University of Georgia: Office of the Vice President for Instruction

ACADEME: A UGA ACademic ADvising and MEntoring on-line Newsletter

Volume 1, Number 1

Fall, 2003

Welcome to ACADEME. This is the first edition of an on-line newsletter for undergraduate academic advisors and other interested individuals. Published by the Office of the Vice President for Instruction, University of Georgia, ACADEME has been developed to accomplish three primary goals:

to provide Academic Announcements - which should inform the work of academic advisors, including information about new courses, majors, minors, and policies,

to Spotlight...Best Practices in advising @ UGA, Student Affairs units which provide support and assistance to advisors and students, collaborations between academic and student affairs units, and noteworthy advisors, and

to offer Professional Development information for academic advisors, including on-campus meetings/workshops, regional and national conferences, and other opportunities.

ACADEMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

New policies

undergraduates now have the opportunity to take some courses Pass-Fail-- http://www.bulletin.uga.edu/bulletin/acad/Courses.html#Pass

"Students may drop one, some, or all of their classes through the Drop-Add period without receiving any grade." Passed by the Council on October 23, 2003 and will become effective with Spring, 2004 Drop-Add. (Previously, students could drop all but one hour during D-A but had to get a W in at least one hour.)

SPOTLIGHT

► Join the Director of the Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) unit of the Health Center and others for a brown bag workshop on December 10^th (12 noon) designed to help advisors learn more about referrals for students who are having psychological or emotional problems. RSVP required; see attached.

►UGA Outstanding Academic Advisors win national awards! Both of the 2002-2003 UGA award-winners were recently recognized by the national advising association. Congratulations to Dr. Leigh Holland, Arts and Sciences, and Dr. Adam Davis, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
http://www.uga.edu/ovpi/advising/mentor.htm

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

►Advisor Brown Bags - Dr. Stephanie Schlitz (Arts and Sciences) has organized a monthly brown bag series for all advisors across campus. These informal get-togethers are designed to give advisors an opportunity to meet with other faculty and staff and talk about advising and related matters. All sessions will take place from 12:00 noon until 1:00 pm in Room 214 of the new Student Learning Center (SLC). The Spring, 2004 schedule is:

January 23^rd- Keith Parker, Associate Provost for Institutional Diversity

February 27^th- Jim Day, Director of University Housing

March 26^th- TBA

April 23^rd- TBA

For more information, contact Stephanie at sschlitz@franklin.uga.edu.

►The National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) is the professional association for faculty and staff members who serve as advisors. UGA is in Region 4 (Southeast). For more information about NACADA and/or the next regional advising conference (Ole Miss, March 7-9, 2004):
http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/

For more information about academic advising at the University of Georgia, contact any member of the Academic Advising Coordinating Council (AACC) http://www.uga.edu/ovpi/advising/aacc.htm