2018’s Full Schedule of Events and Presentation Documents

2018 Sixth Annual Advisor Week Events and Documents March 26 – 30

This year’s Sixth Annual Advisor Week was held March 26th through March 30th with fourteen different events over five days! The events ranged from unique events like the roundtable discussions of Poster without the Poster, Advisor Common Readings, our Advisor Conference (advising community presentations) to our give yourself a break activities like our Painting Pottery Class to Lagunitas Brewery Tour to our special networking and social events.  We were excited to be able to feature the Student Success Research Lecture in our activities and that we got to see the latest webinar on the Conceptual Competencies from the new NACADA Core Competencies Model!

There was something to keep everyone interested!

Below is our full schedule of events and the documents included from this year!

You can provide feedback on this year’s events at http://go.uic.edu/advisorweekfeedback!

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Monday (3/26), and Friday morning (3/30) are reserved for unit-based advisor activities and advisor gift distribution. OAD events will be held from Tuesday, March 26th through Friday, March 30th.

Monday, March 26:
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.   Unit-Based Advisor Activities and the beginning of Advisor Gift Distribution

Tuesday, March 27:

10:00 a.m.  – 11:45 a.m. – POSTER WITHOUT THE POSTER – Discussion Table Event with LIGHT BREAKFAST PROVIDED
LOCATION: 605 Student Center East (SCE)

*Advising t-shirt distribution will happen at this event – don’t miss it!

This discussion table event provides a similar experience to conference poster sessions, just without the posters! It’s an opportunity for individuals or groups to showcase some of the innovative projects, activities, or initiatives you have developed and implemented. The event is designed so that attendees can visit each table to learn about the table host(s)’ topic. Breakfast will be provided and attendees can attend for any length of time they would like!

There is a wide range of topics including LAS’s cohort advising model, LAS’s collaboration with LARES in cohort advising, LAS’s African American Advising Community, LAS’s probation and Student Success Plans program, LAS’s intercollege transfer practices, LAS’s grad certification processes, LAS’s transfer success program, OFYI’s Flames Leadership Network, the Engaged Humanities Initiative, and Honors College first-year initiatives.

Table Discussions GUIDE and Individual Table Handouts (where applicable per table discussion)!

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – “Social Media and Advising” Tuesday/Thursday Topics Advisor Common Reading Group with LUNCH PROVIDED from Pompei Pizza
LOCATION:  Daley Library room 1-470 (located on the first floor in the northwest corner of the library)

Discussion Leader: Kevin Price
Topic: Social Media and Advising
Article: Academic Advising via Facebook: Examining Student Help Seeking

To retrieve this article go to: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S109675161300047X

Synopsis: Students were asked to use Facebook as an additional way to contact their academic advisor. The respondents noted that Facebook was a helpful tool to get quick advice and to learn of changes and other prescriptive advising questions.

3:30 p.m. – when we’re done p.m. “Give Yourself a Break: Paint, paint, paint…” – Painting Pottery with Creativita from Forest Park
LOCATION: James Stukel Towers (JST) Training Room

Have you been creative with us before? We’re painting pottery again this year! If you made something last year, you can make a matching item this year! Or if you’re new to this, you’ll see how much fun we’ll have!

Are you looking for a new mug for your desk? Do you want to have some fun painting pottery with none of the hassle of heading off campus to do it…and you’ll get it delivered back to campus. No muss, no fuss…other than the enjoyment of some snacks and beverages with your fellow advisors to kick off our social events for Advisor Week.

We will have Creativita from Forest Park join us with pottery pieces for you to choose from and get your artist groove on. Then once you’re done, we’ll make sure we know it’s yours…they will take and fire them in the kiln and we will get them back to you on campus.

*There is a fee for this class. Fees will range from $15 – 25 depending on the pottery piece you pick to paint. All pottery and painting supplies are provided.

Wednesday, March 28:
ADVISOR CONFERENCE – Innovate, Explore, Grow!
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

This special four session mini-conference is designed to be UIC staff led presentations with our theme of innovation, exploration, and growth.

MORNING SESSION 
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
LOCATION:  208 and 209 Burnham Hall (BH)

12:00 p.m.  – 1:30 p.m. – “Food Fiesta” Honors College Open House/Advisor Week Lunch for UIC Advisors 
LOCATION:  Honors College – First Floor of Burnham Hall (BH)

The Honors College is hosting a lunch of yummy Mexican food for all advisors!

We know it was a bit crowded last year and we’ve expanded to using multiple rooms of the college and extended lunch time so there’s plenty of time and plenty of room for all who want to attend. This is a great way to enjoy some yummy food, network, and meet the Honors College staff and see the College if you’ve never been there!

Please join us even if you can’t make it to the Advisor Conference sessions, just don’t be surprised if we try to twist your arm to join us for a conference session or two!
AFTERNOON SESSION  
1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
LOCATION:  208 and 209 Burnham Hall (BH)

  • 1:30 – 2:20 “If They Were in Charge: How Transfer Students Would Change Orientation and Engagement” Presenter: Ashley Stone from African American Academic Network, and Melissa (Missy) Frazin from Office of Career Services
    • Transfer students often experience roadblocks during their college experiences, especially because they must learn how to navigate college at multiple institutions. In this session, we will learn about the transfer experience from the perspective of current students who began at UIC as transfer students. Student panelists will discuss challenges they encounter and what has made the difference for them as transfer students; which programs, individuals and departments helped them find success and connection to UIC. They will also share their guidance on how advisors and advocates can empower transfer students in college and beyond.
    • PRESENTATION SLIDES and HANDOUT VERSION
  • 2:30 – 4:00 “Express Reads: Radical Candor” Presenter: Nick Ardinger, Campus Housing
    • People often avoid holding others accountable out of a fear of damaging the relationship. This book’s stories and engaging framework can help your communication and team building. This presentation will summarize the “radical candor” approach of Kim Scott, a former manager at Facebook, Google, and several startups who has worked to develop a method of communication that drives results and effectively deals with conflicts. Get (almost) as smart as you would if you read the book, in just over an hour! And there will be prizes!
    • PRESENTATION SLIDES and HANDOUT VERSION

Thursday, March 29:

10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – COFFEE TALK – “Re-visiting Optimizing Impact: Office of External Fellowships” Presenter: Kim Germain, Office of External Fellowships
LOCATION:  208 Burnham Hall (BH)

This session will provide advisors with an opportunity to learn from one of our newest campus leaders, Dr. Kim Germain, who directs the Office about External Fellowships. If you were at Spring Advising Summit, Kim briefly introduced herself, but this extended coffee talk session will provide much more opportunity to learn about external fellowships and how advisors can help identify students who would be great candidates!

PRESENTATION SLIDES

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – “New Advisors/Wiz of Oz” Tuesday/Thursday Topics Advisor Common Reading Group with LUNCH PROVIDED from Artopolis
*Lunch sponsored by Illinois Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (IL-LSAMP) grant.
LOCATION:  Daley Library room 1-470 (located on the first floor in the northwest corner of the library)

Discussion Leader: Jeff Alton
Topic: New Advisors
Article: Academic Advisors and the Wizard of Oz

Synopsis: Using the classic film, “The Wizard of Oz”, the author extols life lessons on advisors working with students- that they already possess the skills they need to succeed in college, they just need to be shown and told it. Much like the film, advisors play the wizard, who have the power to grant the ‘brains’, ‘heart’, etc.; but like the movie, the characters possessed what they needed all along, it just had to be shown to them. The heart of the article is that advisors should help instill confidence in students by being very supportive of students- saying you can do this!

3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. – ORSS LECTURE SERIES – “Housing Students: What do we know? What can we know?” Presenter: Nick Ardinger, Campus Housing
LOCATION:  Lecture Center C3

Did you know that Housing collects data that informs us about who is likely to struggle as early as the third week of the Fall semester? Housing collects data through surveys, focus groups, and institutional data, and uses that data to tailor how it works with students. This talk will review some of the data the Campus Housing department has collected about its residents, and what that data can tell us about our students and our programs.

**We are very pleased to be able to offer advisors the opportunity to attend this special session, which is part of the OVPUAAP’s Office for Research on Student Success (ORSS) campus lecture series, showcasing research being carried out across UIC to better understand and ultimately improve the success of UIC students. The ORSS Lecture Series on Student Success Research grew out of the UIC Student Success Initiative, and has the dual purpose of opening a cross-disciplinary dialogue among researchers employing different perspectives and approaches to answer related questions about student success at UIC, and putting that research into the hands of practitioners who can make use of it for the benefit of our students.

PRESENTATION SLIDES and HANDOUT

4:30 p.m. – when we’re done p.m. – NETWORKING EVENT – UIC Advisors Enjoy a Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ – LAGUNITAS Brewery Tour sponsored by Latin American Recruitment and Educational Services (LARES)

Oh, yes, we’re doing it – we’re going over to one of our local breweries and we think you should come with us! In fact, we’ll even provide the transportation there. We’re going to Lagunitas for a brewery tour, some nice beverages, and enjoyable food! The brewery tour starts promptly at 5:00 p.m. so we need to leave campus around 4:30 p.m. If you’re meeting us at Lagunitas, make sure you get there a few minutes before 5. If you’re going with us, please make sure to arrive at Hull House by Student Center East at 4:30 – the bus will leave promptly at 4:30. (If you’re coming from the ORSS lecture, we’ll all walk over as soon as it is done.)

**Transportation sponsored by the Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services

Friday, March 30:
8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.  Unit-Based Advisor Activities and Advisor Gift Distribution

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.  Brown Bag Lunch without the Brown Bag: NACADA Webinar Viewing “Building an Advisor Competency: Conceptual Understanding Component” with LUNCH PROVIDED from Thai Bowl
*Lunch sponsored by the Center for Student Involvement
LOCATION: 2750 UH

In February, we showed the introduction to the new NACADA Academic Advising Core Competencies Model (2017), which has three major components – Conceptual, Informational, and Relational.  In this 57-minute videocast presentation, presenters continue the conversation with a deeper look at the Model’s Conceptual component. The competencies included in the conceptual component provide context for academic advising. The conceptual component addresses the ideas and theories that academic advisors must understand about students, their institutions, themselves, and their environment in order to appropriately convey the critical nature of academic advising to their stakeholders. The presentation is designed to help them learn more about the six core competency areas included in the Conceptual component.

WEBINAR SLIDES and Discussion Packet

3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. “Let’s Play Ball – literally! Or just enjoy watching…” ADVISOR SPRING Networking Event sponsored by SUMMER SESSION and UIC ATHLETICS
LOCATION: UIC’s Granderson Stadium Skybox

Don’t miss the grand finale of Advisor Week! You’re invited to UIC Summer Session’s Advisor Networking party at the luxury skybox in UIC’s Granderson Stadium. Come enjoy free food, beverages and a great view of the city. Our baseball team’s away so our friends in Athletics and Summer Session are giving you the opportunity to do some batting practice in Granderson Stadium (if you want) and we’ll watch a classic “A League of Their Own” on the flat screens while enjoying a great end to a great week!

The Office for Advising Development gives enthusiastic thanks to our partners who have generously donated their time to provide programs, and to our co-sponsors.