Getting Involved – PAVE
Introduction
Professional development opportunities planned, supported, or publicized by OAD are centered in the OAD Professional Advisor Development and Enrichment (PAVE) Committee. Committee members participate in shaping the activities with recommendations from the chair. The PAVE Committee is intended to provide a platform for every college, success unit, and student services and program partners to work together to:
- Engage the advising community;
- Continually evaluate how to best serve students, and;
- Provide opportunities for professional development and career enrichment.
Information
Full Member
Committee Membership: Units with advising responsibilities shall designate a representative to serve on the PAVE Committee for a term of two years, renewable indefinitely at the discretion of the representative’s supervisor. It is strongly recommended that representatives should have at least two years of professional advising (or advising related/similar) experience (at any institution) and at least a semester’s experience at UIC.
Expectations:
Committee members shall:
- Regularly attend monthly OAD PAVE Committee meetings
- Engage substantively with committee work and yearly goal setting
- Chair a working group or participate in at least one working group
- Attend working group meetings
- Take a leadership role within the working group whether explicitly as chair or implicitly as a committee member by participating in and encouraging participation by all members in all aspects of the group’s work.
- Serve as an Event Representative at least once per year – particularly if it is your working group
- Contribute to/participate in the preparation for the event;
- Contribute to/participate in the closing of and follow-up to the event.
- Represent interests of their department and report information/publicize events back to units
- Report in a timely manner to the PAVE Chair or OAD Director/Chair (as appropriate) if unable to participate in expected activities and planning for any reason.
Current Representatives
- Anthony (JP) Jordan-Parnell, AAAN
- Anthony Carr, CHANCE
- Ashley Stewart, TRIO
- Curtis Kimberlin, LAS Pre-Professional Advising
- Eddie Mendoza, LARES
- Eli Vang, AASAP
- Felix Castillo, ACE
- Issy Marquez, Honors College
- Jennifer Gerena, LAS
- Jo Wagner, AHS
- Joseph Chambers, CBA
- Kevin Price, SPH
- Lahney Villahong, COE CS
- Liv Jordan, CADA
- Estherine Morgan, CUPPA
- Monique Williams, CON
- Patrick Eubanks, COE
- Ryan Raymond, SAAS
- Rebeca Lamadrid-Quevedo, COED
- Lisa Hehman, Chair, OAD
- Nick Ardinger, Vice Chair, OAD
- Josephine Volpe, Associate Vice Provost, Office for Advising Development
Link to Qualtrics Interest Survey
We welcome the advising community and professionals to get involved and help us plan professional development opportunities for the community.
Please fill out the interest form using the link below:
PAVE is responsible for executing the following projects:
Each project has a project lead….a PAVE member can volunteer to be a project lead taking responsibility for executing the event, activity, or associated duties with the assistance from other members:
- Fall Advising Summit
- Major Minor Fair
- Winter Advisor Week
- Spring Advising Summit
- Spring Advisor Week
- Advising Awards Ceremony
- Advisor on Fire
- Advisor Recognition
- Professional Association Participation
- Conference Presentations
- Social Media
- Socials and Networking