Events for Advisers, 2013-2014
Informational, Training, and Development Events for Advisers
UCSC Division of Undergraduate Education
SPRING QUARTER EVENTS:
• ADEPT Best Practices Brown Bag Discussion: NACADA Region 9 2014 Conference De-Brief
Presenters: Andrea Legg (SOE), Rachel Davis (Education), Sean Malone (Porter), Denise Booth (College Nine)
ADEPT Brown Bag discussions provide an informal environment in which advisers can meet to share best practices related to a specific topic. In this Brown Bag session we will include reports from UCSC college and department advisers who attended the NACADA Region 9 Conference. Bring your lunch and let's discuss some of the good ideas and strategies we can put to use in our advising programs at UCSC!
Wednesday, May 7, 2014. 12PM to 1PM
Cowell Senior Commons
WINTER QUARTER EVENTS:
Winter Advising Forum
Thursday, February 13, 2014, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Scotts Valley Hilton
ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT (registration will open in January)
• ADEPT Brown Bag: “How did I get here?” Strategies and Tools for Advising “Struggling” Students
In this ADEPT Brown Bag session we will discuss multicultural education concepts as they apply to advising. As a group we will discuss how strength-based advising can transform our work with students from backgrounds different from our own. Participants will share stories and reflect on case scenarios that highlight strategies and tips for uncovering and building upon students’ assets. We will especially consider our work with students who are still developing their academic potential. We will draw from own experiences and identify ways to use asset-based practices in difficult advising scenarios.
Facilitated by: Hugo Mora-Torres and Sara Radoff
Friday, March 7th from 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Oakes College Mural Room
Approximately one-third of undergraduate students leave college after their first year, which often damages the student’s academic prospects and negatively impacts institutional enrollments. Academic advisors are uniquely positioned to directly address students’ academic and personal challenges before they separate from the institution. Intrusive advising is a practice which anticipates student needs and gets them on-track as soon as they are admitted.
FALL QUARTER EVENTS:
• Annual New Adviser Welcome
Sponsored by the Division of Undergraduate Education and ADEPT (Adviser Development, Educational Programs, and Training), with generous support from Cowell College
Each year the advising community welcomes advisers new to the campus and advisers new to their current positions. New and continuing advisers are encouraged to come by and meet others in the advising community. Staff introductions will begin at 4:30 PM; light refreshments will be served.
Thursday, November 21, 2013, 4:00 - 5:30 PM (staff introductions will begin at 4:30)
Cowell College Provost House
Please RSVP for this event: advising@ucsc.edu
• Webinar: Developing Intercultural Communication Skills for Academic Advising
The rapid internationalization of our institutions of higher education has created a climate in which all education professionals are required to work with students and colleagues who do not share our worldview or cultural norms. Intercultural competence has become an expected skill set for all of us in higher education today, yet few of us of have had more than rudimentary exposure to the field of intercultural communication. In this Web Event, sponsored by NACADA's Global Engagement Commission, our panelists will discuss essential concepts of intercultural communication and their application to academic advising. They will consider the need for paying attention to cultural differences, challenges and opportunities of culturally diverse environments, understanding cultural differences and their impact on academic advising, and more.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Baytree Conference Center: Cervantez and Velasquez Room
OTHER EVENTS:
Mental Health First Aid:
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a program that was developed in Australia and came to the United States in 2008. MHFA provides resources and skills to participants that allow them to be able to identify warning signs and provide support to those individuals who are presenting mental health problems. The MHFA training makes it very clear to participants that completing MHFA training does not make them counselors and it does not give them the ability to diagnose mental health disorders. It does gives them the baseline to be aware of warning signs of someone who may be developing a mental health problem and what steps they can take to support that person. This is a 12 hour course that upon completion the participants will receive a three year certification in MHFA.
Offered by Mike Yamauchi-Gleason, Certified MHFA Instructor, and CAO for Kresge and Porter Colleges.
Please email Mike directly at myg@ucsc.edu for information about MHFA offerings. There is a small fee to participate in this course.
