852950823" sdttag="goog_rdk_47">evolve</w:sdt>. Please feel free to<w:sdt id="-1602258349" sdttag="goog_rdk_56"> contact</w:sdt> <w:sdt id="1303587459" sdttag="goog_rdk_61"></w:sdt>me at <a href="mailto:dpz@temple.edu" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" target="_blank">dpz@temple.edu</a> with any questions. Also reach
out if your advising unit already does a program like this as we are open to
suggestions and feedback!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">References<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ohrablo, S. (2019, February 6). <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Academic advising Metrics: Are we measuring the right things</i>?
https://www.academicimpressions.com/blog/academic-advising-metrics/.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Bio <u><o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMbWIuERlGp33C6ZtcBheRiRUNWFn8nrNvpogAa-AfqUu-Y3fKJMUpZzEiNYuVMxlF4B7S-Y4QUi9FrqKb6ogkUzcZG3OMx4-ZFeTqPZdmljVhxYpu26qPn6bhPBYW5aUXEUGkrxFkC-Qn/s600/zdunowskidane.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="500" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMbWIuERlGp33C6ZtcBheRiRUNWFn8nrNvpogAa-AfqUu-Y3fKJMUpZzEiNYuVMxlF4B7S-Y4QUi9FrqKb6ogkUzcZG3OMx4-ZFeTqPZdmljVhxYpu26qPn6bhPBYW5aUXEUGkrxFkC-Qn/w187-h224/zdunowskidane.jpg" width="187" /></a></div><br />I currently work in the College of Public Health (CPH) at Temple University where I advise students in the Health Professions major. I have been in higher education for over 13 years, starting out my career in financial aid and then moving to academic advising where I have worked for <w:sdt id="1540546634" sdttag="goog_rdk_0">more than six</w:sdt><w:sdt id="-1924252947" sdttag="goog_rdk_1"> </w:sdt>years. For the CPH advising team, I am part of the Professional Development and Transfer Task Force committees. I currently serve on the NACADA steering committee for the Advisor Training & Development (ATD) advising community. I also serve as liaison to Region 2 for the Well-Being & Advisor Retention (WBAR) advising community.<p></p>Tim H. Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14502892470577978398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819880594536346387.post-23185447434131739552021-02-22T18:27:00.001-05:002021-02-24T17:40:58.845-05:00Promising Practices: A Founding NACADA Member Discusses Core Competencies <b>Submitted by Dr. Tom Grites, Founding NACADA Member </b><div><br /></div><div><b>Introduction</b> </div><div><br /></div><div>I advocate for the practicality of the NACADA Core Competencies to achieve student learning outcomes - specifically a "flipped" advising approach. Early in my career, I used the Informational, Relational and Conceptual approaches in my own advising before NACADA identified them as Core Competencies and believe that these are also skills that need to be developed in our students. When often asked about what selection criteria I would use for hiring academic advisors (primary-role and faculty advisors), I created this description: knowledge of the college (Informational); dealing with feeling (Relational); and yearning for learning (Conceptual). Below are some examples and anecdotes.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Promising Practice: A Flipped Advising Approach; Core Competencies at Work</b> </div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>Informational Competency</i></b> </div><div><br /></div><div>Students typically seek academic advisors for answers, thus the importance of the Informational competency for advisors is obvious. However, as individual students return multiple times with similar questions, I try to ‘flip” the conversation. Example: the student asks, “What do I need to graduate?” For a first-year student, I answer the question directly; but for others my response might be “You tell me,” but in a nice way, so that they will also learn to reciprocate the Relational competency.
If a student inquires as to whether I will write a letter of recommendation for a scholarship, an internship, a job, graduate school admission, etc., my response is not a simple “Yes” or “Sure,” but first “Why me?” These are certainly conditions for which others might be more appropriate references, especially faculty in their major. Admittedly, I do not think I’ve ever said “No,” but I always require that they provide a resume, and I always explain to them that I want to be able to comment on more than simply being their academic advisor or their instructor. This (forces) enables them to update, reflect, (or sometimes) create a document that they will use many more times, hence they further develop their Informational competency. </div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>Relational Competency</i></b> </div><div><br /></div><div>As academic advisors develop and learn to demonstrate their own Relational competency, the approach is often non-verbal. Example: a student with whom I’ve built some rapport and trust drops in “for just a minute… with a quick question; are you busy?” - we know how that goes. If I am available and have time, I always invite them in. Otherwise, I never shortchange other people of the time they expect to have with me. The walk-in student must wait and, hopefully, learn to respect and appreciate (Relational competency) my time and expertise, and the other person’s time.
Here is another (true) example of the Relational competency: a student came to me as a referral with several questions. I was preparing materials for a workshop; I responded to her questions very accurately (Informational competency). At one point she stopped and said, “I think I need to make an appointment; you seem very busy.” There I was, preparing materials to advocate for advisors to build relationships with their advisees and demonstrating exactly how NOT to achieve that relationship. Advisors should expect a certain kind of respect from their students; conversely, we need to demonstrate our Relational competency, hoping that they will learn from it. A lesson learned for me from this experience was that not all students are willing to challenge us, thus we must demonstrate the Relational competency for them to learn it as well.</div><div><br /></div><div><i><b>Conceptual Competency</b></i> </div><div><br /></div><div>The Conceptual competency is the one that I think has often been overlooked; the other two consume much of our time. Ironically, this competency might be more important/useful, namely in challenging students to think. Example: the student asks, “What can I do with a major in ____ ?” Instead of reciting a textbook response, I might say “What do you want to do with your major?” Response: “Get a good job.” My reply: “What is a ‘good’ job’?” Whatever the answer, my response is “What skills will you need to perform well in that job?” The conversation can then take many turns, but I prompt them to identify the skills that employers seek. Then I ask: “Which major enables you to do that?” The answer I’m seeking is “All/Any of them.” Now I can embark on a whole new set of strategies for selecting a major and courses, which extends the Informational competency into the Conceptual realm, i.e., getting the students to think about the relative value of specific majors, which courses enhance their (work) skills, how to parlay their writing, speaking, organizational, collaborative, etc. skills into a variety of jobs - even careers.
A similar example is how we describe General Education requirements, i.e., how we respond to the question: “Why do I have to take all those ‘extra’ courses?” The textbook response would be “To be well-rounded,” but what does that mean? I heard it often, but I admit I never could explain that phrase very well. A corollary advisor response might be “To get them out of the way.” I’ll bet every one of us has been guilty of giving this response, myself included…UNTIL I began to understand the value and opportunities within that portion of the curriculum. Here is the opportunity to explore majors for sure, but more importantly to embark on honing the skills noted above. After all, these courses cost the same amount as those in the major, and most students only sample a very small amount of the courses offered by the institution to earn a degree (c. 10% at best). Encouraging students to think and understand more about the institution’s entire curriculum requires them to develop and use a Conceptual competency that certainly correlates with the Informational one and is achieved through the Relational one. </div><div><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div><b>Practical Considerations</b> </div><div><br /></div><div>The above descriptions reflect my personal approach to the variety of examples shared. My approach also includes a developmental philosophy within each competency and for each student. For me, I have been able to analyze my own advising strategies and gauge how well they seem to work. This combination has also enabled me to be a better academic advising administrator when designing programs, developing policies, providing professional development, and every other aspect I have encountered in my career.
I hope that other advisors will consider these competencies as outcomes of the advising process for themselves and for their advisees. Perhaps this approach might also identify student success outcomes in the assessment process. I think I’ve been able to achieve this approach by keeping a few guiding principles in mind: advising is teaching (<i>every student I encounter is an opportunity to teach them something - I never know for sure what that is going to be, but I will always seek that outcome</i>); the best academic advisors ask more questions than give answers; and my all-time favorite…
Everyone’s entitled to my opinion. </div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Bio</b> </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSeKwE6HbvSu9o5g-_wBlYt1pVdrzB4c4hOOnCPLsv26g-pb50MR6t1U3DC8MtebT0xSVfM9s_LsRq8Y7KG0FzlKZvK3Ha4uQEwX4dkSWA1KkGOr2thsFEx-Qfihbhy38jxdBT2cUorb8/s167/Headshot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="167" data-original-width="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSeKwE6HbvSu9o5g-_wBlYt1pVdrzB4c4hOOnCPLsv26g-pb50MR6t1U3DC8MtebT0xSVfM9s_LsRq8Y7KG0FzlKZvK3Ha4uQEwX4dkSWA1KkGOr2thsFEx-Qfihbhy38jxdBT2cUorb8/s0/Headshot.jpg" /></a></div>I retired as Assistant Provost after serving 43 years at Stockton University (NJ). I was a founding member and President of NACADA and am still Senior Editor of the <i>NACADA Journal</i>. I have contributed over 50 publications, 125 conference presentations, and workshops or program reviews on over 100 campuses. I earned my B.S. and M.S. degrees from Illinois State University, where I was inducted into the College of Education Hall of Fame. My Ph.D. is from the University of Maryland; I was recognized as a Transfer Champion by NISTS; I will receive the 2021 NACADA Region 2 award for Outstanding Contribution to Scholarship; and the Service to Region 2 award will be given in my name for the first time.
</div>Tim H. Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14502892470577978398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819880594536346387.post-73447587725481062392020-12-02T15:46:00.003-05:002020-12-14T09:24:32.768-05:00Promising Practices: A Faculty Advisor on Appreciative Advising and Virtual Advising Strategies<p><b>Submitted by Dr. Benjamin Norris, Frostburg State University</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Introduction<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">The relationships that academic advisors build with their
advisees play a critical role in promoting student success (Gordon-Starks,
2015; Higgins, 2017). These relationships are so foundational that they are one
of three core competencies for academic advisors identified by NACADA (2017). I
recognized early in my career that academic advising had to be more than a
series of transactions leading to registration for the next semester. I built
mentoring relationships with my advisees and then used those relationships to
drive conversations about connecting a student’s academic, personal, and
professional goals. I helped them see how their academic choices would help
them launch the phase of their lives after completion of their degree. This
relationship is well-suited for upper division students who are committed to
their academic program and planning for their profession. But what about
first-year students who may not be as certain?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">In this blog post, I will share two promising practices.
First, I will share how I build relationships with first-year STEM students.
Second, I will share how virtual advising during the pandemic has improved the
way I communicate with my advising relationships and how I help my students
start relationships with their next academic advisor. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Promising Practice:
Building Relationships with First-Year STEM Students using Reflective and
Appreciative Advising</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">I advise first-year students by teaching Frostburg State
University’s first-year student advising seminar. This course is a wonderful
intersection of advising, teaching, and learning that exemplifies the NACADA
(2006) Concept of Academic Advising. As my program is small, I typically advise
students in other STEM majors. I will likely not be the permanent academic
advisor for these students. <w:sdt id="1765793434" sdttag="goog_rdk_2">Therefore,
</w:sdt>I must build a strong relationship with my advisees in a short time
before helping each start a new relationship with another academic advisor. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I build these relationships through a combination of
reflective practice (Hughey, 2011) and appreciative advising (Bloom and Martin,
2002) to better understand and connect with each advisee. Hughey (2011)
describes these as essential skills for building interpersonal relations. Below are the phases of appreciative advising: </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Disarm: </b>positive first impressions, building rapport<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Discover: </b>learn about student strengths and skills<b><u></u><u></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Dream: </b>student’s hopes for the future<b><u></u><u></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Design: </b>creating a plan<b><u></u><u></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Deliver: </b>how the student achieves the plan<b><u></u><u></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Don’t settle: </b>setting the bar high and addressing challenges<b><u></u><u></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(adapted from <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.appreciativeadvising.net/&source=gmail&ust=1608041913728000&usg=AFQjCNFDoSIgCB7zcrNw-vre-E0EpMT_lg" href="https://www.appreciativeadvising.net/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.<wbr></wbr>appreciativeadvising.net/</a>)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Each
advising meeting is based on open-ended reflection assignments from the
advising seminar (the <span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><w:sdt id="629204731" sdttag="goog_rdk_3">d</w:sdt>iscover</span> <w:sdt id="2128504735" sdttag="goog_rdk_5">phase </w:sdt>of appreciative advising). Prior to the first
meeting, my students reflect on their academic and career interests as well as
their strengths. At the meeting I prompt them to think about how they can build
connective tissue between their interests and their strengths. By focusing this
first meeting on positive topics, I help <span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><w:sdt id="1245688959" sdttag="goog_rdk_7">d</w:sdt><w:sdt id="1182941687" sdttag="goog_rdk_8"><w:sdt id="-1109964054" sdttag="goog_rdk_9"></w:sdt></w:sdt>isarm</span> them and we begin
to <span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><w:sdt id="-545065343" sdttag="goog_rdk_10">d</w:sdt>ream</span> about the future. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Prior to the second meeting, my students reflect on their
academic challenges. At the meeting we talk about the feedback I received from their instructors
on our early intervention survey. We <span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><w:sdt id="-1658760040" sdttag="goog_rdk_13">d</w:sdt>on’t <w:sdt id="-1834744866" sdttag="goog_rdk_15">s</w:sdt>ettle </span>if they are struggling. Instead we focus on a path
forward, identifying resources the student can access to support them. Prior to
the third meeting, my students reflect on the extra- and co-curricular
experiences they wish to pursue. At the meeting we connect those back to their
interests from the first reflection and begin to <span style="background-color: #d9ead3;">design</span> an academic and
experience plan. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I help my students transition to their permanent academic
advisor as soon as they are ready. For many of them, this transition occurs as
early as their second semester. Before the pandemic, this transition involved
me walking across campus with each advisee to introduce them to their new
advisor or the advising contact in their academic program. My advisees have
built a trusting relationship with me. By personalizing the hand-off to their
next advisor, I communicate that this next advisor is someone I know will help
them <span style="background-color: #d9ead3;">deliver</span> on their plan.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Promising Practice:
Virtual Advising During the Pandemic<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">When higher education went remote in March of 2020, so too
did my advising. My favorite advising practices for building relationships
relied on in-person meetings with close contact. I knew I would need to adopt
virtual advising, but could I replicate my existent practices over video
conferencing? Would my students engage? <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Virtual advising worked, and my students responded well. I
had broken down a major barrier between my students and me. Advising was no
longer limited to those few times when they could arrange their schedule to
meet with me in person. I had taken advising to them at times that were more
convenient to them. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Virtual advising made me more accessible to my advisees. In
this new format, they wanted more frequent, but shorter, check-ins with me, and
I was able to provide that. I met with some of my advisees several times over
the summer for various updates. I would not have been able to do that without
virtual advising to bridge the distance between me and my students. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Technology improved my advising in other ways. My students
and I could share our screens through the video conferencing platform. I could
see what they were seeing and walk them through issues directly instead of just
providing instructions for them to follow later. I also started to use a
booking platform that integrated with my calendar and automatically sent
customized email messages to help manage the more frequent appointment requests
while preserving time for other commitments.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Virtual advising also changed how I manage the handoff to a
student’s next academic advisor. In the fall semester of 2020, for the first
time ever, I hosted a joint advising meeting between me, my advisee, and their
new advisor. I introduced the student, and we talked about where the student
was academically and what their goals were. After a while, I could drop off and
let the student and their new advisor have some additional time to work on
their new advising relationship.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Practical
Considerations<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">If you are looking to integrate some of what I do into your
own practice, here are some recommendations.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Even if you do not teach an advising course or if you are
working with upper level students, you can still use my approach to academic
advising. Give your students open-ended reflection assignments prior to your
advising meetings and use them to help you frame the stages of appreciative
advising. Remember that academic advising is teaching and learning. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Even when we can return to more in-person advising, keep
virtual advising as an option. Virtual advising increases access and breaks
down barriers. Virtual advising meetings will always be an option for my
students, especially for shorter check-in meetings.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Use booking software to manage your advising schedule. You
can set up automated communication and reminders with your advisees. If the
software interfaces with your existing calendar, it can also help you preserve
and protect your other time.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">When your advisees need to transition to another advisor,
personalize that handoff. Invite their new advisor to a joint meeting, in
person or virtual. Walk with your student to meet their new advisor. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>References</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Bloom, J. and Martin, N.A. (2002, August 29). Incorporating
appreciative inquiry into academic advising. <i>The Mentor: An Academic Advising Journal</i>, 4 (3)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Gordon-Starks, D. (2015, September). Academic advising is
relationship building. <i>Academic
Advising Today</i>, 38(3). Retrieved from <a href="https://nacada.ksu.edu/Resources/Academic-Advising-Today/View-Articles/Academic-Advising-is-Relationship-Building.aspx"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://nacada.ksu.edu/Resources/Academic-Advising-Today/View-Articles/Academic-Advising-is-Relationship-Building.aspx</span></a><u><span style="color: #0563c1;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Higgins, E.M. (2017, June). The advising relationship is at
the core of academic advising. <i>Academic
Advising Today</i>, <i>40</i>(2). <a href="https://nacada.ksu.edu/Resources/Academic-Advising-Today/View-Articles/The-Advising-Relationship-is-at-the-Core-of-Academic-Advising.aspx"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://nacada.ksu.edu/Resources/Academic-Advising-Today/View-Articles/The-Advising-Relationship-is-at-the-Core-of-Academic-Advising.aspx</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Hughey, J. K. (2011). Strategies to enhance
interpersonal relations in academic advising. <i>NACADA Journal, </i>31(2), 22-32. doi:10.12930/0271-9517-31.2.22.
Retrieved from <a href="http://nacadajournal.org/doi/pdf/10.12930/0271-9517-31.2.22"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://nacadajournal.org/doi/pdf/10.12930/0271-9517-31.2.22</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising.
(2006). NACADA concept of academic advising. Retrieved from <a href="https://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Resources/Pillars/Concept.aspx"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Resources/Pillars/Concept.aspx</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal">NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising. (2017).
NACADA academic advising core competencies model. Retrieved from <span style="color: #0563c1;"><a href="https://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Resources/Pillars/CoreCompetencies.aspx">https://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Resources/Pillars/CoreCompetencies.aspx</a></span>
<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBs_KFZiyiBDJQRJwKi5f87y_Byl0BDBy8YbYlXh0ftS6_f7CiTpXMW7MMxXSb3ubZYgqUyip81CZyR2MkK7ELNoZ7Qmj24T7rC8OgJ64rEsVIRy1PrDI6ncEku2EXMeC6Mn3NQDnoBGxh/s2048/Ben+Norris+2015+%25281%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBs_KFZiyiBDJQRJwKi5f87y_Byl0BDBy8YbYlXh0ftS6_f7CiTpXMW7MMxXSb3ubZYgqUyip81CZyR2MkK7ELNoZ7Qmj24T7rC8OgJ64rEsVIRy1PrDI6ncEku2EXMeC6Mn3NQDnoBGxh/s320/Ben+Norris+2015+%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><b>Bio</b></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I have been a chemistry faculty member at Frostburg State
University since 2010, and I have been advising students for almost that long.
Early on in my academic advising journey, I advised mostly upper level students
majoring in chemistry. Now I mostly advise first-year students majoring in
other STEM programs. I am a three-year member of NACADA, and I just finished
serving as one of two institutional liaisons for Frostburg State’s
participation in the charter cohort of the Excellence in Academic Advising (EAA)
Project. I have presented twice at the NACADA annual conference as part of a
panel about EAA and how it can lead to <w:sdt id="-972444619" sdttag="goog_rdk_0">the </w:sdt>transformation of academic advising. At
Frostburg, I teach organic and medicinal chemistry courses, as well as our
foundations course for students preparing for general chemistry. I am also in
my second term as chair of our Faculty Senate. I have diverse research
interests in chemistry and academic advising: chemistry using renewable <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">feedstocks, small molecule
chemosensors, the role of training in shaping faculty perceptions of academic
advising, and the use of data analytics to understand first-year student
retention. I can be reached at bnnorris@frostburg.edu.</span><o:p></o:p></p><b></b><p></p>Tim H. Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14502892470577978398noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819880594536346387.post-49797729118224582042020-11-19T13:40:00.010-05:002020-11-20T11:22:18.119-05:00Promising Practices: A Student Success Coach on Outreach Efforts and Coaching Techniques<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Submitted by Dani McCauley, Clarion University</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Background</span></span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-27201d99-7fff-6f1a-d315-ef87c64b0b0f"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Clarion University is one of the fourteen institutions that make up the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. In early 2016, Success Coaches were hired with the intent of increasing retention. In that time, the staff of Success Coaches at the institution were charged with developing promising practices in order to achieve the goal of increasing retention. In reflecting on the last five years of success coaching at the institution, I can offer the following promising practices that have allowed our office to see success in serving students.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first important task was to establish who the success coaches should serve. In looking at retention data, we found that first-year students had the lowest retention rate. As a result, the institution realized that it needed to better support first-year students. In addition to the data on retention pointing to this population being at-risk, the success coaches thought that these new students were also the most at-risk due to being new to the college environment. We knew that if we could provide early, intrusive support to the first-year students, we could increase their chances of finishing their degree. We also knew that one of the high impact practices at other institutions was to have a first-year program to help create a unifying experience. For all of these reasons, we established ourselves as first-year success coaches.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another benefit of connecting with first-year students as a target population was because of the establishment of these early connections that then would lead to relationships continuing beyond the first year. At our institution, we intentionally target the first-year students while serving any upperclassmen who continue to seek our services.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After we established our focus on first-year students, we used data to determine additional high-risk groups to target. This led to increased outreach to sophomores who may be at-risk in their major. By looking at sophomore GPAs, we determined an at-risk range of 2.3 to 2.9. In addition to the GPA data, we leveraged our campus relationships to provide focus on other high-risk groups, like specific athletic teams and academic departments.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In thinking of targeting key populations, we focus on where we can make the most impact on retention. We continue to take all referrals of students, but our core has remained the same. We intentionally target first-year students with outreach and programming while continuing to serve all students of the institution who may seek out our services.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Promising Practices in Outreach</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are active in the Admissions and Orientation events, starting with students at the beginning of their student life cycle. Our goal during these events is to ensure each student and their families know of the additional support provided by a success coach. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During the semester, we primarily communicate through individual appointments and email in order to serve our students. Each success coach on staff has a specific caseload of students. We use proactive communication campaigns in our outreach efforts. We coordinate our communications so that they are similar, but each success coach sends their own communications to their caseload so as to help build the relationship between student and coach. Our emails come from the individual success coach, rather than a general office email account.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Using Existing Key Flags</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In practicing our intrusive coaching, we needed to identify key flags that were available to us that indicate a student may need additional support and coaching. Our institution lacks a comprehensive early alert or intervention system (like Navigate or StarFish), so we had to make use of other reports that were available to us. We currently use the attendance reports and progress reports submitted by faculty to create high-alert lists in weeks three, five, six, and eight of the semester (based on when these reports are generated). We conduct additional outreach to these students specifically to offer support. If a student is on these lists several times but we have not heard from them, we make targeted phone calls to attempt to connect with them.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In thinking about promising practices in intervention with students, we had to be creative in using the resources available to us at our institution without incurring additional costs or creating a culture shift in the use of a new platform. While the early alert systems are convenient, we had to find other ways to see red flags that would alert us that students needed assistance and possible coaching.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Employing Coaching Techniques</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the success coaches of the institution attended the Lifebound Success Coaching training and all of the success coaches have been members of NACADA for several years, following the Special Interest Group of Academic Coaching. It is from these professional development resources that we have been able to use specific coaching techniques to ensure that we are having coaching conversations with students, rather than relying on more transactional interactions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Personally, there are two key promising practices of facilitating a coaching conversation that I try to follow. The first is Lifebound’s W.A.I.T., which stands for Why am I talking? When I am in a meeting with a student, I constantly gauge who is doing most of the talking. If I feel that I am talking too much, I think, “WAIT!?” I then intentionally use a powerful question directed to the student to get them talking. This is critical to the success of a coaching conversation because, after all, the student is the expert in their own life. They need to be the one driving the conversation. My goal as the facilitator of the coaching conversation is to be a close listener who guides the student in their thinking.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My second promising practice in facilitating a coaching conversation involves using powerful questions. Lifebound’s Success Coaching training emphasizes the use of questioning in order to guide the student toward a solution. It can be easy to assume I am the expert and list three or four solutions to the issue in discussion, but that is not effective coaching. That is a monologue on my part and not beneficial to the student. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In thinking about powerful questions, I highly recommend reviewing Fairfield, Johnson, Smith, and White’s (2018) “<a href="https://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Portals/0/Events/Web%20Events/2018/Documents/DW87%20HANDOUT_1.pdf" target="_blank">Incorporating Coaching Conversations in Advising Practice</a>.” After attending the Lifebound training and this webinar from NACADA, I started keeping a few example powerful questions written down nearby during each of my student appointments so that I could quickly insert them into my conversations with students. Basically, I made myself a quick reference guide until I felt more comfortable using the powerful questions. Now that I have established a good habit of using powerful questions, I pull this NACADA resource out every few months to review the powerful questions and to see if I can begin incorporating a few new powerful questions into my coaching conversations.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Developing coaching skills has been crucial to my work with students. My goal is to help promote their critical thinking skills and become more self-reliant. If I were to constantly offer only transactional conversations, not only would I not have had the opportunity to build meaningful relationships with students but the students themselves would not have been able to develop independence. Coaching conversations requires a slight shift in mentality and approach. This shift can have exponential positive impact so it is worth the time in developing the skill. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Practical Considerations</span></p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The promising practices we are using has led to the highest retention rate of first-year students in the last several years. We found key populations (first-year students) to target in order to provide intentional support. I would encourage other institutions to consider which populations may be of high risk and could benefit from additional support. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We used existing systems as red flags that may indicate a student is struggling, which for us is attendance reports and progress reports. We use these reports to be intrusive in offering our services. Many of these reports are also generated on other campuses, but I encourage other campuses to ask: Is anyone following up with the student to help them act and reflect? If a campus has mid-term grades, does anyone facilitate a conversation with students who may be at-risk to talk about their grades comprehensively? </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Last but not least, we have refined our approach to our conversations with students. We try to be purposeful in using coaching conversations and powerful questions. The first step is to gauge what the majority of your own conversations with students look like. Are these conversations largely transactional? In what ways can you encourage students to think critically, rather than relying on you to be a problem solver for them?</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While we acknowledge that it takes a village to raise the retention rates, we think our own promising practices as well as these practices beginning to be adopted by others at the institution is helping to move retention in a positive way. I hope these promising practices may also have practical implications for success at your institutions. </span></span></span><div><br /></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-c66b01c9-7fff-63e3-8739-1cb8290a4ecb"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGgOZo087MP0JcX6qfh1gTRs8VaNUwTsvvfx-VOR0xuvaSRJ7Z93DY9X3jk_HZxin2-C5BvLMcEqtF52omogpDECS6YpdnTEir_ADOhySvodWMOs0e0bpFW6XMlEXSwYVjs3I3WRMYQ7LX/s1283/profile+pic+2020_v2.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1283" data-original-width="1242" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGgOZo087MP0JcX6qfh1gTRs8VaNUwTsvvfx-VOR0xuvaSRJ7Z93DY9X3jk_HZxin2-C5BvLMcEqtF52omogpDECS6YpdnTEir_ADOhySvodWMOs0e0bpFW6XMlEXSwYVjs3I3WRMYQ7LX/s320/profile+pic+2020_v2.png" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Bio:</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dani has been a lifelong educator, having worked as a middle school teacher and now as a college Success Coach. She is passionate about increasing student success at institutions of higher education and has found this work to be very rewarding, especially in her current role as a Success Coach at Clarion University. She is currently pursuing her Doctorate at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She can be reached at demings@clarion.edu.</span></p></span></span></div>Tim H. Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14502892470577978398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819880594536346387.post-1406782825266041942020-07-21T08:35:00.002-04:002020-07-21T08:35:49.754-04:00Tips for a Strong Nomination<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Hello Region 2!<br />
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We’re down to the final weeks before Region 2’s Awards and Scholarships nominations open (mark the date for <b>August 3rd</b>!) so I wanted to share some important updates, tools, and tips for creating a strong nomination.<br />
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For the first time ever, Region 2 has <b>scoring rubrics</b> for each and every award and scholarship! These scoring rubrics provide an outline of exactly what evaluators will be rating as they review nominations. These will be posted to the Region 2 Awards and Scholarships website soon, but you can <b><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lGy-kET0w4HQ7u-yIe97CkP9rqEd5kDE?usp=sharing">access the scoring rubrics here</a>!</b><br />
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<b><u>AWARDS </u></b><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
<i>*Nominations will be open August 3, 2020 - November 1, 2020. </i><br />
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Excellence in Advising - New Advisor <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Excellence in Advising - Primary Role <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Excellence in Advising - Faculty Advisor <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Excellence in Advising - Advising Administrator <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Region 2 Outstanding Advising Advocate Award <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Service to Region 2 Award <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Region 2 Outstanding Contribution to Scholarship Award <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
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<b><u>SCHOLARSHIPS<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></u></b><br />
<i>*Nominations will be open August 3, 2020 - November 1, 2020.</i><br />
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Region 2 Ambassador Scholarship <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Region 2 Webinar Scholarship <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Region 2 Research Symposium Scholarship <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Region 2 Jeff Gardner Memorial Summer Institute Scholarship <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
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<i>*Nominations will be open August 1, 2020 - Jan. January 31, 2020.</i><br />
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Region 2 Conference Graduate Student Scholarship <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
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I hope that each of you has already been considering who you will be nominating this year and encourage you to also think about self-nominating! This has certainly been a challenging and unprecedented year, so now more than ever I hope Region 2 can pull together to recognize our amazing #R2RockStars.<br />
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To help you with this process, I have put together <b>five tips for creating a strong nomination</b>:<br />
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<b>1. Include all documentation. </b><br />
For most awards and scholarships, only the nomination letter is required. However, you can and should include up to two letters of support, a resume or curriculum vitae, and a personal advising philosophy statement. Each piece of documentation provides a unique opportunity to showcase the nominee’s qualifications and can really help the evaluators to gain more insight into why the nominee deserves the specific award or scholarship. This additional support could be the reason a nominee is selected as a winner in comparison to a nomination lacking additional documentation. You are encouraged to work with the nominee to collect their most up-to-date resume or curriculum vitae and their personal advising philosophy statement as these documents may be strongest when created by the nominee. Be sure to check the scoring rubric for all required and optional documentation.<br />
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<b>2. Be specific to the award or scholarship. </b><br />
Make sure to answer each question from the scoring rubric that corresponds to the specific award or scholarship to which you are nominating. These questions are exactly what the evaluators will be rating when reviewing nominations. For example, in the case of the Region 2 Webinar Scholarship, a nomination speaking to the caring and helpful nature of the nominee would not sufficiently meet the criteria for this scholarship. Instead, the nomination should demonstrate the nominee’s commitment to professional development, list the specific NACADA webinar they are seeking the scholarship for and how it will benefit them or list a specific topic they are seeking a webinar in, and speak to how they will organize for others to participate in the webinar. The recognition and opportunities for each award and scholarship greatly varies; therefore, so should the content of the nominations.<br />
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<b>3. Provide quantitative and qualitative data. </b><br />
Data can provide strong evidence that a nominee meets the qualifications of an award or scholarship. Whenever possible, include quantitative data with numeric support and qualitative data through direct quotes. For example, in the case of the Region 2 Excellence in Advising - Primary Role Award, a strong nomination might state that the nominee has received a 96% rating for their advisees feeling “supported, listened to, and respected” on a self-reported survey and that one advisee stated “my advisor always makes me feel welcome and really takes the time to help me with my concerns while developing a plan I feel comfortable with moving forward”. This data provides a stronger foundation than simply stating that the nominee is supportive of students and makes them feel listened to and respected while developing their academic goals. Data can come from the larger division or institution, not just the nominee’s direct department, and you are encouraged to consider perspectives from various interaction points, such as students, colleagues, direct reports, supervisors, campus partners, etc.<br />
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<b>4. Be clear and concise. </b><br />
Nomination letters, letters of support, and the personal advising philosophy statement should not exceed two pages, single spaced, and must be submitted in pdf format. This means you will want to be very selective in the information included so that you are clearly and concisely answering the scoring rubric questions and showcasing the nominee’s qualifications. You do have creative freedom in how you choose to format the documentation, so feel free to use paragraphs, bullet points, lists, etc. - whatever works best for you!<br />
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<b>5. Make nominating a team effort. </b><br />
Building a strong nomination does not have to be overly time consuming! If there is someone you feel is deserving of an award or scholarship, I would suggest seeking others that may be supportive of this and are willing to contribute to the nomination. The main nominator can then develop a strong nomination letter using the collected numeric data and quotes and can allow others to supplement this through up to two letters of support. These letters of support can be from one direct source of a combination of voices, such as a letter written by one direct report or instead a letter written by multiple direct reports. Both examples can greatly supplement the nomination letter. Consider the strengths, resources, and availability of each individual involved so that as a team you can create an all-encompassing, strong nomination.<br />
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I hope that the scoring rubrics and these nomination tips help you in building your nominations and I look forward to answering any questions you may have! Please contact me at <b>apple@udel.edu</b>.<br />
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Best,<br />
Michele<br />
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Michele Applegate | Academic Advisor II | NACADA Region 2 Awards Chair<br />
(pronouns: she/her/hers)<br />
College of Arts and Sciences | Office of the Assistant Dean | Undergraduate Academic Services<br />
https://www.cas.udel.edu/current-students/uas<br />
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Tim H. Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14502892470577978398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819880594536346387.post-43354532504011932542020-06-05T10:00:00.000-04:002020-06-05T15:44:10.557-04:00We’re in This Too: Standing With Our Students and Colleagues Against Systemic Injustice<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I hope this message finds you well amid all that’s going on right now. How am I? I am a Black man, typing his first blog post as the incoming Region 2 Communications Chair with George Floyd’s memorial service playing in the background. I am writing with feelings of disappointment, anger, sadness, and uncertainty. Yet, I am writing with hopes that oppressive structures will be dismantled, institutional cultures will change, and that members in our educational communities will unite against systemic injustice. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This Tuesday, our Executive Office shared a message with members condemning racial violence and police brutality. I acknowledge that our advising community extends far beyond membership, so I want to take a moment to echo the charge for us </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">all</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to address issues of systemic racism and violence. Taking a stand may be difficult for some of us, but it is necessary. I will type that again: It is necessary. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Many of us are wondering where to start. Many of us are concerned about how our titles, jobs, and relationships will be impacted by speaking up and out. And yes -- many of us are concerned about leaning into our discomfort, being vulnerable, and asking questions. These feelings are not unique and are shared by many of us. However, being uncomfortable is no reason to remain silent. We cannot afford to miss this opportunity to connect with our students, colleagues, and surrounding communities; we’re in this too. Below are a few ways to take a stand and take care of yourself and others in the process. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Check in with your people. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Engage in sincere conversations with your students, colleagues, and community members.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Although “How are you?” tends to be the brief start to our daily conversations, we should embrace and follow through with people who answer that question honestly. Make a point to ask how someone is doing and take the time to acknowledge those feelings before continuing the conversation. Normalize the feelings of disappointment, anger, sadness, and fear. At the same time, be willing to be vulnerable in sharing your feelings and provide words of encouragement. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our advising and collegial relationships are grounded in honesty, respect, and care. Thus, let’s recognize when we need to provide additional support. Check in with your campus partners and share resources for counseling, social support, or wellness activities with those who need them. You must also know when to ask for help or a shoulder to lean on.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Not everyone is willing to share their feelings, and that’s okay. Whether explicitly stated or not, it is important to be aware of the heavy feelings many of our students and colleagues (particularly our Black ones) are carrying. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Make the stand against systemic injustice visible. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Whether it is reposting your institution’s or department’s statement, or sharing your stance in daily conversations, you must be explicit in condemning acts of racism and injustice. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I oversee my office’s social media accounts. I reposted my institution’s statement to affirm our commitment to creating a just society. Shortly afterward, other departments began to follow suit. Although I cannot state that my post created this movement, it was great to see my colleagues engaging students (and their followers) this way. Getting people to comment or like the post was not the goal; I needed people to </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">see</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> where we stand. When we become visible in this front, people will trust </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that we </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>share</i></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> their values. Our students, colleagues, and community members are watching us more than we know.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Make the conversation necessary. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If your institution or department has not made a statement, try to engage them in conversations about our obligations to the field and our communities. No one has all of the answers, nor can we expect everyone to understand the impact of racism on the people who face it daily. If you don’t know where to begin, ask questions, do your research, and ask more questions. Let’s use this opportunity to teach students, colleagues, and community members about the long-standing history of racism and modern-day structures that preserve systemic injustices </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> encourage them to take a stand with us. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We must bring the conversation to the decision-making table. As we develop practices for diversity, equity, and inclusion, we must examine and deconstruct institutional policies and practices that contribute to these oppressive structures. This is perfect timing as advisors and administrators examine the data of students who did not perform well or didn’t graduate this semester. What better way to create institutional change as we prepare to welcome our incoming classes? If you are not in the position to “shake the table,” share the message with your supervisor or colleagues who can. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Take care of yourself. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are navigating personal and professional lives during the height of social unrest </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>and</i></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> a global pandemic. With that said, we must know when to do our job and “sign off” for the day. We must promise ourselves to engage in activities that we enjoy, even if it means asking for a day off (or two) to regroup. I picked up painting, but I am interested in hearing other ways that we can incorporate mental health and wellness into our lives during this time. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There is no one size-fits-all-approach for every individual, department, or institution, but I hope that this blog brings about some much-needed thought. The Executive Office’s message reminds us of our </span><a href="https://nacada.ksu.edu/Resources/Pillars/CoreValues.aspx" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">core values </span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and obligations as advisors. With that said, the conversation does not end here. Let us stand with our students and colleagues to address LGBTQ+ issues, sexism, and sexual assault issues, as well. We’re in this together. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Below are resources shared by the Executive Office. Please share how you and your colleagues/institution joined the conversation on systemic injustice and took a stand! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #414042;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Resources<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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when the world feels overwhelming</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #414042;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #414042;"><a href="https://elink.clickdimensions.com/c/6/?T=MjQxOTk1MTY%3AMDItYjIwMTU0LTE5YjY1Y2YwNGE1ZjRlOTliODI0ZDM4MjNmNjc4ZGQw%3AdGhjb3hAdW1iYy5lZHU%3AY29udGFjdC02NjBkOTI0NzVhMWQ0NDA1YjBhMjA3MDk4NjZjYmZiYS0xMDhiZGVjNWQ0Mjc0MzVlOGIxMjcwNTIxMDRkYWE4ZQ%3AZmFsc2U%3AMQ%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly9kb2NzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20vZG9jdW1lbnQvZC8xQlJsRjJfemhOZTg2U0dnSGE2LVZsQk8tUWdpcklUd0NUdWdTZktpZTVGcy9tb2JpbGViYXNpYz9fY2xkZWU9ZEdoamIzaEFkVzFpWXk1bFpIVSUzZCZyZWNpcGllbnRpZD1jb250YWN0LTY2MGQ5MjQ3NWExZDQ0MDViMGEyMDcwOTg2NmNiZmJhLTEwOGJkZWM1ZDQyNzQzNWU4YjEyNzA1MjEwNGRhYThlJmVzaWQ9MGQ1NDE3YzQtZTRhNC1lYTExLTgwZTMtMDAwZDNhMGVlNGVk&K=p1oovYmS4xZEiiPV5wvjEQ" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2ba9e0;">Anti-racism Resources for White
People</span></a> (Specifically for allies)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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for allies)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Be Allies</span></a> (Specifically for allies)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Age of Black Death Is….A Lot</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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for allies)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Impact of Racism and Discrimination for African-Americans</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Racism and Stress and Anxiety for Black Americans: A Mindfulness and
Acceptance-Based Coping Approach</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Tim Cox is the incoming Region 2 Communications Chair. He currently serves as the Associate Dean of Advising & Co-Curricular Programs (Junior/Senior Class Dean) at Lafayette College in Easton, PA. He can be reached at coxt@lafayette.edu. </div>
Tim H. Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14502892470577978398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819880594536346387.post-53444367700747912102020-04-20T10:00:00.000-04:002020-04-20T10:00:01.271-04:002020 Award Winners - Service to Region 2, Jeff Gardner Memorial Scholarship, and more! <i>We're excited to introduce you to another fantastic group of 2020
NACADA Region 2 Award Winners! Please say hello to our recipients of the
Service to Region 2 Award, Outstanding Advisor Advocate Award, Region 2 Ambassador Scholarship,</i><i> Jeff Gardner Memorial Scholarship for Professional Development, Research Symposium Scholarship, and Webinar Scholarship! </i><br />
<i><br />Don't forget that we'll be celebrating all of the award
winners during our Region 2 Talks Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, April 21.
For more information visit <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/201906061107412/">https://www.facebook.com/events/201906061107412/</a>. And feel free to give these folks a shout-out using the #R2gratitude hashtag! </i><br />
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<b>Karen B. Watson | Virginia Tech | Service to Region 2 Award </b><br />
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Karen Watson is the Director of Academic Support in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech (VT) and serves as the head academic advisor for the college. She has held this position for 23 years in two different colleges at VT. She is responsible for providing academic support to all students in the college with an emphasis on supporting probation and academic warning students, and those students having academic difficulty. In her role she also provides support to all of the academic advisors in the college. She directs the Advising Interest Group which has representation from all departments in the college and she coordinates academic advising for New Student Orientation.<br />
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Recently she has served as the academic advisor for the new Human Sciences and Pre-Education Undecided majors in the college and teaches their first-year experience class. She was a part of a study group several years ago which provided information that led to the development of the University’s first-year experience program. As the director she serves the students in her college through the awarding of all of their transfer credits and she serves all students at VT through the evaluation of all courses from elsewhere that find their home in one of 14 college departments. She works closely with the Registrar’s Office, Global Education Office and students studying abroad having their credit evaluated and authorizing their taking courses elsewhere.<br />
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Karen served as the Region 2 Virginia Liaison for 4 years. The Commonwealth of Virginia is the largest member of Region 2 and one of Karen’s work focused on making sure that all NACADA members from the Commonwealth had an opportunity to participate in some type of professional development program. While liaison she piloted the NACADA Drive-out model focusing on professional development opportunities for the Virginia Community College academic advisors in the rural southwestern area of the Commonwealth. While liaison she hosted the Virginia Drive-in conference on the Virginia Tech campus and provided guidance to two other schools in Virginia who hosted drive-in conferences. As a member of the steering committee for region 2 Karen advocated for handicapped accommodations at Region 2 meetings for the disabled. She encourage Region 2 conference planners to provide handicapped seating in concurrent sessions and to include in their promotional materials information for handicapped members and the accommodations available to them. Karen was dedicated to serving on the steering committee where meetings were held twice a year somewhere in the region. In her 4 years of serving on that committee she missed only one meeting in person even though it usually took her on average 4 to 6 hours to drive to the meetings. <br />
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<b>Kelly Coldiron | Virginia Commonwealth University | Outstanding Advising Advocate Award </b><br />
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Kelly Coldiron served in a number of capacities at Virginia Commonwealth University over the course of her 30-plus year career, most recently serving as the Director of Student Services with the Division of Strategic Enrollment Management. Kelly is a firm believer that a little in-person guidance and a lot of empathy goes a long way in helping students have a successful enrollment and academic experience at VCU. She is a student advocate who is known widely for her diligent work with students from the start of their VCU experience until graduation. She is inspired by the network of colleagues across the university who consistently provide students with guidance and support as they pursue their academic goals. Kelly looks forward to continuing to lead change and innovation at VCU through her newly appointed role as Enrollment Experience Director with Strategic Enrollment Management.<br />
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<b>Moira Curtis | University of Delaware | Region 2 Ambassador Scholarship </b><br />
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Moira Curtis currently serves as an Academic Advisor at the University of Delaware. She has been at the University since January of 2017 and works in the University Studies Program that serves the undeclared students. In addition to her role as Academic Advisor she also teaches two courses for the University, First Year Seminar and a course focused on major exploration. Before coming to the University of Delaware she worked at Montclair State University with both the undeclared students and those in the College of Education and Human Services. Moira earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Trinity Washington University in D.C. and her Master of Arts in Counseling from Montclair State University.<br />
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Moira joined NACADA in 2016 and attended her first Region 2 conference in College Park that year. After attending the NACADA region 2 conference in Pittsburgh in 2017, Moira quickly got involved in the region by serving as the Technology Chair for the Region 2 conference in Dover in 2018 and then the Technology Co-Chair for the Region 2 conference in Atlantic City in 2019. She also has served as a mentor in the Region 2 mentoring program over this past year and in 2019 she served on the Delaware Drive-In conference committee as well. Moira is keeping her eyes open for the next opportunity to get involved within NACADA!<br />
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<b>Emily Artello | Penn State Behrend </b><b>| </b><b>Region 2 Jeff Gardner Memorial Scholarship for Professional Development </b><br />
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Emily Artello has been an academic adviser at Penn State Behrend since 2005; she works with exploratory students, Education majors and Dual Enrollment students there. In her role, she also coordinates faculty adviser training for the campus. Within NACADA, Emily currently is a member of the Education Advising Community Steering Committee as well as the Summer Institute Steering Committee. She earned her B.A. in Political Science from Penn State and her Ed.M. in Higher Education from the University at Buffalo.<br />
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<b>Margaret Eimers | Penn State Behrend </b><b>| </b><b>Region 2 Research Symposium Scholarship </b><br />
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Maggie Eimers is an academic adviser within the Division of Undergraduate Studies in the Academic and Career Planning Center (ACPC) at Penn State Behrend: currently working with students and colleagues in the School of Science, the College of Agricultural Sciences, the College of Health and Human Development, and the College of Nursing. She also currently serves as an adjunct lecturer of psychology in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and previously served as a Career Counselor in the ACPC . Maggie is a proud Penn State alum (WE ARE!) of both World Campus for her M.Ed. in Higher Education with focus in student engagement and institutional research and Penn State Behrend for her B. S. in Psychology. Maggie’s advising philosophy is rooted in Astin’s I E O Model and Gorton’s Career Decision-Making Model. Her goal is to help students create a coherent plan based on their experiences and level of development, empowering them to make informed choices in academic planning holistically through their curricular, co-curricular, and extra-curricular endeavors.<br />
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Maggie joined NACADA in 2016 and since then has participated at the regional and national level. She enjoyed the NACADA Academic Advising Summer Institute in Green Bay, Wisconsin in 2017. There she and her team developed a professional development series for faculty advisers at Behrend to enhance their blended advising model. She co-presented at the 2019 Western Pennsylvania Drive-in with Carrie Egnosak, Dawn Coder, and Stephanie Vlajic on Leadership, Fear, and Positivity in advising. Maggie enjoys researching identifying factors of student success and evaluating effective programming to aid students in greater levels of persistence and success. During her time as a career counselor she began gathering data from the 2015 student cohort and plans to assess the effectiveness of advising practices in that cohort at the 2020 NACADA Research symposium in Chicago, Illinois.<br />
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<b>Melissa Gallagher | La Salle University | Webinar Scholarship</b><br />
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Melissa Gallagher is the Assistant Director of the Center for Academic Achievement at La Salle University. Her work focuses on supporting students through overseeing and providing academic coaching and tutoring support services, participating in various student success and retention initiatives, and coordinating first-year advising services on campus. She also has served as a first-year Undecided Liberal Arts adviser. She earned her B.A. in English from Franklin & Marshall College and her M.S.Ed. in Reading/Writing/Literacy Education from the University of Pennsylvania. She has been a NACADA member for two years and participated in the Region 2 Mentoring program as a mentee this past year.<br />
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Liztastichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07382115248733945165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819880594536346387.post-90451183331115213962020-04-13T14:10:00.000-04:002020-04-13T14:10:19.715-04:002020 Award Winners - Advisor Primary Role, Faculty Advisor, & Graduate Student Scholarship<i>We're excited to introduce you to another fantastic group of 2020 NACADA Region 2 Award Winners! Please say hello to our recipients of the Advisor Primary Role, Faculty Advisor, and Graduate Student Scholarship Awards! <br /><br />Don't forget that we'll be celebrating all of the award winners during our Region 2 Talks Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, April 21. For more information visit <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/201906061107412/">https://www.facebook.com/events/201906061107412/</a>. And feel free to give these folks a shout-out using the #R2gratitude hashtag! </i><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9iS61Br_m_knNopblQp3mBh0u0DTzVpcXR_u4A8GS1JEREufcFaVeOeObgDR_Q3qLpk-8NBxeQW5aDtpB6h0HGGX4deFTw3b9QIYP3nRwKJO3cU7KqasSb4lvUByrQvZcaR7Hjc6bjKB/s1600/Joanne+Garfield+use.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9iS61Br_m_knNopblQp3mBh0u0DTzVpcXR_u4A8GS1JEREufcFaVeOeObgDR_Q3qLpk-8NBxeQW5aDtpB6h0HGGX4deFTw3b9QIYP3nRwKJO3cU7KqasSb4lvUByrQvZcaR7Hjc6bjKB/s320/Joanne+Garfield+use.png" width="228" /></a><br /><br /><b>Joanne Garfield | Temple University | Excellence in Advising - Advisor Primary Role </b><br />Joanne Garfield is the Senior Advisor for International Students at Temple University where she manages the academic advising processes for Global Programs inbound exchange and study-abroad students as well as provides secondary advising support for all Temple international students. Joanne works closely with colleagues from Temple’s Office of International Affairs and the Language Lounge to bring a holistic approach to supporting international student success. Joanne and colleagues were awarded two Temple University internationalization grants. The second was used to create and facilitate Temple’s first in-country student pre-departure orientation in Beijing and Shanghai, China. Prior to working at Temple, Joanne worked in international education in Israel and taught ESL in St. Petersburg, Russia. She also has extensive experience working with traditional and non-traditional students from diverse academic, socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. Joanne has a master’s degree in Teaching from Southern Oregon University and a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Rutgers University-New Brunswick.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6vWR8dbhsgjyOvdNCpAai4pVOsOB1fzRwtte7LP2iajy8xNc-lKL72vaOn7Ml6QqxYq4RXyGqQuD_elPqiVGUKr-RVw8Y1_fTcx15sY1wFUJshLd0vBO70_faA5QDG6ldk0C1rNHJe4GK/s1600/Carrie+Egnosak+-+Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6vWR8dbhsgjyOvdNCpAai4pVOsOB1fzRwtte7LP2iajy8xNc-lKL72vaOn7Ml6QqxYq4RXyGqQuD_elPqiVGUKr-RVw8Y1_fTcx15sY1wFUJshLd0vBO70_faA5QDG6ldk0C1rNHJe4GK/s320/Carrie+Egnosak+-+Copy.jpg" width="256" /></a><br /><br /><b>Carrie Egnosak | Penn State Behrend | Excellence in Advising - Advisor Primary Role Certificate of Merit </b><br /><br />Carrie Egnosak is an Academic Adviser in the Academic and Career Planning (ACPC) at Penn State Behrend. As an ACPC adviser she works with exploratory students through Penn State’s Division of Undergraduate Studies and advises students in a variety of Engineering majors as the ACPC Engineering Liaison. She also co-facilitates the Behrend Adviser Training & Professional Development Workshop Series, participates in a variety of Penn State committees and teaches first year seminar. Prior to joining the ACPC in June 2008 Carrie served as the Career Services Coordinator and an Academic Adviser at Penn State Shenango for several years. In this role she was a member of the Western Pennsylvania Career Services Association (WestPACS) and served as Co-chair for Site and Hospitality for several years before becoming Vice President. She earned her Master of Arts in Student Affairs in Higher Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Penn State Behrend. As a proud Behrend alumna (We Are Penn State!), Carrie enjoys helping students explore their interests, engage in the community, and find their passion.<br /><br />Carrie also enjoys being a member of and bringing folks into the #NACADAfamily. She became a member of NACADA in 2010 and since then has presented at several region conferences, chaired the Western Pennsylvania Drive-in, served on the Region 2 conference committee as Co-Chair for Volunteers and Evaluations, received the Webinar and Region 2 Ambassador Scholarships and recently presented in the first Region 2 Talks series. She also currently serves on the Region 2 Steering Committee as the Western Pennsylvania Liaison and is excited to be involved with the proposed development of a new NACADA Advising Community, Adviser Wellbeing and Retention. If you’re looking to get more involved with NACADA, especially in Western Pennsylvania, don’t hesitate to reach out (cae136@psu.edu). <br /><br />Carrie currently resides in beautiful Erie Pennsylvania, only a few blocks from Lake Erie, with her dog Peyton. She is an active member of the Penn State Behrend Alumni Society, Lake Erie Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association and the Erie Diocesan Cursillo Movement. She grew up on her grandparent’s farm in Scenery Hill, a small town (no stoplights) in Southwestern Pennsylvania, and enjoys annual trips to visit friends in her happy place, Ocean City New Jersey.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidEcdDY2C7LwJJq3Q1JhD8MPe81RMnVZ1W0IDTkYmE3neDWVeFycGRYnwnp59IKbV0rCrrPjzOI7HWuTXhF4XbfxDSRq2tt6WwgtTZo08VK6q7wzYeKlRJI7JTcEDykQrCBB4CzH6Jq7HG/s1600/Jacob+Tousignaut+-+Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidEcdDY2C7LwJJq3Q1JhD8MPe81RMnVZ1W0IDTkYmE3neDWVeFycGRYnwnp59IKbV0rCrrPjzOI7HWuTXhF4XbfxDSRq2tt6WwgtTZo08VK6q7wzYeKlRJI7JTcEDykQrCBB4CzH6Jq7HG/s400/Jacob+Tousignaut+-+Copy.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><b>Jacob Tousignaut | Old Dominion University | Excellence in Advising - Advisor Primary Role Certificate of Merit </b><br /><br />Jacob Tousignaut has been an Academic Advisor for the College of Health Sciences at Old Dominion University since March 2015. In his role he advises on-campus, undergraduate students who are seeking admission to one of the Health Sciences programs. By meeting with his students each semester Jacob helps teach them how to navigate campus resources, how to interpret and follow the admission criteria for their intended major, and create a plan for their success. Since many of the programs in the College of Health Sciences are very competitive talking with students about parallel majors is also a key component to what he discusses with his students during their advising appointments. Jacob also teaches a section of HLTH 101: Introduction to the Health professions, a 1 credit hour course that is attached to the Health Professions Learning Community every fall semester. In 2019 he was elected Chair of the Old Dominion Advising Network (ODAN) an allied member of NACADA, and was awarded the ODU Excellence in Advising Award for Advisor, Primary Role. He has also been recognized by students and awarded the Certificate of Appreciation Outstanding Advisor Award. Jacob earned both his Bachelor of Science in Global Business in 2010, and Master of Education in Teaching English as a Second Language in 2013 from Regent University in Virginia Beach. He loves spending his free time with his wife and 3 kids. They reside in Suffolk, VA.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLK1OK6b9OXzQX1Gziz9DKjBtcc4642PG_sa0x-sbw7ujVdKzY-sUADAXwMen_HWIJXuzfdOq6KoEaoYo0Ikf_k7aXw7-5I9uZEl570VB-NhCPBQ4nYNCFI9i3APH3NSAEpVTMZU64XjE/s1600/Matthew+Hart+use.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLK1OK6b9OXzQX1Gziz9DKjBtcc4642PG_sa0x-sbw7ujVdKzY-sUADAXwMen_HWIJXuzfdOq6KoEaoYo0Ikf_k7aXw7-5I9uZEl570VB-NhCPBQ4nYNCFI9i3APH3NSAEpVTMZU64XjE/s320/Matthew+Hart+use.jpg" width="228" /></a><br /><br /><b>Matthew Hart | Old Dominion University | Excellence in Advising - Advisor Primary Role Certificate of Merit </b><br />Matthew Hart currently serves as one of the Student Success Director’s at Old Dominion University in the Distance Learning Department. He advises students in the College of Sciences at ODU who are majoring fully online. Matthew advises students who are traditional students, non-traditional students, and first generation students. Matthew also serves on the Old Dominion Advising Network (ODAN) Board. Matthew received his Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational and Technical Studies from Old Dominion University in 2013, and completed his Master’s Degree in Business with a focus in Management and Leadership from Liberty University (Online) in 2014. Matthew also serves as an Adjunct Instructor at ODU in their Leadership major teaching 400 level courses in Leadership. Matthew has nine years’ experience in higher education. He served five years with the Virginia Community College System, and has now served four years with ODU. Matthew currently resides in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area and enjoys spending his free time and weekends either at Busch Gardens riding roller coasters, or laying on the beach.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVeAvE8hf1B6fmO4DOxetmN7UtClg7sQPV4iU4pcAYWD92jvPXYsw_cRup68XtLnuPJomuoJ9XV4NnYOyTgZ0b5Ty9seLNXRlmFmsISsNMSLCE-o3XcvEjXFC1AkST1j-rlvDtuOFpVRUV/s1600/Anya+Lunden+use.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVeAvE8hf1B6fmO4DOxetmN7UtClg7sQPV4iU4pcAYWD92jvPXYsw_cRup68XtLnuPJomuoJ9XV4NnYOyTgZ0b5Ty9seLNXRlmFmsISsNMSLCE-o3XcvEjXFC1AkST1j-rlvDtuOFpVRUV/s320/Anya+Lunden+use.jpg" width="228" /></a><br /><br /><b>Anya Lunden | William & Mary | Excellence in Advising - Faculty Advisor </b><br />Dr. Anya Lunden is the Class of 2022 Associate Professor of English at William & Mary and is currently Director of the Linguistics Program. Like many other faculty members, she serves as a pre-major advisor to incoming freshmen and undeclared sophomores, in addition to advising majors in her area of Linguistics. She enjoys advising students at all levels as she appreciates learning more about their interests and finds it satisfying to problem-solve to make personalized plans that bring them joy and fulfillment. Dr. Lunden received her PhD in Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2006. She joined William & Mary as a Visiting Assistant Professor that year and moved into an Assistant Professor position in 2012. She appreciates the relatively small size of William & Mary, which makes it feasible to advise incoming freshmen interested in majors across Arts & Sciences. She feels there is something special about meeting with freshmen for their initial advising appointments just a few days after they first arrive on campus, thus being one of the first faculty members to welcome them and let them know that faculty care and are here to help. Dr. Lunden's research is in finding perceptual motivation for sound patterns across languages.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNOvur4hIPB0q78YDx4iDSnP9-smDlKhWB6LdPEU9lcZoGENv2fjDMcJopE7grDi6mI1efNzH8b7FYIU8cO88LS3GQUGhtVGKxwvbBiwVJo41clYhAiJ8yqm2kLrrbNdH_ieN3kfzuqp9J/s1600/Timothy+G.+Cook+use.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNOvur4hIPB0q78YDx4iDSnP9-smDlKhWB6LdPEU9lcZoGENv2fjDMcJopE7grDi6mI1efNzH8b7FYIU8cO88LS3GQUGhtVGKxwvbBiwVJo41clYhAiJ8yqm2kLrrbNdH_ieN3kfzuqp9J/s400/Timothy+G.+Cook+use.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><b>Timothy G. Cook | Virginia Commonwealth University | Excellence in Advising - Faculty Advisor Certificate of Merit </b><br /><br />Tim Cook is the Director for the Risk and Insurance Studies Center at Virginia Commonwealth University and has over 35 years of experience in the insurance industry spanning multiple disciplines, including: claims; underwriting; sales; marketing; and management. He most recently was responsible for recruiting students; soliciting scholarships; locating internships and employment opportunities; organizing and leading the annual RISC Conference on an emerging insurance related topic; and pursuing sources of revenue to fund the program’s initiatives, including taking groups of students to various insurance conferences (NAPSLO, GIS, RIMS). He was also a non-tenured faculty member, teaching insurance topic courses, as well as the faculty advisor for Gamma Iota Sigma. He has worked directly with students in encouraging studies and pursuit of a professional career in Insurance and is excited to start his next journey in retirement. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgefbEiU0X9dXkPkNvhd8zPYeVecxLydT7CMar1iG-J1JEJTNF9yWWTQOkPBs70fZNcDTKfglof6YcY2DTfGDYeGmiS1onxGIr3RYfFAhGT1vqzeGaHLY4oUtOrAKHvXgBf7uNIqr2ZFSgx/s1600/Michele+Warch+use.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgefbEiU0X9dXkPkNvhd8zPYeVecxLydT7CMar1iG-J1JEJTNF9yWWTQOkPBs70fZNcDTKfglof6YcY2DTfGDYeGmiS1onxGIr3RYfFAhGT1vqzeGaHLY4oUtOrAKHvXgBf7uNIqr2ZFSgx/s320/Michele+Warch+use.jpg" width="228" /></a><br /><br /><b>Michele Warch | Delaware Technical Community College | Excellence in Advising - Faculty Advisor Certificate of Merit </b><br /><br />Michele Warch, Department Chair for Human Services at the Owens Campus of Delaware Technical Community College, advises a range of approximately 125 active students, in addition to remaining a resource and advocate for 3 to 4 times as many inactive students. While Michele has her own list of assigned advisees, she interacts with and advocates for all human services students, past and present. She actively maintains connections with graduates, alum, and current students through a variety of modalities, led her department to incorporate service learning components in each class, is a promoter of problem-solving and project-based learning, and has created strong relationships with community agencies and employers as well as higher education partners to ensure smooth transitions to further education and/or the workforce.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOiM83OWhB1fZBPnDUnOFhH-f-NPIt575PUmS97ILwHWUQfkKX9FE5FYl12SIWxp0J_yLqeJJ96Q2BPVa3vikGl6QpfHSlZd-yNCm_727tmJmgfryRtibwZbNAXdxZgCsoBoOvcveyFY90/s1600/Colleen+Burke+use.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOiM83OWhB1fZBPnDUnOFhH-f-NPIt575PUmS97ILwHWUQfkKX9FE5FYl12SIWxp0J_yLqeJJ96Q2BPVa3vikGl6QpfHSlZd-yNCm_727tmJmgfryRtibwZbNAXdxZgCsoBoOvcveyFY90/s320/Colleen+Burke+use.jpg" width="228" /></a><br /><br /><b>Colleen G. Burke | Old Dominion University | Region 2 Conference Graduate Student Scholarship</b><br />Colleen Burke has been the Graduate Assistant for the Center for Advising Administration & Academic Partnerships at Old Dominion University (ODU) since August 2018. She is currently working on her M.S.Ed. in Higher Education with a concentration in Student Affairs and will graduate in May 2020. During her time at ODU she has worked with students in academic difficulty, first-year success classes, and students returning from suspension. Colleen is a member of the Old Dominion Advising Network (ODAN) and has also worked in orientation and student conduct at ODU. Prior to joining the ODU family, Colleen earned her B.A. in History at Christopher Newport University. From there she spent a year in the Disney College Program at Walt Disney World. She is currently working on finishing her last semester and looking forward to her June wedding. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0aXMxZYlrJ_2rEZNOzvKYzUUVEtqkYOrkopvT3ken0bMHY2bki_F0htpnpUgbzzOyMoiiVo9r3MMSI76HcpYnsCq4gg-ttIlSRdgi_erjI1Ou3YLMIQd6sB7wAVMKIaxofWreFO5VTzu/s1600/Andrew+Garda+use.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0aXMxZYlrJ_2rEZNOzvKYzUUVEtqkYOrkopvT3ken0bMHY2bki_F0htpnpUgbzzOyMoiiVo9r3MMSI76HcpYnsCq4gg-ttIlSRdgi_erjI1Ou3YLMIQd6sB7wAVMKIaxofWreFO5VTzu/s400/Andrew+Garda+use.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><b>Andrew Garda | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | Region 2 Conference Graduate Student Scholarship</b><br />Andrew Garda is currently finishing his MS in Higher Education Policy & Student Affairs from West Chester University. At WCU he has served as a Student Success Coach GA in the Learning Assistance & Resource Center since 2018, where he found his passion for supporting students in their academic journeys. He has also worked at WCU’s Career Development Center and University of South Florida - St. Petersburg’s Department of Student Life & Engagement, gaining competencies in career counseling, technology, and leadership education. He has been part of NACADA since September of 2018, later presenting on interpersonal relationship building at both the Eastern PA Drive-in and Delaware Drive-In in 2019. He received a BS in Operations Management, Marketing, and Business Management from University of Delaware in 2018. His passion for higher education stems from his undergraduate experiences as a Student Ambassador and a Wellness Peer Educator.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVTo6_LiA9IxENhYUc9gw3xA76lYDuTghyphenhyphen2D0htQy9Vs8dl9vypikWKtRzRIMM4oWvQcLB_VuArHAZhgcQ1HzvlOTy3rkyyzV97QZhpjX5kot-L9XD7c4yFJgvzn7iLIl1fSuIX5w_CiyJ/s1600/Hope+Kremer+use.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVTo6_LiA9IxENhYUc9gw3xA76lYDuTghyphenhyphen2D0htQy9Vs8dl9vypikWKtRzRIMM4oWvQcLB_VuArHAZhgcQ1HzvlOTy3rkyyzV97QZhpjX5kot-L9XD7c4yFJgvzn7iLIl1fSuIX5w_CiyJ/s320/Hope+Kremer+use.jpg" width="228" /></a><br /><br /><b>Hope Kremer | Montclair State University | Region 2 Conference Graduate Student Scholarship</b><br />Hope Kremer is a graduate student at Montclair State University. She is working towards attaining her Master’s in Counseling with a concentration in Student Affairs and Higher Education. At Montclair, she works as an Academic Advisor for the inaugural University College; their student population consists of roughly 1,400 pre-major students. Her current charge is to work with students on the verge of academic probation (cumulative GPA 2.00-2.249). She works closely with them providing holistic advising and tailoring appointments to student’s needs. Prior to her employment with University College, Hope was a graduate assistant to the Dean of the College of Education and Human Services. Her primary role was working with the Assessment and Accreditation team for their Teacher Education program. While she found this work important and challenging she yearned for more student interaction – happily she has achieved this in her new role.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuUW9QNvjNXrAz_Av0se6TqMnnYFN5Tw7a-YTKW8FEuA2UM5Wgj5ztnMFHy-hxd47oy0eH0sGVeQ_PMJbU6fblBI-8q8Cn8XS6Bx5CVXBeBX8sKtdChH4x5FGxY0XfjSmvPbjS60Nod8Wp/s1600/Cynthia+N.+S%25C3%25A1nchez+G%25C3%25B3mez+use.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuUW9QNvjNXrAz_Av0se6TqMnnYFN5Tw7a-YTKW8FEuA2UM5Wgj5ztnMFHy-hxd47oy0eH0sGVeQ_PMJbU6fblBI-8q8Cn8XS6Bx5CVXBeBX8sKtdChH4x5FGxY0XfjSmvPbjS60Nod8Wp/s320/Cynthia+N.+S%25C3%25A1nchez+G%25C3%25B3mez+use.jpg" width="228" /></a><br /><br /><b>Cynthia N. Sánchez Gómez | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | Region 2 Conference Graduate Student Scholarship</b><br /><br />Cynthia Sánchez Gómez is an assistant dean for the School of Arts and Sciences Honors Program at Rutgers University – New Brunswick. She offers honors academic advising, coordinates honors global experiences, supports honors admissions, and advises student leaders. She is a proud Rutgers University alumna with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and Spanish from the RU-Newark College of Arts and Sciences. She also has a master’s degree in College Student Affairs from the Graduate School of Education and is currently pursuing a PhD in higher education there. Her expertise in higher education developed through her work in the areas of STEM education, student activities, student organization and academic advising, new student orientation, and first-year experience. Her research focuses on exploring the experiences of immigrant youth, particularly of undocumented students enrolled in higher education.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRF38gVYvOEjaWZgWGVHfdYng3-pji3Z6Ry9gnGodfa2bfKTxfYNs2laTKpmG5SmxI4XBD-4iBKuHp1udZQEwcSvN0OwJLl7kKKHZD2aqzg32LvQAKXZuwA9CbQjVrJmOJIzQQojEs2lic/s1600/Micah+Hodges+use.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRF38gVYvOEjaWZgWGVHfdYng3-pji3Z6Ry9gnGodfa2bfKTxfYNs2laTKpmG5SmxI4XBD-4iBKuHp1udZQEwcSvN0OwJLl7kKKHZD2aqzg32LvQAKXZuwA9CbQjVrJmOJIzQQojEs2lic/s320/Micah+Hodges+use.jpg" width="228" /></a><br /><br /><b>Micah Hodges | James Madison University | Region 2 Conference Graduate Student Scholarship</b><br />Micah Hodges is currently a 2nd year M.Ed. candidate in Counseling Psychology with a concentration in College Student Personnel Administration at James Madison University. His current assistantship is with Academic Student Services, where he coordinates the Academic Success Program. In his first year, Micah worked at the Dux (pronounced “Dukes”) Leadership Center as the inaugural Graduate Assistant. He has also held practicum positions within Career and Academic Planning and as a Residence Life Coordinator in summer of 2019. Micah is a proponent for neurodiversity and has had the opportunity to present about his experiences regarding disability at JMU’s inaugural Student Diversity Summit. Micah desires to make a difference in student’s lives through academic success believing that wholeness and self-actualization are what lead to greater holistic success. He is a proud JMU “Double Duke”, an avid lover of the arts, loves to dance, and a practicing, beginner yogi. <br /><i style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #4d4e4e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13.86px;"><br /></i>Liztastichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07382115248733945165noreply@blogger.com0