Get Involved with Professional Organizations! A discussion on building your professional network while avoiding burnout

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Melanie Gottlieb_____________ American Association of Collegiate Registrars & Admission Officers (AACRAO), Missouri Association of Collegiate Registrars & Admission Officers (MACRAO) and NAFSA, Association of International Educators.

Paula Aguilar________________ Missouri Academic Advising Association (MACADA) Board Member

Michelle Loyet_______________ Society for American Archaeology American Anthropological Association National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) Received Certificate of Merit for “Outstanding Advising Administrator” from Region VII NACADA 2010.

Joan Finder_________________ Missouri Academic Advising Association (MACADA) President Member NACADA, AACRAO, Missouri Community College Association and MoACAC (Missouri Association of College Admissions Counselors). Mentor for the St. Louis Critics and Award Programs (CAPPIES) Active in church and school activities with her family.

Dana Parker-Jones___________ National Black MBA Association (past membership co-chair) Current member of the Community Development Committee Urban League Young Professionals Young Zoo Friends

Tyann Cherry_______________ Moderator Chair-Elect NACADA Distance Education Advising Commission Received National Certificate of Merit for “Outstanding New Advisor” from NACADA in 2007 Director of Collegiate Outreach Recruitment and Exposure program

Choosing the path Letting it choose you Making strategic decisions Recognize the goal Selecting a Path_______________

Finding an organization Understanding the mission Know what’s involved It’s better to do one thing well… Takes more than a membership __

Build it Reciprocate Maintain What about the network?____ __