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A Message to Fall 2014 Advisor Institute Participants from the PCA
2:45pm—3:45pm
CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS—Continued
Thank you for participating in the Fall 2014 Advisor Institute!
“If Only You Knew…” Enhancing Inclusivity in Our Campus
Through Advisement
This event is designed to be an opportunity for increasing networking opportunities, meeting new
people, and skill building. Additionally, in each session there is an opportunity to learn something
new, refresh previous ideas and build connections to other departments and areas. As we continue to
move toward helping students succeed, the institute is a great way to help us all succeed and build
upon our skills in providing support to students in so many different capacities. Advisors at the
University of New Mexico are invaluable and we recognize all of your hard work. Student success
would not be possible without so many wonderful advisors.
Diana Martinez-Campos
With a diverse body of students, we must work toward building inclusive
environments for our campus. Have you ever wondered how your actions
affect this effort? It is within the spectrum of our job as advisors to create
a safe atmosphere for our students. Come and learn how to do it!
DACA: Rights, Limitations, & How to Serve Them on Campus
The Bla Degree? No, the LOVE YOUR DEGREE Degree!
http://pca.unm.edu
3:45pm—4:00pm
BREAK
4:00pm—4:30pm
Advising Updates
Vanessa Harris, Director of Advising
Student Union Building Map
Thanks to the Advisor Institute Planning Committee for all your hard work on this. Included on the committee
are: Andrew Gonzales, Stephanie Hands, Krystal McCutchen, Shannon Saavedra, Laura Valdez, Rachel Perovich, Mariah Harrison, Lukas Cash, Suzie Vigil, Tiffani Porter, Kelli Ann Hulslander, Ken Van Brott, and JJ
Printed program provided by Graduate Resource Center.
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Trailblazer/Spirit
Dr. Tracy Skipp, Mariah Harrison, and Lukas Cash
Given the new freshman admission process we have a new conversation
about what happens when students aren’t meeting college requirements
down the road. Here we hope to bolster department partnerships and will
also provide information about referring students to LAIS so they fully
understand what to expect from application to graduation.
Sincerely,
Shannon Saavedra
Advisor Institute Chair
[email protected]
Santa Ana B
Armando Bustamante and Jesse Mendez
This session is a discussion concerning the differences of students that are
undocumented and what we, as an advising community, need to do to
help them regardless of their status.
The Institute is sponsored by the Provost’s Committee for Advising (PCA), the Office of Graduate
Studies and the Office of University Advisement. The PCA began in 2005 responding to the
Provost’s call for proposals addressing the need to: enhance advising practices University-wide for
the betterment of students, and to provide advisors with more professional opportunities to develop
and networking within their profession. We would like to give special thanks to the Advisor
Institute Committee members who worked so hard to make this event possible.
Provost’s Committee for Advising
Santa Ana A
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Lobo A & B
1:30pm—2:30pm
MORNING PLENARY SESSIONS
CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS—Continued
Building Equal Access through Professional Partnerships
Trailblazer/Spirit
Joan Green
Many know Accessibility Resource Center (ARC) provides services to
students with disabilities, but many are not aware that they also serve as a
support service for all of UNM. Please join us in an interactive discussion
on practical solutions to common dilemmas like suspecting a student has a
learning disability.
2:30pm—2:45pm
2:45pm—3:45pm
8:00am—8:15am
Registration & Bagel Break
Ballrooms A/B
8:15am—9:00am
Greetings From the Associate Provost
Ballrooms A/B
Greg Heileman, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
9:00am—9:15am
STEM-UP
Carolina Aguirre, Director, STEM-UP CNM/UNM Cooperative
9:15am—9:30am
Break
9:30am—9:45am
Updates on Spring Learning Community Offerings
Sonia Gipson Rankin, Associate Dean, University College
BREAK
CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS
If Data is Driving, Where are We Going?
Appointments, and Emails, and Paperwork! Oh, My! Efficient
and Effective Advisement Practices at Anderson
Fiesta B
Tiffani Porter, Florencio Olguin, Erick Rodriguez, and Tracy Wilkey
Come join the Anderson advisors for a presentation and discussion on
how we have created an efficient and effective system to reach out to our
students and how you can adapt these ideas to make your own office more
efficient and effective too! Let’s learn from each other!
The Digital Arts Certificate Program at
UNM Continuing Education
Isleta
Jenna Crabb
Come find out how Academic Advisors can help students connect the
academic skills they are learning in classes to the jobs they are hoping to
get after they gradate. We will discuss connecting UNM classes to
employer desired skill sets needed for students to obtain their future jobs/
careers!
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Mathematics and Statistics Advising Committee
Ana Parra Lombard, Coordinator, Program Advisement
and Brian Vineyard, Sr. Academic Advisor
Ballrooms A/B
10:05am—10:45am
Enrollment Management Updates
Ballrooms A/B
Alexander Gonzalez, Registrar and Elizabeth Jacquez Amador, Manager,
Financial Aid
10:45am—11:00am
Transition to Breakout Sessions
11:00am—12:00pm
CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS
The RN Pathway Via UNM Gallup
Ballrooms A/B
Elaine Chen and Michelle Lee
Participants will learn about the Nursing program at UNM-Gallup as we
outline key components and program highlights including: recruitment,
retention, outcomes and hurdles students face during their progression
from first semester to graduation. Participants will be provided information
to advise and better assist minority students interested in health career
programs in rural areas.
On the Continuum of Advising: OILS
Fiesta A
Any Vance-Mullins and Dr. Victor Law
The OI&LS program benefits students who have Associate degrees or
technical credit hours, returning students, students in active duty military
and students with military credits, and also, students interested in adult
and online learning, training, and instructional design. This degree can
help students broaden their workforce skills and will improve their career
opportunities.
Caroline Orcutt
The Digital Arts Program at UNM Continuing Education provides
non-credit training in all aspects of digital arts including: graphic design,
web design, photography, videography, multimedia, instructional media,
music production and social media. In addition, we are the only Apple
Authorized Training Center in New Mexico.
I Have to Take What? How Can That Help Me in My Career?
Ballrooms A/B
9:45am—10:05am
Fiesta A
Rachel Perovich
If the word “data” makes you want to run for the hills, don’t worry! The
aim of this session is to take a look at some of the data CFA has collected
for freshmen from NSO and graduating seniors and open a dialog about
what the data really tells us.
Ballrooms A/B
Lobo A/B
Fiesta B
Come On, Get Happy
Lukas Cash
This interactive presentation posits that happiness, or rather, the choice to
be happy, needs to be the primary foundation for all work, especially
advising. Adopting an upbeat mindset, and refusing to let outside circumstances quash that positivity, is crucial in providing the best possible
service for students and also maintaining a healthy mental outlook overall.
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11:00am—12:00pm
CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS—Continued
Isleta
Advising for Study Abroad
Alex Zimmerman, Annette Mares-Duran, and Guida Leicester
This session is an introduction to study abroad at UNM, focusing on the
methods students use to find programs and classes that will integrate with
their degree program, and how we can work with students and their
academic advisors to ensure that studying abroad does not delay students’
graduation.
CEP—Alternative Pathways to UNM
1:30pm—2:30pm
CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Lobo A/B
Probation—Beyond the Contract
Santa Ana A
Isleta
Green Zone
Nicole Jones and Mandy Dykman
Green Zone Training prepares university faculty and staff to better
understand the experience of veterans, service members and their families
at UNM. Participants will be able to better communicate the strengths,
challenges and unique needs of our military student population and be
better equipped to refer them to appropriate services when needed.
CAPS—Your Tutoring Learning Center
Santa Ana B
Trailblazer/Spirit
Kelli Hulslander
A&S Advisement utilizes a series of group advisement workshops to
provide specific learning opportunities at four different stages of students’
academic careers: new to college, completing pre-major requirements,
department orientation, and graduation planning. The session will be
hosted as an open discussion with advisors that effectively offer these
workshops.
LUNCH: Round Table Discussions
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Santa Ana A
Laura Valdez
A freshman is in your office and in a panic over a low grade on what
appears to be an insignificant quiz. Being that you are the caring advisor,
you dig through your bag of knowledge, gained in this workshop, to find
ways to help the student problem solve.
Game-Changing Strategies in Planning for and Applying to
Graduate School
Ballrooms A/B
Lobo A/B
Matthew Maez and Gary Allison
Since gaining national recognition as the top tutoring center in 2012,
CAPS has gone through an impressive growth spurt that has changed how
we serve students and help them achieve academic success. Learn how
we’ve transformed from a tutoring center into a learning center in this
presentation.
The Rocky Road: Freshman Year
12:00pm—1:15pm
Fiesta B
Bradford Beck and Marlene Sanchez
When a student signs a probation contract, they embark on a journey to
improve their academic standing, increasing their ability to succeed in the
world of higher learning. As an advisor, we represent a lifeline in that
quest. Each advisor possesses the ability to relay a message of support
through the practices of communication, mentoring, and goal-setting.
Frank Borja and Christopher Larranaga
This session will incorporate strategies on using LoboAchieve. Topics
will range from personalizing notes, using the advanced search function,
and sending out multiple Flag messages to students. The presentation will
offer templates on various Flags and allow participants an opportunity to
ask questions in order to better help their students.
Achieving Learning Outcomes With Use of Group Advisement
Fiesta A
Sonia Gipson Rankin, Julie Sanchez, and Lisa Hahn
High impact courses in the Academic Communities Program at UNM
serve as a gateway to student academic success. This session will provide
a hands-on workshop for finding the right FLC in your college.
Michelle Lee, Wyatt Stiger, Roxanne Trujillo, Melissa Collings, Paula
Sayers, Sheryl Luther and Laura Leekela
This session will highlight the Seven Areas of Advisement through the
lens of Branch Campus Advisors. The experiences and expectations of
being an Open Enrollment institution can create additional advisement
benefits and challenges. We welcome those experiences and seek to
facilitate an advisement relationship that promotes student retention,
graduation and successful matriculation into our on-campus Extended
Learning program and/or beyond.
Effectively Utilizing LoboAchieve
Transition to Breakout Sessions
Do High Impact Courses Make a Difference
Sergio Najera, Jose Villar, and Andrew Gonzalez
Admission requirements at UNM are changing. Come learn about two
initiatives housed within the College Enrichment Program that are aimed
towards providing alternate admission pathways. The Early Start and
Gateway Programs help students from various educational backgrounds
attain access to UNM.
The Seven Areas of our Advisement Rainbow
1:15pm—1:30pm
Talal Saint-Lôt, Anne Burtnett, and Santhosh Chandrashekar
Find out how to help your undergraduate students strategize, plan for and
apply to graduate school by referring them to existing campus resources.
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Santa Ana B