Date:  Monday October 31, 2011

       Presenter:  Susie Brubaker-Cole, Associate Provost for Academic Success and Engagement; Director of Advising

Overview:

In our first coffee talk of the 2011-2012 academic year, Susie Brubaker-Cole was on hand to discuss the current and future initiative relevant to advisors at OSU.

-New Advisor Retreats: the model will include a follow-up session to bring the first two cohorts together again for additional training

-Website being developed!  http://oregonstate.edu/ase/academic-advising  It is in the early stages at present, but hopes to eventually include professonal development opprtunity annoucements for advisors as well as a central location to gather materials from past trainings

-Campus initiative to decrease student-advisor ratio resulted in funding for 6 additional advising positions in areas where the ratio was greatest

-MyDegrees up and running, additional training expected to be available for advisors

-Learning Goals for Graduates being presented at START for initial exposure to students.  Additional, significant, changes to START should be expected for Summer 2012.

-1st year experience has made recommendations and now new students must complete WR 121, COMM 111 or 114 and Math class during their first year on campus. 

-Susie’s office (Associate Provost for Academic Success and Engagement) has committed to funding both the beverages for the Coffee Talks and with OSU registration for NACADA webinars during 2011-2012.

Additionally, advisors in attendance reviewed the list of suggested topics from last year, generated additional relevant topics to be explored, and ranked topics according to interest.  The Coffee Talk planning committee will work to bring in speakers on the most popular and timely topics throughout the academic year.

The top topics included:

-MyDegrees

-Advising Special Populations

-Best practices in advising

-Technology

-Financial Aid

-Extracurricular experiences