2010 Winter Advising Forum
Annual Winter Advising Forum 2010
Presented March 11, 2010
8:00 – 8:30: Registration, icebreaker, and coffee
8:30 – 9:00: Welcome and Opening Remarks: Bill Ladusaw, Vice Provost & Dean of Undergraduate Education
9:00 - 9:30: An Update on the Advising Road Map: Danielle Mello and Stacey Sketo-Rosener
9:30 – 9:45: Transition/ Break
9:45 – 11:15: Morning Workshops
11:15 – 11:30: Transition/Break
11:30 - 12:15: An Update on the New General Education Requirements: John Tamkun, Chair of the Committee on Educational Policy.
12:15 - 1:15: Lunch
1:15 - 1:45: New Directions in the Declaration of Major Process: An Update from the Declaration of Major Committee
1:45 – 2:00: Transition/Break
2:00 – 3:30: Afternoon Workshops
3:30 – 3:45: Transition/Break
3:45 – 4:15: AIS Update: Tchad Sanger
- Advising Forum AIS Update Presentation
- Wrap-Up and Closing remarks
Morning Workshops
Workshop I: Keeping It Real: Practical Tip and Tools for Organizing Your Work and Time
Are you feeling like there is too much to do and not enough time in your work day to get it done? This workshop will not magically add hours to your day, but it is designed to provide participants with practical tips and tools for organizing your time effectively. Building on the time and space organization philosophies of Julia Morgenstern, this workshop will help participants to: 1) Understand their personal relationship to time, 2) Identify realistic goals, and 3) Develop real strategies for planning and managing your workload. This is an interactive workshop and participants are encouraged to bring their own challenges and successful strategies to share. Adrienne Harrell, Director of Undergraduate Student Affairs, Jack Baskin School of Engineering will present.
Keeping It Real Presentation
Workshop II: Leveraging Intergenerational Communication with our Student Population
Communication among the multiple generations in the workplace has become a hot topic in recent years. Research suggests that each generation is uniquely shaped by the events, societal changes and environmental conditions that occurred in its formative years. As a consequence, some interesting issues have surfaced. This interactive session will review current research on the topic, identify distinguishing generational characteristics with their related challenges and opportunities, and offer strategies for maximizing communication with our student population and within our departments. UCSC students Gina Dell'Amico, Leda Hernandez, and Zachary Shiner will form a panel to share first hand their perspectives. Cecile Morris, Manager, SHR Management Services Team at UCSC, will facilitate this discussion. She is pursuing her PhD and is proposing generations and job satisfaction as her dissertation research topic.
Leveraging Intergenerational Communication Presentation
Workshop III: But I Need that Class to Graduate!
As the budget situation has caused students’ fees to increase and class capacity to decrease, effective strategies for managing curriculum and enrollment to support students’ progress has become even more important. This moderated round-table discussion will provide an opportunity for staff involved in the enrollment process (gating, permission numbers, reserving spaces for particular groups of students, etc.) to share best practices and discuss ways to make enrollment as friendly as possible for students, and as hassle-free as possible for departments. Tchad Sanger, Associate Registrar for Enrollment, Records, and Advising, will begin with an update on AIS waiting lists. Debbie Belville, LRC Coordinator and Adviser in Linguistics, will facilitate the discussion. Bring ideas, thoughts, and questions!
Reserve Capacity and Wait List Presentation
Afternoon Workshops
Workshop IV: An Overview of Undergraduate Financial Aid at UC Santa Cruz and How We Can Address Pressing Financial Issues for Students and Their Families
Many of our students and their families have been affected by the recent downturn in our economy, and some students have responded by increasing their work hours, withdrawing from school temporarily, or using other strategies that ultimately delay reaching their educational goals. Ann Draper, Financial Aid Director, and Liz Martin-Garcia, Financial Aid Analyst and Adviser, will lead this session to provide an overview of the undergraduate financial aid program at UC Santa Cruz and to address what advisers need to know to effectively advise and refer students who are experiencing financial difficulties. They will also address the specific challenges facing AB540 students, and some of the important issues advisers need to be aware of in working with this population.
An Overview of Undergraduate Financial Aid Presentation
Workshop V: Shifting the Focus from Anger to Options
In this time of scarce resources, students' distress about not getting into classes, about paying increased fees, or about having to wait longer for help can take the form of anger toward you as an adviser. Parents may call you to vent their sense of injustice. As you stand in the gap between an individual's dream and the institution's capacity to offer the same level of service we have in the past... how can you help shift the focus from frustration to positive options? This workshop, led by mediator Nancy Heischman, Director of Campus Conflict Resolution Services, will explore strategies and skills for de-escalating anger, restoring a sense of common purpose, and moving forward as allies.
Workshop VI: When to Listen, When to Refer
Many professional advisers have at times wondered whether to simply "be there" for a student who is experiencing emotional difficulties, or whether to refer the student to CPS for counseling. Learning when to listen and when to refer is an important part of ensuring that we serve our students well, and can make us feel more comfortable in our role as advisers. MaryJan Murphy, Interim Director of UCSC's Counseling and Psychological Services, will lead this workshop designed to support advisers in effectively working with (and effectively referring) students who have emotional and/or mental health challenges.
