2025 Advising Forum
Photo by Heidi Flores
Advising for Student Success: An Ecological Perspective
Sep 4, 2025 - Sep 5, 2025 at Humanities Lecture Hall
Schedule
Sep 4, 2025
Foundations and Shared Collective understandings
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9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
Welcome Remarks & Opening Keynote - State of Higher Education |
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10:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
Homeroom 1 - Introductions |
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Group Dynamics Activity |
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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM |
Lunch |
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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM |
Homeroom 2 |
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2:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
EAB re-rollout |
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4:00 PM |
Social hour at Abbott Square (optional) |
Sep 5, 2025
Conocimiento, Priorities, and Application
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9:00 - 9:30 AM |
Keynote: Ecological Approach to Advising & Student Success |
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9:30 - 11:30 AM |
Homeroom 3 - Advising Case Studies framed by the Ecological Validation Model (pg. 2 and 5) |
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11:30 - 12:00 PM |
Recognizing the Work of Advisors: Advising Community Recognitions and Awards |
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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM |
Lunch |
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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM |
Concurrent Sessions: Advising Best Practices
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2:00 - 2:30 PM |
Homeroom 4 |
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2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
State of Advising Closing Keynote |
Parking
Map of Lot 107, 109 & 110
What is Homeroom?
Guided by a volunteer facilitator (one of your colleagues!), Homeroom is a small, consistent group of participants that meets multiple times throughout the conference. It’s designed to create a trusted space where attendees can:
- Reflect on what they’re learning
- Connect more personally with one another
- Ask questions
- Share insights and challenges
- Build community across roles
During Homeroom, we will set aside time for Cultural Introductions. A cultural introduction is a short personal sharing that highlights your background, identity, and experiences to help others understand your context and connect with you.
Think of Homeroom as your “home base” during the next 2 days; a smaller space for deeper conversations, sense-making, and relationship-building.
