Commission Reports: Academic Advising News
February 2003
Notes from Salt Lake City
The 2002 Electronic Publication Awards (EPA) were presented at the NACADA national conference Awards Ceremony in Salt Lake City. The Technology Commission's EPA review committee evaluated sixteen electronic publication nominations last year and selected four Web sites and one CD as award winners. A complete list of all EPA nominees with links to their Web pages (when available) and additional highlights can be found on the Tech Commission's Web site at www.psu.edu/dus/ncta/awards02.htm.
Outstanding Electronic Publications
Certificates of Merit
- Cyber Advising for Orientation and Beyond (University of South Florida)
www.sa.usf.edu/advising/cyber/
- New Student Information Session (North Harris College)
Compact Disk (CD)
- Virtual Advising Center (Northern Michigan University)
www.nmu.edu/advising
Over 45 technology-related conference sessions were offered in Salt Lake City. Five of those had been selected as commission-sponsored sessions based on the commission's annual review of proposal abstracts and evaluations from previous conference presentations. Each sponsored session was introduced by a member of the Tech Commission's steering committee. The five Technology Commission-sponsored sessions and their presenters were:
- "Assessment of Web-based Advising Systems, Part II"
Andrea L. Irby, North Carolina State University
- "E Pluribus Unum: Using Technology to Create a University-wide Advising System"
Jane E. Stringer and Annette McMenamin Bakley, Temple University
- "Ensuring the Advising Functionality of a Student Information System"
Celeste Pardee and Terry Thure, University of Arizona
- "How to Develop a Standardized and Annually Updated Web Presentation for Every Major at Your College or University"
Thomas Kenyon, Indiana University
- "Web-based Advising Data Management System"
Mark Bellcourt and Mary Ellen Shaw, University of Minnesota
In addition, one of the technology-related sessions presented at the Salt Lake City conference had been voted "Best of Region" at a NACADA regional conference last spring. This session and its presenters were:
- "The Benefits and Challenges of Web Advising" (Best of Region 9)
Anne Hein and Adam Sikula, University of Nevada–Las Vegas
Congratulations to the 2002 Electronic Publication Award winners and presenters of the Technology Commission-sponsored sessions and Best of Region session.
Call for nominations for the 2003 Electronic Publication Awards
The deadline for submitting nominations for the 2003 Electronic Publication Awards is March 3. Please consider nominating a Web site from your institution for this award. Details, rules, and an online nomination form are available on the Tech Commission's Web site at www.psu.edu/dus/ncta/epa.htm.
For additional information about the Technology in Advising Commission, including a summary of the commission meeting that was held at the national conference in Salt Lake City, please visit our Web site at www.psu.edu/dus/ncta/.
Mike Leonard
Technology in Advising Chair
814-865-7576
mjl3@psu.edu
Revised June 17, 2004
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