ADVISING WEEKLY UPDATES 3-20-15: 3rd Annual Advisor Week RSVP is open, 2015 ILACADA Call for Proposals, New minors open to all students for Fall 2015, Join the UIC Pop-Up Pantry Listserv
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. ADVISOR WEEK--Third Annual Advisor Week is March 23-27th Celebrate...learn...network...exercise...relax... Join us for our Third Annual Advisor Week activities! Below is a complete schedule with descriptions of all that is being planned by UARC for you! Please visit http://go.uic.edu/advisorweekRSVP to reserve your space for our activities next week.
2. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT—2015 ILACADA Conference Call for Proposals Due March 23rd. Conference will be held in Urbana-Champaign on May 22.
3. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT— Sexual Misconduct and CLERY Training for Advisors this April/May **More information to come!**
4. SHARE WITH STUDENTS – America Needs You Fellowship Program applications due on March 31st. The career panel discussion and networking event, hosted by Career Services, is on March 31st from 3:30-4:30 in SCE.
5. SHARE WITH STUDENTS - OVCSA Undergraduate Student Scholarship Opportunities for 2015-2016 Academic Year: Deadline March 30th
6. FOR YOUR INFORMATION—New Minors Coming Fall 2015: Architectural Studies, Chinese, Geographic Information Systems, Linguistics, Social Justice, and Urban Studies.
7. FOR YOUR INFORMATION – You are invited to join the UIC Pop-Up Pantry Listserv to stay informed of news and information!
8. Advising Weekly Updates Announcement/Event guidelines and submission web form available.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. ADVISOR WEEK--Third Annual Advisor Week is March 23-27th
Celebrate...learn...network...exercise...relax... Join us for our Third Annual Advisor Week activities! Below is a complete schedule with descriptions of all that is being planned by UARC for you! Please visit http://go.uic.edu/advisorweekRSVP to reserve your space for our activities next week.
Monday, March 23:
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Unit-Based Advisor Activities and the beginning of Advisor Gift Distribution
Tuesday, March 24:
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Honors College Open House/Advisor Week Kick-Off Breakfast for UIC Advisors
LOCATION: Honors College (Room 114, Burnham Hall) The Honors College is pleased to host their annual spring open house for UIC advisors. Please enjoy a warm coffee, a lovely pastry, and conversation with the Honors College staff. This is a perfect way to kick off Advisor Week, get energized to start your day, and catch up with advisors across campus!
10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. - ADVISOR CONFERENCE -with lunch on your own.
LOCATION: B21 Burnham Hall (Honors College, Basement Level) This special three session mini-conference is designed to be UIC staff led presentations with our theme of identity.
10:30 - 11:30 "Creating a Global Community: Culture, Compassion, and Advising" Presenter: Ashley Stone (AAAN) This interactive workshop will provide advisors with an opportunity explore the relationship between their social identities and their professional roles. Participants will reflect critically about how they navigate their identities as they advise students. In addition, advisors will be provided with tools that support them in acknowledging and embracing the diversity of UIC's student population.
11:30 - 12:30 "Advising Undocumented Students"
Presenter: Jennifer Juarez (LARES)
Presenter will discuss how UIC professionals can tailor their services to address the needs of undocumented students- from policies, enrollment, financial aid, to academic advising and career planning- to ensure that undocumented students have a successful college experience at UIC.
12:30 - 1:30 LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
1:30 - 2:30 "Making Decisions: Our Students, Ourselves" Presenter: Nick Ardinger (Campus Housing) Everyone wants to do their jobs better, but who has time to read all the great books out there? This session will give you a working knowledge of the main insights of Chip & Dan Heath¹s latest book _Decisive: How to make better choices in life and work. Chock full of helpful tips, tricks, advice and mnemonics, it¹s a great resource for aiding in making one¹s own decisions and in coaching others to understand how to better approach the decisions they face. And let¹s face it, advisors spend a lot of time helping others make decisions.
4:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Recreation Center Climbing Wall
LOCATION: Campus Recreation Center
Want a special opportunity to use the climbing wall? Feel like you need to stretch your muscles? Need to relax and have some recreational fun? The Campus Recreation Center wants to show its appreciation for all that advisors do by making the climbing wall available for you. As you know the recreation center is open all week for you to use the lazy river, the machines, and anything else available and open to you! Just mention your name and that you are with "Advisor Week" at the registration desk!
Wednesday, March 25:
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Unit Based Advisor Week activities.
Your college, department, or unit may have decided to host Advisor Week activities, so if you've heard about them, feel free to partake!
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Brown Bag Event - UIC Discussion Follow-Up to NACADA Webinar "Advising Strategies for Students on Probation" - Bring your own lunch but dessert and drinks are provided.
LOCATION: 2550 UH
As a follow-up to NACADA's recent webinar "Advising Strategies for Students on Academic Probation", we will be holding a Brown Bag open discussion to talk through important issues/questions raised in the webinar as well as discuss what initiatives are already in place at UIC to support students experiencing academic difficulty. Please view the webinar in advance, bring your lunch and share in this important discussion!
(For those who were unable to attend the webinar, a recording of the webinar will be available at the following link: http://connect.ksre.ksu.edu/p76rheoe562/. Handouts from the webinar are also posted online here: http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Events-Programs/Events/Web-Events/Web-Event-Handouts.aspx.)
RSVP requested - Please visit http://go.uic.edu/advisorweekRSVP
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Give Yourself a Break - "Cultivate your Green Thumb: Seed Planting" with Jessica Rinks of Purple Leaf Farms
LOCATION: James Stukel Towers (JST) Training Room Have a green thumb and want to enjoy time with fellow gardeners? Have a black thumb and want to make it green? Get started on your spring and summer 2015 garden! Come, learn about, and plant seeds with our award-winning farmer Jessica Rinks of Purple Leaf Farms.
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. ADVISOR SPRING Networking Event held at Lalo's sponsored by Florencio Diaz, Nick Ardinger, and Josephine Volpe
LOCATION: LALO'S on Maxwell Street
Need a way to get over hump day and don't have your very own camel? As a celebration of advisors and a great way to continue evening Advisor Week activities, come join fellow advisors at Lalo's with refreshments provided! Introduce yourself to new members of our advising team. This is a great chance for advisors to get away from our desks and enjoy conversation in Lalo's jovial atmosphere!
Thursday, March 26:
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - FEATURED TALK - "Scholarship Advising: A Campus Wide Collaborative Effort" Presenters: Beth Powers, Nancy Cirillo, Eliza Callahan, and Jennifer Juarez
LOCATION: Forthcoming (Room Expected by Monday, March 19)- East Campus UARC is pleased to host this lively presentation and discussion featuring four of our trusted colleagues regarding scholarship advising. Their presentation will focus on advising as a means to encourage student engagement and how that intersects with readiness for scholarship applications. A variety of scholarships will be introduced and panelists will offer tips from their experience advising students to apply for scholarships. Student essay writing and interviewing tips will be discussed.
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. - "Digital Distractions: College Students in the 21st Century" Tuesday/Thursday Topics Advisor Common Reading Group with LIGHT LUNCH PROVIDED
LOCATION: Daley Library room 1-470 (located on the first floor in the northwest corner of the library) This advisor-to-advisor common reading discussion will focus on the topic of technology and millennial students as framed in the article, "Digital Distractions: College Students in the 21st Century," which is accessible at: www.go.uic.edu/AdvisorsTT. Viviana Kabbabe-Thompson (Academic Support and Achievement Program, College of Applied Health Sciences), co-chair of the advisor common reading committee, will lead the discussion.
RSVP requested - http://go.uic.edu/advisorweekRSVP
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. "Give Yourself a Break After Work" - Painting Class with Andrea Reyes from Scamp Studios
LOCATION: James Stukel Towers (JST) Training Room *There is a $20 fee for this class. All painting supplies are provided.
In response to a need for some after work relaxation and advisors' need to learn something new or reinvigorate their past hobbies, we are bringing painting back to campus. Do you want to learn to paint and enjoy time with other advisors? You get to take home your wonderful creation and relax and get to know other advisors or catch up with longtime colleagues.
Friday, March 27:
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Unit-Based Advisor Activities and Advisor Gift Distribution
The Undergraduate Advising Resource Center gives enthusiastic thanks to our partners who have generously donated their time to provide programs, and to our co-sponsors the Illinois Alliance for Minority Participation, Florencio Diaz, the Honors College, Dr. Nick Ardinger, Campus Recreation, the UIC Bookstore, and the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Affairs.
Please direct questions to Joey Volpe (jvolpe@uic.edu) or 6-3092.
2. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT—2015 ILACADA Conference Call for Proposals
The annual ILACADA conference is coming up on May 22, 2015 at UIUC and to help make this a success we are now accepting concurrent session proposals. The ILACADA 2015 conference is an excellent opportunity for you to share your best practices, knowledge, and research related to the academic advising profession. Please consider submitting a concurrent session proposal for the upcoming conference related to the theme of Advising Innovation. Advising Innovation should be considered from a broad perspective and might encompass best practices related to advising theory, diversity and inclusion, advising targeted populations, transfer articulation, supporting students in need, academic probation, transition, high achieving students, collaborations across campus, technology, and social media to name a few ideas.
Some suggested concurrent session topics from last year’s conference include:
Assessment of advising
Assisting students facing academic probation or dismissal
Solution-focused counseling to advising
Faculty who advise
Group advising
Connecting and disconnecting students with majors
The Community College experience
How to better communicate with International students
Professional development on a shoestring budget
How to work with parents
Learning how to budget
Strategies in advising for new administrators
Integration of social media into advising
Career counseling
For more information and to submit a proposals please visit
http://ilacada.org/2014-ilacada-call-for-proposals
Proposals are due no later than noon on Monday, March 23, 2015.
Contact Jenni Kotowski at jkotowsk@illinois.edu if you have any questions.
3. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT — Sexual Misconduct and CLERY Training for Advisors this April/May – Dates TBD
**More information to come!** Please watch these announcements for information on a training/in-service provided by Rebecca Gordon of the Office of Access and Equity regarding the new expectations for staff related to cases of sexual misconduct and reporting. The trainings will be held in April, one on the east campus and one on the west campus and are designed for advisors.
More information will be forthcoming soon, but in the meantime, please contact Joey Volpe (jvolpe@uic.edu) with questions.
4. SHARE WITH STUDENTS – America Needs You Fellowship Program applications due on March 31st. Panel discussion and networking event on March 31st from 3:30-4:30 in SCE.
We appreciate you passing this message on to your first-year students. Career Services and the Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Affairs has been working with America Needs You (ANY), a fellowship program for first generation college freshmen. The fellowship offers students a mentor coach, professional development grants, and access to prestigious companies in Chicago. On March 31st, ANY will be hosting professionals from various industries at a career panel from 3:30-4:30 p.m. at Student Center East. Encourage interested students to attend as this should be an excellent networking opportunity.
The application deadline for this program is March 31st. Additional details are below. Samantha Robinson is the ANY Illinois Program Coordinator---please don't hesitate to reach out to her for any additional questions.
Applications are due March 31, 2015 and are open to first-generation college freshmen. Program participants receive:
* Individualized support from a Mentor Coach
* Up to $2,000 in professional development grants
* Internship search support and connections
* Free business attire
* Opportunities to network with leading industry professionals
Get a first-hand taste of what it's like to be in the America Needs You Fellows Program by attending a career panel on Tuesday, March 31st from 3:30-4:30 p.m. at UIC Student Center East. You'll have the opportunity to meet professionals from a variety of industries and learn about their workplaces and journeys to success as well as learn about the ANY Program. RSVP here.
For more information on ANY, visit www.americaneedsyou.org.
Applications close on March 31, 2015, so don't wait, apply now!
Please contact Thy Nguyen in Career Services (thy@uic.edu or 312-996-2300) or
Samantha Robinson, Program Coordinator for America Needs you (Samantha.robinson@americaneedsyou.org or 872-202-0504) with any questions.
5. SHARE WITH STUDENTS - OVCSA Undergraduate Student Scholarship Opportunities for 2015-2016 Academic Year: Deadline March 30th
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (OVCSA) is accepting applications for nine competitive scholarship awards available to students across all colleges and academic disciplines:
• Supporting Excellence Endowment (S.E.E.) Scholarship
• Dr. Thomas Beckham Memorial Scholarship
• VCSA Scholarship
• Gordon J. Flesch Memorial Scholarship
• University of Illinois Alumni Association Pier Scholar Award
• Rundgren Foundation Scholarship
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship
• UIC Jim’s Original Scholarship
• Lorilyn Espique Aquino Fund
Each scholarship provides between $1,000 and $5,000 to the recipients for the 2015-2016 year. Information about each scholarship and the online application are available on the OVCSA website at http://vcsa.uic.edu/scholarships/
The application deadline for these awards is Monday, March 30, 2015. If you have any questions about the scholarships or the application process, please contact Kara Holloway in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at (312) 996-7140 or ovcsa@uic.edu
6. FOR YOUR INFORMATION—New Minors Coming Fall 2015: Architectural Studies, Chinese, Geographic Information Systems, Linguistics, Social Justice, and Urban Studies.
Information and requirements about the new minors will be included in the 2015-2017 Undergraduate Catalog. The following new minors are open to all students.
The minors are:
Minor in Architectural Studies (School of Architecture / College of Architecture, Design and the Arts);
Minor in Chinese (Department of Linguistics / College of Liberal Arts and Sciences);
Minor in Geographic Information Systems (Department of Urban Planning and Policy / College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs);
Minor in Linguistics (Department of Linguistics / College of Liberal Arts and Sciences);
Minor in Social Justice (Department of Gender and Women’s Studies / College of Liberal Arts and Sciences);
Minor in Urban Studies (Department of Urban Planning and Policy / College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs) Note: The Minor in Urban Planning and Policy (5355) has been renamed the Minor in Urban Studies.
7. KEEP INFORMED – You are invited to join the UIC Pop-Up Pantry Listserv to stay informed of news and information!
The UIC Pop-Up Pantry has implemented their own listserv and has asked advisors on campus to let them know if you would like to get emails directly from UIC Pop-Up Pantry. If so, please contact them at uic.pop.up.pantry@gmail.com and request to join!
8. UARC ADVISING WEEKLY UPDATES Web Submission is now available!
The UARC Weekly Update Subcommittee is pleased to provide you with an easier way to submit your news/announcements and upcoming events so that UARC can share them with advisors. UARC Advising Weekly Updates will normally be sent on Fridays each week (although more frequently if the need allows), so please keep that in mind as you plan to advertise your events or share your news with the advising community. To submit an update, please use the UARC Weekly Update Request web form at http://go.uic.edu/uarcweeklyupdaterequest. Please direct questions to either Nick Ardinger (ardinger@uic.edu) or Joey Volpe (jvolpe@uic.edu).
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