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with the College of Business Promoting Advising: Advising is not just Registration Sherry Elkins Ellen Riley Karmen Brewer MACADA 2018

What Hats do Academic Advisor’s Wear? • Support • Connect • Assess • Plan

Support • Help transition • Both High School and Community College • Provide perspective • Help with University policies, procedures and academic tools

Connect • Campus resources – Tutoring, Counseling, Career Center • Community resources – Basic Needs, Support Groups • Academic Opportunities – Study Away – Internships – Organizations

Assess • Academic Performance – Underlying issues in need of additional resources • Major – Meeting career goals – Realistic

Plan • Develop an academic plan to meet their educational goals • Assist in choosing courses each semester • Ensure all information needed is provided to make academic decisions

How can we promote our services? BE INNOVATIVE. • Go Outside the Office • Use Social Media • Update our Office

Outside the Office Strategies • Join the Student Environment – Quick question table or advisor available – Host and attend events on campus, volunteer on campus • Join student organizations • Send calendar invites – Reach out directly to your students, personal letters, emails – Provide advising information in classroom setting – “Advisor on Board” Riding the Campus Shuttle – “Get Wise: Advising on the Go!” Parking Lot advising

Media Strategies • Social/Digital/Promotional Materials – Facebook – Twitter – Instagram – You. Tube Videos – Digital Screens around building – Campus Media Resources (TV, Radio, Newspaper) – Blog – Brochures/Handouts/To Do Lists/Bookmarks

Office Atmosphere Strategies • Be welcoming, uncluttered • Email upgrades – Shorter subject lines, Ask a question, “You’ve been selected” • Make Walk In times available • Make their own appointment online • Lessen no shows – Send reminder/ calendar invites – Have confirm time and date and if need to cancel will contact us • Be aware of different population needs and time lines • Provide remote meeting opportunities

Goals • Be proactive instead of reactive – Reach out to students who wouldn’t come in for help – Engage in early intervention in hopes of helping students avoid problems • Make connections with students – Adapt to specific student needs • Improve Student Engagement – Lessen No Show appointments

Questions?

Literature Review • 5 ways to create an advising process students will actually take part in. Calendly. com blog. August 2016. • Aiken-Wisniewski, S. and Allen, C. D. (2005) Did Einstein know the date to withdraw? Techniques and activities to education your campus community about academic advising. Retrieved from NACADA Clearinghouse of Academic Advising. • Aljets, A. (2018). Three reasons academic advisors should be a go-to resource for student success efforts. Edsurge. com blog. March 2018. • Becher, J. (2011). Persuading people to keep appointments. Forbes. com. October 2011. • Carroll, T. (2010). The Academic Advising Center: If you build it, they still might not come. Academic Advising Today, March 2010, 33 (1). • Ceballos, J. (2015) Academic Advisors at FAU take on the Parking Garage to reach students on the go. Florida College Access Network, June 2015. • Gaeraths, J. (2017). Meet me halfway: Advising as part of the whole student

Literature Review • Jordan, P. (2003). College Café. Retrieved from NACADA Clearinghouse of Academic Advising. • Nelson, M. (2013). The unreachable student: Techniques and Strategies to increase the influence of Academic Advising. The Mentor: An Academic Advising Journal. February 2013. • Ohrabio, S. (2017). The role of Proactive Advising in Student Success and Retention. Evolllution. com. February 2017. • Papadakis, J. (2013). Increasing visibility and student retention: Marketing within a departmental academic office. Academic Advising Today, June 2013, 36(2). • Simple measures ‘cut NHS missed appointments’. Bbc. com March 2012. • Quinn, S. (2016). The good map: Advising for empowerment. Academic Advising Today, March 2016, 39 (1). • Weimer, M. (2012) 10 Ways to Promote Student Engagement. Faculty Focus. com, July 2012.