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2011 Winter Advising Forum

GOING FOR THE GOALS:
Developing a Student-Centered Approach

Winter Advising Forum, February 10, 2011
University Inn and Conference Center

Schedule of Events

8:00 – 8:30: Registration and Ice Breaker

8:30 – 9:00: Welcome and Opening Remarks: Mark Cioc, Vice Provost & Dean of Undergraduate Education

9:00 - 10:00: Resilience Revealed:  Discovering Goals Within a Developmental Framework for our Own and our Students' Success:

  • Rebecca Toporek, Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Career Counseling Specialization, Department of Counseling, San Francisco State University
  • Resilience Revealed Presentation

10:15 - 11:45: Morning Workshops

11:45 - 12:45: Lunch

12:45 - 1:30: UCSC Student Demographics and Diversity Overview:

1:45 - 3:15: Afternoon Workshops

3:30 - 3:45: AIS and Registrar Updates:

3:45 - 4:15: Follow-up Roundtable Discussions

4:15 - 4:30: Wrap-Up and Closing Remarks

Morning Workshops:

1. Academic Support for our Latino/a Students

Our campus is poised to gain the HSI (Hispanic Serving Institution) designation, likely within the next few years. What are the particular academic challenges that our Latino/a students face at UC Santa Cruz? What can we learn from current students that will help us support our growing Latina/o student population? What academic strategies support first generation students in transitioning to and excelling at a research institution? Join Associate Professor of LALS Gabriela Arredondo, Professor of LALS Jonathan Fox, and LALS Undergraduate Adviser Alessandra Alvares for a presentation that will provide some important background information for effectively identifying and supporting the academic challenges faced by this population of students, and some ways in which advisers (and advising programs) can support them in excelling academically and in persisting to graduation.
Academic Support for Latino Students Presentation

2. Double Majors: Faculty Perspectives

More and more, advisers find themselves talking with students who want to pursue double majors or major/minor programs. What are the benefits and drawbacks of pursuing more than a single major, and what is the best way to advise students considering double majors? Join us for this panel of UCSC faculty to hear their perspectives on this issue.

3. When the Goal is a Health Career: Success Strategies

This workshop will provide advisers with information about required courses for health professional schools (medical, dental, optometry, nursing, etc.) along with ways to gain the clinical, volunteer, and work experience necessary to put forward a successful application. Presenters Alan Wong (STEM Career Adviser in UCSC’s Career Center), Caiti Maskrey (Peer Adviser) and Douglas Anderson (former Peer Adviser, recently accepted by Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine) will also provide information about "ready-to-use" online resources, including prerequisites on the Career Center’s website, an email distribution list for pre-health students, and sample 4-year plans from the AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges). Bring your questions!
Health Career Success Strategies Presentation

Afternoon Workshops:

4. Transfer Student Voices: On the Path to their Goals

Transfer students have academic advising needs that are very different from those of students who join us as frosh. How can the advising community best support this population of students in clarifying their goals and developing plans to achieve them? Join us to hear directly from a panel of transfer students about how they developed their educational goals, how those goals may have changed since beginning at UCSC, and how the information and advising they received from us has affected their decisions. David Del Mundo, Undergraduate Adviser for Mathematics, will introduce and facilitate this panel.

5. Moving to Plan B: When the First Major Doesn’t Work Out

Majors with admission and/or disqualification policies have increased in recent years, which means we are seeing more students who must transition to different majors – sometimes late in their academic careers. Join this brainstorming session to identify strategies we might consider to address the advising needs of this group of students. Advising Coordinator Stacey Sketo-Rosener will provide an overview and will facilitate the brainstorm, and Career Adviser Katrina Cope will provide information about the affect a particular major might have on a student’s future career prospects. Bring your ideas to share at this interactive discussion session.
Moving to Plan B Presentation
Moving to Plan B Brainstorms

6. Current Mental Health Challenges

Today’s university students are faced with mental health challenges very different from those that previous generations faced. What are the most common mental health challenges our students struggle with while working toward their degrees? What do we, as advisers, need to know about these challenges in order to best encourage and support students to meet their educational goals? Amy Mandell, Case Manager in UCSC’s Counseling And Psychological Services program, will provide an overview of these issues and discuss ways in which advisers can best support students who are experiencing mental health difficulties.
Current Mental Health Challenges Presentation