Advisor Mastery Program (AMP) Workshops

These workshops will focus primarily on advisor skill-building and knowledge-building. Potential topics include:

• Technical/Software/Administrative skills (Excel, TEAMS, ARGOS, reading high school transcripts, etc.)
• Advising approaches and best practices
• Legal/Ethical issues in advising
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Workshops will be offered twice a month, and will generally be worth 1 point (unless otherwise stated). Workshops will vary in terms of being offered in-person or via zoom.

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Building Community and Embracing Change: The Global Voices of Women in Academic Advising

A 24-hour virtual conference running from:

Tuesday, September 10, 2019 9:00 AM CDT through

Wednesday, September 11, 2019 9:00 AM CDT

Are you interested in engaging in conversations with educators from across the world regarding participation and leadership of women in higher education? Want to broaden your interactions with those doing critical research in the area of women and gender and inequality in higher education? Participate in this one-of-a-kind experience!

NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising is hosting the inaugural 24-hour virtual academic advising conference beginning Tuesday, September 10 at 9:00 am (U.S. central time; UTC -5) that focuses on the global voices of women within academic advising, personal tutoring, and higher education. The purpose of this virtual conference is to highlight the voices of women globally and amplify the research that examines normative practices around women and gender in higher education.

Conference Schedule

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• 9:00 AM CDT - Conference Welcome & Introduction
• 9:15 AM CDT - Contested Terrain: Women and Gender in Higher Education Globally
• 10:00 AM CDT - "Am I good enough?"
• 11:00 AM CDT - Multicultural Advising is Global. Celebrating Women’s Strengths in Advising
• 12:00 PM CDT - Why Black Collegiate Women Volunteer and How We Can Work with Them to Impact Communities
• 1:00 PM CDT - A Seat at the Table: Lessons Learned from Minority Female Leaders
• 2:00 PM CDT - Women, Let's Focus on You: How to Build Your Personal Brand for Professional Success
• 3:00 PM CDT - The Secret History of Academic Advising: Of Women, Deans, & the Future of the Profession
• 4:00 PM CDT - Say My Name, Say My Name: Black Women in Higher Education and The Politics of Recognition
• 5:00 PM CDT - From S.T.E.M. to Higher Education: Best Practices in Graduate Student Advising
• 6:00 PM CDT - Advising through a Cancer Diagnosis: Lessons on Surviving, Thriving, and Self-Care
• 7:00 PM CDT - It Takes a Village: Helping our Pregnant and Parenting Students Beat the Odds to a College Degree!
• 8:00 PM CDT - There's no such thing as Balance: Priority Based Work-Life Boundaries
• 9:00 PM CDT - Advancing Women in Advising through Flexible Work and a Babies at Work Program
• 10:00 PM CDT - Who do you think you are? OH YEAH
• 11:00 PM CDT - The Caregiver's Guide to Displaying GRIT: Building Community as a full-time professional and caregiver while embracing change
• 12:00 AM CDT - Lessons Learned from Designing Academic Support Programs at the American University in Iraq, Sulaimani: A Woman's Experience
• 1:00 AM CDT - The Quest for Happiness: A Journey for Personal Growth
• 2:00 AM CDT - Melting Pot or Pot on Fire? Using Advising Techniques to Develop Intercultural Competence
• 3:00 AM CDT - Establishing a Research Agenda on the Role of Academic Advising in Advising in Student Autonomy
• 4:00 AM CDT - The Power of 30 Minutes: Creating a Supportive Environment for Academic Advisees
• 5:00 AM CDT - Building an Academic Advising Center, Three Months and Counting
• 6:00 AM CDT - Mentorship and Networking as a (Mature) Student Employee in Student Affairs: An Autoethnographic, Multimodal Study
• 7:00 AM CDT - Nurturing Beyond Institutional Disparities in Academic Advising: Historically Black College and University Women Speak
• 8:00 AM CDT - The Gender Gap in Study Abroad
• 8:45 AM CDT - Conference Closing

Points will be awarded based upon the AMP Conference Attendance Guidelines. Plan to attend part or all of this conference at your convenience!