2013 Winter Advising Forum

February 11, 2013, Scott's Valley Hilton.  Advance registration is required.

Schedule:

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

8:30 – 9:15 AM:   Overview of Current Issues and Future Directions:  Richard Hughey, Vice Provost and Dean, Undergraduate Education

9:15 - 10:00 AM:  Brokers and Gatekeepers: Helping Students Bridge Cultural Worlds along Their Educational Pathways:  Catherine Cooper, Professor of Psychology, Faculty Director of the Educational Partnership Center, and author of Bridging Multiple Worlds: Cultures, Identities, and Pathways to College (Oxford University Press, 2011) 
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10:15 - 11:30 AM: Session 1 Workshops (see descriptions below)

11:30 - 12:15 PM: Lunch

12:15 - 12:45 PM:  Working as a Team!

1:00 - 2:15 PM: Session 2 Workshops (see descriptions below)

2:15 - 2:45 PM: Afternoon Break

2:45 - 4:00 PM: Session 3 Workshops (see descriptions below)

4:15 - 5:00 PM: AIS and Institutional Updates, Drawing, and Closing Remarks

Session 1 Workshops (10:15 - 11:30 AM):
A. Advising Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders
What does it mean to have "Asperger's" or an "Autism Spectrum Disorder?" Our diverse student population includes more students with these disorders than ever before, and they face unique challenges within the higher education system. This workshop will address their continuum of needs related to academic success and persistence, and will suggest strategies advisers can use to communicate effectively with these students. Join Peggy Church, Director of UCSC's Disability Resource Center, as she covers all of these areas and outlines the resources available to support this population at UCSC.
View the presentation materials: presentation, handouts, article
B. Why CARE? An Overview of the UCSC CARE Program
As campus climates change, there is a nationwide effort to establish both individual positions and teams to promote early intervention with students of concern. UCSC has embraced this recommendation resulting in the creation of the CARE Program, comprised of the CARE Team and Coordinator. Join Kristin McMaster, UCSC’s Student Care Coordinator, as she provides an overview of the CARE Program to demonstrate the ways in which advisers can utilize services for the benefit of their students. The CARE Program’s creation, day-to-day operations, parameters for referrals, team members’ responsibilities and follow-up with students will be discussed. Relevant case studies will be reviewed as well to reinforce the utilization of these processes. Finally, the Behavioral Risk Assessment Team will be presented to distinguish the appropriate line of reporting when faced with a student in distress.
View the presentation materials: presentation, handout
C. UCSC Dreamers
The recently passed California Dream Acts (AB 130 and 131) extend eligibility for certain types of financial aid to students, including undocumented students, who qualify for benefits. What effect might this have on the experience of UCSC's "Dreamers," now and in the future? Join Pablo Reguerin, Executive Director of EOP and Retention Services, as he discusses the history and possible directions of the Dream Acts, the experience of "AB540" students at UCSC, and ways that advisers can best understand the challenges this population faces and support their success. 
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Session 2 Workshops (1:00 - 2:15 PM):
A. Three Technologies
There are hundreds of new technologies available to advisers to assist them in better serving students. This workshop will focus on just three of those technologies, and will give participants the tools they need to both evaluate whether to incorporate these tools into their advising efforts, and to get started using them. Join Homayun Etemadi (Oakes and Porter Colleges), Tina Nikfarjam (Sociology Department) and Stephanie Sawyer (History Department) as they explain and demonstrate the ways they have used Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and online appointment scheduling software in their advising offices.
View the presentation materials: FB, Tumblr, Twitter
B. Pathways to Major Discovery
Join Lea Evans (Cal Teach) and Denise Hamilton (Crown College) as they facilitate a student panel focusing on major choice. Each of the participants changed their major at least once after beginning at UCSC – learn about their decision-making process, challenges, and successes, as well as their opinions about the role academic advising can play in helping students identify a major that’s a good fit for them.
C. Adviser Voices on Persistence and Graduation
The Undergraduate Student Success Team (see http://www.ue.ucsc.edu/success) is a fast-action group that EVC Galloway formed to evaluate campus-wide strategies to enhance undergraduate persistence, graduation rates, and time to degree. The team is interested in hearing ideas and input from a variety of constituencies, and this workshop is one way that members of the advising community can provide that input! This session will be an interactive conversation on topics related to persistence and graduation -- bring your thoughts and ideas about improving retention and graduation rates to share with VPDUE Richard Hughey and other members of the Student Success Team!
View the presentation materials: Powerpoint, Summary of Adviser Recommendations

Session 3 Workshops (2:45 - 4:00 PM):
A. Queer Cultural Competence: Advising Gay, Lesbian, Bi-, Pan- and Asexual Students
UCSC has more GLBT identified students than any other UC campus -- nearly 1 in 5 undergrads identify as queer! Sexual minority students have unique advising needs related to their experiences of oppression in and out of the classroom. Deb Abbott, Director of the Cantu Queer Center at UCSC, will lead this session which will be a safe, confidential workshop space to swap best practices and get any-and-all questions about the 'GLB' answered. Note: Working with transgender students (the 'T' in GLBT) will be addressed in the April 29th ADEPT session by Cowell Academic Adviser Ethan Hutchinson (see http://advising.ucsc.edu/advisers/training/events.html).
B. Asian American Students at UCSC
While we cannot make assumptions about individual students based solely on their backgrounds, we are all affected by our family, community and peers. For Asian Americans, a great deal of what is expected in terms of schooling and how education is accessed is determined by experiences of their parents or grandparents in the home country. Understanding the variation across countries and how these experiences are tempered by a host of factors might assist advisers in responding to students in a way that supports their emotional and academic success. June Gordon, Professor of International Comparative Education, has researched schooling and society in many countries around the world with a focus on Asia. Her research as part of her teaching includes hundreds of interviews over the past ten years with Asian American UCSC students! Join her for a discussion of the experiences of Asian American students at UCSC, how their educational choices and academic success can be influenced by their backgrounds, and how advisers can best support this population of students.
C. De-Escalating High Stress Conversations
In this time of scarce resources, students' distress about not getting into classes, about difficulties paying increased fees, or about not doing as well as they hoped in a class can quickly escalate into a high-stress or angry situation. Parents may call you to vent their sense of injustice. As an adviser, you are often the person responding to intense emotions related to situations over which you have little control. 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 high-stress situations, restoring a sense of common purpose, and moving forward as allies.

Many Thanks!

The following businesses have generously contributed prizes for our drawing, and we are very appreciative of their support:

•  Nickelodeon and Del Mar Theaters

•  Bookshop Santa Cruz

•  Paper Vision

•  Noah's Bagels

•  Woodstock's Pizza

•  UCSC Wellness Center

•  Hoffman's Bistro and Patisserie