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Academic Advisor Elected to the Missouri Academic Advising Association (MACADA) Executive Board

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Jenny Capps, academic advisor in the Academic Advising and Transfer Center, was recently elected to the Missouri Academic Advising Association (MACADA) Executive Board as the Southwest Representative. Jenny joined Missouri State as an academic advisor in 2021. She will serve a two-year term.

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Empowering Change: Four Key Strategies for Supporting Student Affairs Administrators in the New Affirmative Action Landscape

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

academic advisors, residence life staff, admissions coordinators, counselors, and cultural center staff) and their interactions and interventions significantly influence students' experiences and success. Keisha Lewars is a senior academic advisor at John Jay College, City University of New York (CUNY).

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Transfer Advocate Blog, Issue 20

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Missouri State News The Spring 2024 Advisor Forum Schedule is Available! Please make plans to attend academic advisor forums in the Spring 2024 semester. All sessions count toward the three hours needed for annual renewal of Master Advisor designation. Registration is strongly encouraged.

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How Civitas Learning Partners are Removing Retention and Completion Barriers

Civitas Learning

Facilitate seamless transitions between departments When students recount the same information to different campus support staff, it wastes valuable meeting time and negatively impacts their experience, leading to frustration and a sense of disconnect.

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Delivering Proactive Academic Support at Scale

Civitas Learning

16:07] – At many institutions, student success initiatives fall in the hands of academic advisors, but at Slippery Rock, it’s a little different. [17:52] 13:42] – With strong participation in student success programs at Slippery Rock, the data can show the impact. [16:07] 17:52] – Conveying information isn’t the goal.

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Transfer Advocate Blog, Issue 12

Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

Lawrence Excellence in Advising Award for a faculty advisor is Melanie Carden-Jessen, an instructor in the Geology, Geography, and Planning Department. Lawrence Excellence in Advising Award for a staff advisor is Kristen Thomas, an academic advisor in the Education Advisement Center. The recipient of the 2023 Curtis P.

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We utilize this framework to analyze the use of diverse comics and graphic novels to facilitate critical conversations of bringing inclusive visual texts into the classroom. Academic advisors are strategically positioned in higher education settings as guides to help students navigate college culture, policies, and procedures.

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