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WORKING GROUPS INDEX:


ACADEMIC ADVISING WORKGROUP

Description:  The Academic Advising Working Group is a dedicated space for academic advisers across the country to connect with each other, share best practices, seek out support, stay current on academic advising issues and trends, and become empowered to enact change at our institutions.  As such, we want to make sure this working group truly represents academic advisers within NASPA.  This year, our goals are to foster communication among academic advisers, create a national network for information sharing, support professional development opportunities for seasoned advisers and new professionals, and collaborate with other knowledge communities in developing innovative programs.  Our mission is to support advisers as professionals and collaborators, and create a platform where advisers can address and discuss key issues of concern.

Leadership:  Co-chairs, Academic Advising Working Group

Julie Nelson
E-mail: Julie_nelson@ncsu.edu

Hoi Ning Ngai
E-mail: hngai@wharton.upenn.edu

 

CAREER SERVICES WORKGROUP

Description:  The SAPAA working groups exist to provide opportunities to engage in conversations and gather resources that focus on the partnerships between student affairs and academic affairs in niche areas.

Mission:  The mission of the Career Services Working Group is to serve as a catalyst for facilitating conversation, providing resources, and promoting networking and professional development opportunities for both academic and student affairs educators interested in career services.

Email:  sapaa.careerservices@gmail.com

Twitter:  @SAPAA_CS

Leadership:  Chair, Career Services Working Group

Michael E. Shehane (term ending 3/12)
Career Coordinator for General Academic Programs
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843
Tel: (979) 845-5139
E-mail: michaels@careercenter.tamu.edu


LIVING-LEARNING COMMUNITIES WORKGROUP

Mission: The Living-Learning Communities work group strives to promote the growth and sustainability of living-learning communities by fostering an understanding of development strategies, best practices, collaborative partnerships, and assessment processes.  The work group will serve as a catalyst to help practitioners integrate educational components into the residential experience.

The Living-Learning Community workgroup encourages members to visit the International Residential Learning Communities Clearinghouse at: http://pcc.bgsu.edu/rlcch/submissions/index.html.  This comprehensive database maintained by Bowling Green (OH) State University provides information about living-learning communities from across the country.

Committees:

Logistics: LLC staffing, training, budgets, recruitment, and applications

Partnerships: faculty partners, communication with stakeholders, and common definitions/terms

Foundations: historical data, best practices, themes, focus areas, and LLC models

Assessment: learning outcomes, assessment/survey tools, and results

Initiatives: programming requirements, linked classes, co-curricular & academic requirements  


Living-Learning Communities Contact Information:

Dan Stypa, Chair
email: stypa@usf.edu
voice: (813) 974-1995
workgroup email: sapaa.llc@gmail.com