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ADVISING WEEKLY UPDATES 4-24-15

Posted on May 11, 2015

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT- Know Your IX: Essentials For Advisors - Sexual Misconduct, Title IX, and CLERY Training (5/1) from the Office of Access and Equity - PLEASE RSVP

2. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT - UARC April Brown Bag: National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) Webinar Follow-up Discussion: "Academic Advising and Social Justice" (4/29/15)

3. SHARE WITH STUDENTS – 20th Anniversary Lavender Graduation Ceremony at 5:00-6:30 on April 29th in the UIC Forum. Dinner will be served from 6:30-7:30 and the after-party will run until 10:00.

4. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT—NACADA Region 5 is accepting applications for their Crossing Borders $500 grant. Deadline is May 1, 2015.

5. SAVE THE DATE – Budget Outlook Town Hall with Chancellor Michael Amiridis and Associate Chancellor and Vice Provost for Budget and Resource Planning Janet Parker. May 5th from 1:30-3:00 in Moss Auditorium. RSVP by April 27th.

6. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT—SAVE THE DATE (5/26) - Campus Advocacy Network Workshops: CAN will be providing information on their resources and services – once on the east campus and once on the west campus!

7. Advising Weekly Updates Announcement/Event guidelines and submission web form available.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT - UARC sponsored event: Know Your IX: Essentials For Advisors - Sexual Misconduct, Title IX, and CLERY Training (5/1) from the Office of Access and Equity

The Undergraduate Advising Resource Center is pleased to sponsor training led by Rebecca Gordon from the Office of Access and Equity related to advisors’ role in UIC’s compliance with Title IX:

Know Your IX: Essentials For Advisors - Sexual Misconduct, Title IX, and CLERY Training for Advisors

Did you know over 90 schools are being investigated for violations in their response to sexual violence? This workshop will cover Title IX compliance and your central role in assisting survivors of sexual and interpersonal violence. You will learn what rights students have and interventions that can be taken to facilitate their academic success. This workshop will be interactive, use scenarios and skill building techniques to prepare you for providing critical information and a supportive response.

Bring your smart phones because there will be real time audience participation!

EAST CAMPUS SESSION: MAY 1
Location: 613 SCE
Check-in begins: 9:00 a.m.
Session: 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Please RSVP at http://go.uic.edu/knowyourixrsvp.

Please contact Rebecca Gordon (rebeccag@uic.edu) or Joey Volpe (jvolpe@uic.edu) with questions.
***See our “Save the Date” announcement below (#6) about a follow-up event to our Title IX training featuring the resources and services provided by the Campus Advocacy Network on May 25th.

 

2. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT - UARC April Brown Bag: National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) Webinar Follow-up Discussion “Academic Advising and Social Justice” (4/29/15)
Please join us for our upcoming Spring Undergraduate Advising Resource Center (UARC) Brown Bag Event:

Academic Advising and Social Justice: Privilege, Diversity, and Student Success NACADA Webinar Follow-up Discussion

Wednesday, April 29th 12:00pm to 1:00pm
2550 University Hall (UH)

Webinar Overview (more information is available here: http://tinyurl.com/lapgp6f): Academic advisors and advising administrators must understand social identities in order to identify the challenges students face when interacting with various campus systems. However, advising professionals are often untrained in dealing with issues of privilege and diversity. In this Web Event, sponsored by the NACADA Diversity Committee and led by NACADA Technology in Advising Commission Chair Julie Larsen, our panelists will share information and strategies that can help advisors form stronger relationships with students, identify specific challenges and roadblocks facing students, and create individualized solutions to increase success and retention. In addition, they will discuss ideas for re-conceptualizing advising around issues of social justice which can foster both the ability and the responsibility to be voices for change at our institutions.

Feel free to bring your lunch and light refreshments will also be provided.

For more information or questions, please contact Melissa Tag (mtag@uic.edu).

 
3. SHARE WITH STUDENTS – 20th Anniversary Lavender Graduation Ceremony at 5:00-6:30 on April 29th in the UIC Forum.
This year's ceremony will take place on Wednesday, April 29th at 5:00 pm in the UIC Forum. Dinner will be served from 6:30-7:30 and the after-party will run until 10:00. The event will feature a keynote address from Angelica Ross, founder and CEO of Trans Tech Social Enterprises, followed by dinner and entertainment.

The event is free and open to the public. Special thanks to the DRC for providing open captioning services for this year's event.

We welcome any support in spreading the word - to both graduating students and guests. Lavender Graduation recognizes that barriers exist for LGBTQ people and celebrates the academic and personal achievements of LGBTQ and Allied students in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs at UIC. The registration links for graduates and guests are live on our website on the event page. I know some print posters have made the rounds, but let me know if I can provide more printed copies.

Contact Megan Carney at 312-413-9862 or gsc@uic.edu for additional information.

 
4. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT—NACADA Region 5 is accepting applications for their Crossing Borders $500 grant. Deadline is May 1, 2015.
The Region V Steering Committee is committed to supporting our members to participate in a variety of professional development opportunities. To that end, we have decided to re-open the Crossing Borders Grant for 2015.

This grant can provide up to $500.00 for an individual to attend (with preference given to presenters) a state/province conference within Region V that is outside of their home state/province. Please follow the link below for more information and a list of upcoming conferences.

http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Community/Regions/Region-5.aspx

 
5. SAVE THE DATE – Budget Outlook Town Hall
Chancellor Michael Amiridis and Associate Chancellor and Vice Provost for Budget and Resource Planning Janet Parker.

Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Time: 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Location: Moss Auditorium (1st floor)
COMRB
909 South Wolcott Avenue
Chicago, IL 60612

Space is Limited! Please register by Monday, April 27, 2015: https://uofi.uic.edu/fb/sec/2024760

This Town Hall event is open to all faculty, staff and students who have an interest in hearing an update on the budget planning for FY 2016. Topics will include:

-State of the State of Illinois budget
-Campus and University budget planning
-Strategic planning efforts.

Registrants will have an opportunity to submit questions in advance via the registration link above. A brief additional Q&A session will conclude the event.

This event is coordinated by APAC (http://uicapac.blogspot.com/) and will be webcast at: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/uic-apac

For questions, contact Colleen Piersen at cpiersen@uic.edu.

 

6. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT—SAVE THE DATE (5/26) – UARC sponsored - Campus Advocacy Network Workshops: CAN will be providing information on their resources and services – once on the east campus and once on the west campus!
Now that you may have been trained at one of our UARC sponsored “Know Your IX” trainings for advisors or you may have attended one of the campus events planned for April’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the UARC is pleased to sponsor a special workshop with the Campus Advocacy Network to learn about the resources and services they provide for advisors. Rachel Caidor and Dan Cairo from the Campus Advocacy Network will spend 1.5 hours with advisors working through topics including what an advocate is, confidentiality and the role of an advocate, how advocate services work, how to refer students to CAN for services, what advisors should expect when doing a referral, CAN’s efforts to make UIC a safer community, etc.

The workshops will be held on May 26th – one on the east campus and one on the west campus. Times will be forthcoming next week! In the meantime, if you have questions you can contact Joey Volpe (jvolpe@uic.edu) who is coordinating the event on behalf of UARC.

***In addition to one of the special “Know Your IX: Essentials for Advisors” sessions being offered by the Office of Access and Equity on May 1st, the UARC planning group hopes that you are aware that CAN is hosting an event on April 30th for all campus constituents from 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. in SCE 302 that will have an overview of how to deal with sexual misconduct. This event is a panel discussion with representatives from the Campus Advocacy Network, the Dean of Student's Office, the Office of Access and Equity, the UIC Police Department, and the Counseling Center. A recent announcement was sent out via campus massmail.

 

7. 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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