Five preconference workshops, six poster displays, and more than fifty roundtable or concurrent sessions will be offered during “2001:  An Advising Odyssey.”  Titles include topics as diverse as: “Lawyers, Law Books, and Liability--Advising Students with Disabilities”; “Web sites 202—Moving Your Site to the Next Level”;  “Interventions for Students in Academic Difficulty”; “Theory Building in Academic Advising--Some Metatheoretical Speculations”; and “The Politics of Academic Advising Administration.”

     An organization of more than 6000 professional advisers/counselors, faculty advisers, administrators, and others who work together to enhance the skills necessary for advising students, NACADA is the acknowledged leader within the global education community for the theory, delivery, application, and advancement of academic advising.  The organization can be contacted by e-mail at nacada@ksu.edu.  For general information, see NACADA’s Web site at http://www.ksu.edu/nacada/.

NACADA’s  Mid-Atlantic Region consists of  Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, as well as Washington, D.C.  More than 300 participants from this region are expected to attend.  In addition, other participants will be traveling from Ohio, New York, and North Carolina.

     For information about registering for the conference, check the Web at http://www.psu.edu/dus/nacada/region2/2001conference.html. Contact Ruth Hussey, conference chair, at rbh1@psu.edu, or (814) 865-7576 for further details.

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CONTACT:  DIANE LEOS (814) 865-7576 or djl3@psu.edu