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Welcome!Objectives for our time together:

•Discuss where advising takes place

•Discuss examples of advising outside the office

•Discuss how involvement in the campus community humanizes advisors

•Discuss how these practices can contribute to retention

A little about the Arizona State Sun Devils…• According to U.S. News &

World Report in 2015 and 2016, ASU is ranked #1 in the U.S. for innovation.

• In Fall 2015, we had over 71,000 campus based students and over 20,000 students in our online programs.

• One university in many places

A little about the Arizona State Sun Devils…• Polytechnic Campus

• Established in 1996

• Over 4,200 students on campus with another 8,800 in our programs online

• Six entities have a presence on the campus

• Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering – The Polytechnic School

Different ways we interact with students• Orientation and outreach

• In office advising

• In the classroom

• Advising out on campus

• Academic and social events

• Virtual interaction

• Volunteering on campus

New student orientation• It all starts at new student

orientation!

• It’s our first contact with both students and parents

• Get them excited about being a Sun Devil!

Outreach to incoming freshmen• E2 Camp

• Freshmen attend the summer before they start their first Fall semester.

• Get to know their peers as well as faculty and staff.

Outreach to transfer students• Community college outreach

• College fairs

• Advising appointments with prospective students

In office advising• By Appointment

• Express Advising

• Advisors’ schedules

• Communication

In the classroom• ASU 101 – Class for first time

freshmen

• Other prerequisite courses that students are required to take in their program.

Advising out on campus• In different locations on campus

• Buildings where their classes are

• Areas we know a lot of students congregate

• Proactive (Intrusive) Advising• Looking at the student’s whole experience and

being proactive in advising helps to build that support system and relationship with the advisor that will last from start to finish (Varney, 2012)

Academic events• Innovation Showcase

• Students of all levels showcase their projects in an open house setting.

• Developmental Advising

• “These advisors use the advising relationship to: Involve students in their college experiences, explore with the students the factors that lead to success, and show interest in the students’ academic progress and extracurricular achievements, (Frost, 2003).”

Social events• Being out on campus demonstrates support in the

whole student experience and that advisors care about them having fun.

• Advisors also build relationships with other departments which can help with the Design Stage of Appreciative Advising where we make effective referrals.

• Appreciative Advising• “Appreciative Advising helps students capitalize and

make meaningful their collegiate academic and extracurricular opportunities and experiences,” (Bloom, Hudson, He, 2008).

Virtual interaction• Social Media

• What student isn’t glued to their phone these days?

• Meet them where they are virtually as well as on campus.

• Staff Spotlight

Volunteering on campus• Move In Day

• Volunteer in different capacities to help students and their families navigate the campus.

• The first day of classes

• Handing out water in our crazy heat!

• Engaging with all students and sharing information.

The best interaction…• Graduation!

• The ultimate opportunity to interact with our students.

• For many of our online students, this is the first time they have met their advisor in person.

The result of our efforts….• Students are comfortable

coming to see us.

• They come in before things get bad or before they have an “emergency.”

• They understand that we are here for the entire student experience.

Academic Advising is important!“Academic Advising is the only structured activity on the campus in which all students have the opportunity for one-to-one interaction with a concerned representative of the institution,” (Habley, 1994).

As a result, advisors help to provide that connection to the institution that helps with retention (Nutt, 2003).

Resources• Bloom, J. L.,Hutson, B. L., & He, Y. (2008). The appreciative advising revolution. Champaign, IL: Stipes

Publishing.

• Frost, S. H. (1993) Developmental Advising: Practices and Attitudes of Faculty Advisors. NACADA Journal 13(2), 15-20.

• Habley, W.R. (1994). Key Concepts in Academic Advising. In Summer Institute on Academic Advising Session Guide (p.10). Manhattan, KS: NACADA The Global Community for Academic Advising.

• Nutt, Charlie L. (2003). Academic advising and student retention and persistence from the NACADA Clearinghouse of Academic Advising Resources Web site http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/tabid/3318/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/636/article.aspx

• Varney, J. (2012, September). Proactive (Intrusive) Advising! Academic Advising Today, 35(3). Retrieved from http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Resources/Academic-Advising-Today/View-Articles/Proactive-(Intrusive)-Advising!.aspx

Contact Information• Email – Joy.Gaeraths@asu.edu

• Twitter - @JoyGaeraths - #NACADA16

• The Polytechnic School Advising Office Social Media

• Facebook -https://www.facebook.com/groups/ASUPolytechnicSchoolAdvising/

• Twitter - https://twitter.com/ASUPolySchAdv

• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/asupolyschooladvising/

Questions?