CAMPUS ADVISING NETWORK

Academic Advising and Retention Center

2009-2010

Presentations from the 2008/2009 Campus Advising Network schedule are listed below. AARC would like to thank each of our presenters for taking time out of their schedule to present for CAN. Without you, we could not have CAN! 

PowerPoint of "Why Advising Matters": Why Advising Matters PowerPoint

Articles and Links for "General Education Requirements Forum":

• Debra Humphreys' Presentation on "Engaging Their Spirits and Helping Students Connect: What the Core and Liberal Education Can and Must Do."
• New Survey Finds Colleges Moving Away From Pure "Cafeteria-Style" General Education Requirements, with only 15 Percent Now Using Distribution Requirements Alone

The Academic Advising and Retention Center (AARC) is please to release the 2009-2010 CAN schedule. Please see below for all dates and locations.

 

2008-2009

Presentations from the 2008/2009 Campus Advising Network schedule are listed below. AARC would like to thank each of our presenters for taking time out of their schedule to present for CAN. Without you, we could not have CAN!  

PowerPoint of "Advising and Retention: Advisors Make the Difference": Advising and Retention PowerPoint

PowerPoint of "iCAP Advanced: Best Practices and Implementation": iCAP Advanced

PowerPoint of "The Importance of Housing and Residence Life in Student Success":HRL in Student Success

PowerPoint of "WKU Living Learning Communities": None present currently

PowerPoint of "Advising for ATP: Everything An Advisor Needs to Know": ATP Session

No PowerPoint available for "Scholarships" CAN session. Please contact Andy Wagoner regarding any follow up questions or comments

PowerPoint of "How to Use and Implement the Academic Advising Syllabus": Academic Advising Syllabus
Worksheet for Session: Academic Advising Syllabus  

history and information about CAN

 

CAN was created to informally connect all WKU advisors in order to provide training on advising topics and to provide an avenue for support for the work they do.

 

All CAN sessions are structured in the same way. For the past three years CAN has been on a Wednesday afternoon. The session will begin at noon and end at 1:30 pm. Lunch is provided by different sponsors for each session.

 

The Campus Advising Network also has a list-serv that allows us to communicate with over 100 advisors at WKU immediately. Several advisors have used the listserv to get answers to advising questions. To be added to CAN list-serve please contact Kevin Thomas at kevin.thomas@wku.edu or at (270) 745-5065.

 

During the 2006/2007 academic year six sessions were offered on topics related to advising. The attendance of these six sessions was 152 faculty/staff advisors.

 

In 2007/2008 CAN was expanded to seven sessions. The session offered where Advising Students in Distress, Leadership Opportunities, Meeting the Advising Needs of Students with Developmental Courses, Understanding Financial Aid, Honors Advising, the New Curriculum, and Prestigious Scholarships, How to be a Resource to Students with Disabilities, Intercultural Skillfulness in Academic Advising. These seven sessions brought 219 faculty/staff advisors at WKU to CAN. 

 

During the 2007/2008 academic year an award was also created for advisors that attend all CAN sessions. The "Compass Award" was presented to LySandra Martin and Tracy Rucker of the Potter College of Arts and Letters as well as Michelle Kahler of the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences.