Events for Advisers, 2015-2016
Informational, Training, and Development Events for Advisers
UCSC Division of Undergraduate Education: Office of Campus Advising Coordination
Check back later for additional events! If you have a suggestion for an ADEPT event, please email advising@ucsc.edu.
FALL QUARTER EVENTS:
• Overview of UCSC Advising for New Advisers
Monday, September 21, 11:00 AM - Noon, Kerr Hall Room 129
Any new academic advisers are welcome to attend this overview of academic advising at UC Santa Cruz. Stacey Sketo-Rosener, AVP for Undergraduate Advising, will cover mission, goals, and learning objectives. We will also include information about college and department roles in the advising process, and answer any questions you have! Please RSVP to ssketo@ucsc.edu if you plan to attend.
This overview will be offered on an as-needed basis throughout the year. Please contact Stacey Sketo-Rosener at ssketo@ucsc.edu or x92206 to inquire about scheduling a session for new academic advisers.
• Annual New Adviser Welcome Reception
Tuesday, November 10, 4:00 - 5:30 PM, Cowell College Provost House
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. Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP for this event: advising@ucsc.edu
• A Walk in My Shoes: First Generation College Students
Friday, November 13, 10:00 AM - Noon, Charles E. Merrill Lounge at Merrill College
"A Walk in My Shoes: First Generation College Students" is a documentary for academic advisers working with first-generation college students. It was produced by the College of Education at Kansas State University. This powerful film delves deeply into the lives of five current students and three successful alumni who share intimate details of their lives. A few of the topics include family concerns, financial issues, language barriers, socialization, learning disabilities and navigating the college experience. The film closes with an especially powerful advice section. (From http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Resources/Product-Details/ID/V05.aspx)
We'll watch the documentary as a group, then discuss ways in which UCSC academic advisers can support first generation college students.
• ADEPT Best Practices Brown Bag Discussion
Friday, December 11, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Namaste Lounge, College Nine
ADEPT brown bag discussions provide an informal environment in which advisers can meet to share best practices related to a specific topic. This quarter's discussion will focus on strategies for serving our growing student population: group advising, outreach, etc. Bring your lunch and let's discuss some of the good ideas we can put to use in our advising programs at UCSC! The discussion will be facilitated by Hayley Mears, College Nine Academic Adviser.
WINTER QUARTER EVENTS:
• Effectively Advising International Students
Monday, January 25, 2016, 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM, 212 Kerr Hall
The number of international undergraduates at UC Santa Cruz has increased in the last couple of years, and we must use new strategies to understand and respond to the advising needs of this growing population. Join Becky George and Parinaz Zartoshty of the International Education Office as they provide insight into the demographics of our international population, strategies for effectively advising them, and success resources available to them at UCSC. Although primarily aimed at advisers who are newer to UCSC or to their positions, all are welcome!
• Winter Advising Forum
Friday, March 11, 2016, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The Winter Advising Forum is an annual all-day professional development event for campus advisers. Stay tuned for more information as we plan an off-campus day filled with workshops, speakers, and opportunities for professional networking! Information about last year's event is posted here. ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT (registration will open in January)
• ADEPT Best Practices Brown Bag Discussion
Friday, March 18, 2016, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Jack Baskin Engineering room 160
ADEPT brown bag discussions provide an informal environment in which advisers can meet to share best practices related to a specific topic. This quarter's discussion will follow-up on workshops from the Winter Advising Forum -- focusing on topics that advisers got excited about and want to discuss more. Bring your lunch and let's discuss some of the good ideas we can put to use in our advising programs at UCSC! The discussion will be facilitated by Brenna Candelaria and Stephanie Zakarian, advisers in the Physical and Biological Sciences.
SPRING QUARTER EVENTS:
• Overview of UCSC Advising for New Advisers
Wednesday, March 30, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM, Office of Campus Advising Coordination at Merrill College
Any new academic advisers are welcome to attend this overview of academic advising at UC Santa Cruz. Stacey Sketo-Rosener, AVP for Undergraduate Advising, will cover mission, goals, and learning objectives. We will also include information about college and department roles in the advising process, and answer any questions you have! Please RSVP to ssketo@ucsc.edu if you plan to attend.
This overview will be offered on an as-needed basis throughout the year. Please contact Stacey Sketo-Rosener at ssketo@ucsc.edu or x92206 to inquire about scheduling a session for new academic advisers.
• Supporting Student Resilience
Friday, April 22, 2016, 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon, Cowell Health Center Mural Room
The way we respond to a student's stress or anxiety can have a real effect on their ability to identify their options, and on the decisions they make. This workshop, led by Senior Associate Director Maryjan Murphy of Counseling and Psychological Services, will focus on strategies for supporting students in building resilience and helping them make decisions even when their circumstances aren't ideal. This session is appropriate for both new and seasoned advisers.
• All Hands Informational Meeting
Monday, May 9, 2016, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM, Kresge 327
The All Hands Meeting is held each May to inform the campus academic and advising community about the size and characteristics of the fall incoming frosh class, to explore upcoming academic and enrollment trends at UC Santa Cruz. and to provide an opportunity to discuss strategies for successfully advising, accommodating, and enrolling our new students.
• NACADA Webinar: Demystifying Research in Academic Advising
Wednesday, May 18, 2016, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Cervantes and Velasquez Room, Baytree Conference Center
Advisors are in a unique and strategic position to view all aspects of education, including student transitions, course planning, career readiness, as well as important developmental stages of maturity. Observance of these complex processes informs the practice of advising continually, and with a little structure, could be studied systematically to add to the growing body of knowledge related to advising.
The goal of this webinar is to help advising practitioners gain confidence in conducting research that is integrated into the everyday work of advising. The session will cover three critical areas of scholarly inquiry: the identification of a focused study through articulation of purpose and research questions, the relationship between ethical standards for professional practice with those of institutional research boards (IRB) and research integrity, and the ways in which advisors and academic administrators can use existing and original scholarly inquiry to inform practice. Presenters Ryan Tomasiewicz (NACADA Research Committee Chair), Wendy Troxel (Research Committee Past Chair), and Shannon Lynn Burton (NACADA Board of Directors and Research Committee member) represent these three areas from the lens of the faculty, ethics officers, and advising practitioners. They will also discuss ways to identify and connect with colleagues (and students!) to form collaborative research teams.
Webinar will run from 11:00 AM - 12:00 Noon, with time for discussion afterwards.
• ADEPT Best Practices Brown Bag Discussion: Preparing for Orientation
Friday, June 10, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Charles E. Merrill Lounge at Merrill College
ADEPT brown bag discussions provide an informal environment in which advisers can meet to share best practices related to a specific topic. This quarter's discussion topic will be sharing best practices for summer orientation planning and presentations. Beth Thompson, Lead Preceptor at Merrill College, will facilitate. Bring your lunch and let's discuss some of the good ideas we can put to use in our advising programs at UCSC!
SUMMER QUARTER EVENTS:
• Academic Advising Inservice Training, for College and Major Advisers
Tuesday, June 14, 2016, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Humanities Lecture Hall
The intent of the in-service is to ensure we all have necessary and consistent information about important policies and procedures so that we can provide the highest possible coordinated advising service to our students. Topics will include enrollment troubleshooting and referrals, policy updates, including reporting requirements for Title IX, CANRA, and VAWA, the new electronic advising notes policy, and a presentation by Assistant Professor of Psychology Rebecca Covarrubias on effective student messaging.
• Pre-Orientation Info-Session for Advisers
Tuesday, July 12, 2016, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM, Social Sciences 1 room 110
• Important enrollment information
• Expectations for curricular capacity, and advising strategies to support a smooth enrollment process
• Information on new initiatives and new policies, and
• Academic Impressions Webinar: Practical Tactics for Building Academic Grit
Wednesday, August 24, 2016, 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon, Charles E. Merrill Lounge at Merrill College
Help students build their academic grit by identifying resiliency challenges and offering them practical solutions. Whether you are pointing students toward campus resources or coaching students directly, you will leave this training better able to promote success and persistence. You will learn interventions that you can start using immediately both in person and online to help students:
- Build self-efficacy in the classroom
- Improve faculty interaction skills
- Overcome life barriers
- Integrate into campus life and culture
OTHER EVENTS:
Mental Health First Aid:
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an 8-hour class. Participants learn a five-step action plan to help loved ones, colleagues, neighbors and others to cope with mental health problems. Participants that complete the class receive a three-year certification in MHFA.
Similar to traditional First Aid and CPR, Mental Health First Aid is help provided to a person developing a mental health problem or experiencing a crisis until professional treatment is obtained or the crisis resolves.
Mental Health First Aid is an empirically-backed public education and prevention tool - it improves the public's knowledge of mental health problems and connects people with care for their mental health problems.
The university has offered MHFA on-campus since Spring 2011. Over 1,000 students, staff and faculty have taken this course. Our goal is to certify 500 individuals each year in MHFA. Participants that have taken the class include frontline career staff, peer mentors, student staff, college and department academic advisors. student leaders, TAs, ladder faculty, adjunct faculty, administrators and students that are just interested in taking the class.
Class offerings - Academic Year 15-16
Saturday, Sept. 12
Friday, Oct. 16
Wednesday, Nov. 18
Saturday, Jan. 23
Wednesday, Feb 10
Friday, April 1
Friday, April 8
Wednesday, May 4
Friday, May 13
Thursday, June 23
To sign up for a class please send your name and the day you would like to take the class to Mike Yamauchi-Gleason, myg@ucsc.edu.
Offered by Mike Yamauchi-Gleason, Certified MHFA Instructor, and CAO for Kresge and Porter Colleges.
