1. New Student Orientation Advising Are we just weathering the storm?

2. University of Kansas – School of Engineering  1900 Undergraduate Students  Average incoming freshman class is 430 students  Growth phase with high recruiting goals  Desired undergraduate enrollment – 1850 students  Desired incoming freshman class – 475  Maintain quality  H.S. GPA – 3.0+  H.S. Rank – top 50%  Math ACT Sub score - 22  High scholarship offers Abby Coffin NACADA 2011 Annual Conference Session 060

3. New Student Orientation Facts  University of Kansas  Two day program  Student Success  Academics  Advising and Enrollment  3,500 – 4,000 students  3,700 – 4,200 parents  Offered 2 times per week, all summer (12-14 total sessions)  School of Engineering  Offer 4 freshman sessions for Engineering  120 students per session Abby Coffin NACADA 2011 Annual Conference Session 060

4. Problems we face  Short time frame  High volume of students  High anxiety for students  Closed classes  Fear Factor  Losing students Abby Coffin NACADA 2011 Annual Conference Session 060

5. Appreciative Advising Concepts  Six Phases  Disarm – making a positive first impression, reducing fear/uneasiness  Discover – build rapport, learn about students’ strengths, skills, abilities  Dream – uncovering students’ hopes and dreams for future  Design – creating a plan  Deliver – support students as they carry out plan  Don’t settle – encourage students to achieve full potential Abby Coffin NACADA 2011 Annual Conference Session 060

6. Six Components of Appreciative Advising  Care about and believe in the potential of each student  Possess an attitude of gratefulness  Work to become better a better advisor  Remember that advisors hold a great deal of power  You must find students truly interesting and be willing to learn from them  Possess cultural awareness and responsiveness “ The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones who care.” - Anonymous Abby Coffin NACADA 2011 Annual Conference Session 060

7. How Can We Incorporate This? Disarm  Warm welcome  Safe and comfortable environment  Appropriate self disclosure  Appropriate nonverbal behavior Discover  Open-ended questions  Attending behaviors and active listening  Strength based story reconstruction Dream  Creating powerful images  Prospective framework for dreaming  Making connections between Dream and Discover phases Abby Coffin NACADA 2011 Annual Conference Session 060

8. Phases for one on one settings Design  Teach how to make decisions  Provide positive feedback  Be aware of the “curse of knowledge”  Making referrals Deliver  Energize students to be their best  Academic hope  Ending the conversation well  Following up Don’t Settle  Challenge and support  Raising the bar  Virtuous Cycle Abby Coffin NACADA 2011 Annual Conference Session 060

9. Before The Students Arrive  We are prepared for the specific student  Email messages  Individual Packet, specific to their situation  Full staff attends sessions  Greeted individually  Immediate accessibility, not a “presentation”  Disarm Abby Coffin NACADA 2011 Annual Conference Session 060

10. Our Points of Contact – Day One  Opening Welcome  We are the FIRST session  Dean and Associate Dean  Directors  Encouraging message, get students excited, keep it informative, but not boring  Disarm Abby Coffin NACADA 2011 Annual Conference Session 060

11. Our Points of Contact – Day One  Ice Cream Social  Engineering Complex  Staff, Faculty, current students  Student organizations  Informal  Disarm, Discover, Dream Abby Coffin NACADA 2011 Annual Conference Session 060

12. Our Points of Contact – Day One  Utilize Current Students  Encourage event participation  Showcase Opportunities  Engineering Peer Advisors Abby Coffin NACADA 2011 Annual Conference Session 060

13. Our Points of Contact – Day two  Departmental Meetings  Small Group Advising  Central Resources  Explain Enrollment Lab, not rushed  Discover, Dream, Design Abby Coffin NACADA 2011 Annual Conference Session 060

14. Put Into Practice at Home  Think about your current message  Get creative with application  Accept limitations  Which steps can you achieve? Abby Coffin NACADA 2011 Annual Conference Session 060

15. Resources  Appreciative Advising. 24 Feb. 2011. www.appreciativeadvising.net www.appreciativeadvising.net  Bloom, J.L., Martin, A. “Incorporating Appreciative Inquiry into Academic Advising.” The Mentor: An Academic Advising Journal 24 Feb. 2011 http://dus.psu.edu/mentor/020829jb.htm.http://dus.psu.edu/mentor/020829jb.htm  Bloom, J.L., Huston, B.L., &He, Y. The Appreciative Advising Revolution. Champaign, IL; Stipes.  Lords, E. “A Revolution in Academic Advising at a Texas Community College.” 22 Sept. 2000. The Chronicle of Higher Education, A47.  Sanchez, L. “Two’s Company, Three’s a Crowd: Can Group Advising Be Appreciative and Effective?” The Mentor: An Academic Advising Journal 24 Feb. 2011 http://dus.psu.edu/mentor/080702ls.htm. http://dus.psu.edu/mentor/080702ls.htm Abby Coffin NACADA 2011 Annual Conference Session 060