Goodbye and thank you, UTSA!
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Hi everyone, before I leave I wanted to send out my greatest appreciation to the advising community which has truly been a second family to me these last years. We've been through some hard times, a lot more good times,
and that genuinely has everything to do with our teamwork. Truthfully, our best quality has always been the ability to stick by one another and really help each other when it's needed. I hope that I can find myself in a similar situation in my new position.
I've learned so much from so many of you and it has been my honor to be able to work with such amazing individuals. I'm not sure what my future holds, but I can guarantee you that I will always take with me the lessons that I learned here as a UTSA advisor.
Thank you, thank you to everyone, and I wish each of you the very best.
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Phillip Casarez
"You Stay Classy. "
10 years, 3 months
Re: [Advising] SSC training update
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Our staff has not been giving EAB account numbers/access yet. Can you assist us?
Linda Leech
Director Student Support Services
University of Texas at San Antonio
210-458-7510
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Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2016 10:24 AM
To: advising(a)lists.sis.utsa.edu
Subject: [Advising] SSC training update
Dear All,
The second week of SSC training is just ending. Monica and I are very happy to see so many advisors being excited about the new SSC tool. Please log-in daily to the platform, use it and let us know of your experience.
Thank you Betsy (LHSC Advising) for asking about a User Guide :) . Monica downloaded it to the I:drive for everyone to access. You can also access the User Guide by logging into your EAB account at www.eab.com<http://www.eab.com>
We strongly encourage each advising team to collaborate in their centers; the more 'tech-savvy' advisors should help and mentor those who need a little bit more support. All advisors also have the option to come again to one of the makeup sessions below. Monica and I are here to help.
EAB/SSC Training by Center in NPB 1.412 unless otherwise noted:
February 22nd 9:30 - 11:30 - USSTS, SSS, 1 EGR advisor
February 23rd 1:30 - 3:00 - Athletics Advising, UHPO Advising, Honors Advising
February 26th 9:30 - 11:30 - Make-up session/refresher for all advisors JPL 3.02.38
March 7th 9:00 - 10:00 STPL refresher
March 8th 1:30 - 3:30 make up session/refresher for all advisors
Thank you and we will see you all at the UTSA/Junior College Summit tomorrow.
Sylvia Mansour, IDED Advising Director
Monica R. Glover, DT Advising Director
10 years, 3 months
SSC training update
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Dear All,
The second week of SSC training is just ending. Monica and I are very happy to see so many advisors being excited about the new SSC tool. Please log-in daily to the platform, use it and let us know of your experience.
Thank you Betsy (LHSC Advising) for asking about a User Guide :) . Monica downloaded it to the I:drive for everyone to access. You can also access the User Guide by logging into your EAB account at www.eab.com<http://www.eab.com>
We strongly encourage each advising team to collaborate in their centers; the more 'tech-savvy' advisors should help and mentor those who need a little bit more support. All advisors also have the option to come again to one of the makeup sessions below. Monica and I are here to help.
EAB/SSC Training by Center in NPB 1.412 unless otherwise noted:
February 22nd 9:30 - 11:30 - USSTS, SSS, 1 EGR advisor
February 23rd 1:30 - 3:00 - Athletics Advising, UHPO Advising, Honors Advising
February 26th 9:30 - 11:30 - Make-up session/refresher for all advisors JPL 3.02.38
March 7th 9:00 - 10:00 STPL refresher
March 8th 1:30 - 3:30 make up session/refresher for all advisors
Thank you and we will see you all at the UTSA/Junior College Summit tomorrow.
Sylvia Mansour, IDED Advising Director
Monica R. Glover, DT Advising Director
10 years, 3 months
REMINDER: STPL VALENTINE'S DAY DESSERT SOCIAL
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Please join us on Monday from 2:00 to 4:00 for our Valentine's Day Dessert Social.
Cake: treat yo self! Cookies: treat yo self! Candy: treat yo self!
Photo booth: treat yo self! Raffles: treat yo self!
It's the best day of the year!!!!
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10 years, 3 months
Academic Advising Caseloads
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Good afternoon Academic Advising Community,
As a centralized academic advising unit, we must make occasional changes to ensure we meet our mission of supporting the holistic development of students through the cultivation of trusting and collaborative mentoring relationships. Similarly, we must be able to guide our students in developing meaningful, personalized pathways toward academic success. In order to do this, we must ensure that there are manageable and equitable caseloads across advising centers.
As you may recall from the academic advising white paper and restructure, it was noted that we would assign and reassign advisors to centers to ensure a caseload of approximately 350:1. Since the restructure we have tried to manage the caseload numbers by reassigning positions as they became vacant or hiring academic advisors using temporary funds rather than moving advisors. This year in reviewing caseloads in SSC and generated internal reports, as well as recent graduation numbers and various college and/or department admission criteria, it has been determined that a limited number of advisors will need to be reassigned to another advising center to better equate caseloads. By moving advisors, all centers will have a caseload range of 310-370.
Not all centers will be affected this year and I have already met with those centers where staff will be moving from to ask for volunteers. If there are no volunteers, we will follow Human Resource's recommended practice of last one(s) hired being reassigned.
Below is a timeline for the changes:
Feb. 19th Deadline for individuals from affected centers to volunteer for reassignment
Feb. 22nd Individuals who are reassigned and the centers they are moving to will be notified
March 21st Reassigned advisors will be in their new location
Moving forward, every spring a caseload review will be conducted using the SSC caseload data and the protocol described above will be followed.
I appreciate everyone's patience with this process and continued commitment to supporting our students' success.
Barbara
10 years, 3 months
February AAC Meeting Minutes
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Hello,
The meeting minutes from the February Academic Advising Council meeting can now be found in the AAC folder on the I:drive. To find the AAC folder, go to I:drive --> AcademicAdvising --> AAC. Topics for the last meeting included planning for the upcoming 2016 Advisor Survey, ideas related to the future of the Interest Groups, deleting holds again, orientation, and summer enrollment.
Also, the pictures from the All-Advisor Appreciation Ceremony in December are now on the I:drive (I:drive --> AcademicAdvising --> AAC --> Appreciation --> Pictures).
Academic Advising Council
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Give the AAC feedback:
AAC(a)utsa.edu<mailto:AAC@utsa.edu>
Anonymous Suggestion Form<https://mkeneson.wufoo.com/forms/m1wyx5bg1vmo1qc/>
AAC Website<http://www.utsa.edu/aac/>
10 years, 3 months
Re: [Advising] PIVOT 2 25 Save Date
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YEAH!!! I have a busy day, but plan to stop between meetings.
Linda Leech
Director Student Support Services
University of Texas at San Antonio
210-458-7510
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Sent: Monday, February 8, 2016 12:37 PM
To: advising(a)lists.sis.utsa.edu
Subject: [Advising] FW: PIVOT 2 25 Save Date
FYI
From: Leticia Duncan
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2016 10:30 AM
To: Alan Vince <Alan.Vince(a)utsa.edu<mailto:Alan.Vince@utsa.edu>>; Barbara Smith <Barbara.Smith(a)utsa.edu<mailto:Barbara.Smith@utsa.edu>>; Brenda Clarke <Brenda.Clarke(a)utsa.edu<mailto:Brenda.Clarke@utsa.edu>>; Gail Pizzola <Gail.Pizzola(a)utsa.edu<mailto:Gail.Pizzola@utsa.edu>>; Joleen Reynolds <Joleen.Reynolds(a)utsa.edu<mailto:Joleen.Reynolds@utsa.edu>>; Lawrence Williams <Lawrence.Williams(a)utsa.edu<mailto:Lawrence.Williams@utsa.edu>>; Lisa Buentello <Lisa.Buentello(a)utsa.edu<mailto:Lisa.Buentello@utsa.edu>>; Lisa Thiem <Lisa.Thiem(a)utsa.edu<mailto:Lisa.Thiem@utsa.edu>>; Monica Lucero <Monica.Lucero(a)utsa.edu<mailto:Monica.Lucero@utsa.edu>>; Nancy Martin <Nancy.Martin(a)utsa.edu<mailto:Nancy.Martin@utsa.edu>>; Tammy Wyatt <Tammy.Wyatt(a)utsa.edu<mailto:Tammy.Wyatt@utsa.edu>>
Cc: Astrid Cardona <Astrid.Cardona(a)utsa.edu<mailto:Astrid.Cardona@utsa.edu>>; Rhonda Gonzales <Rhonda.Gonzales(a)utsa.edu<mailto:Rhonda.Gonzales@utsa.edu>>
Subject: PIVOT 2 25 Save Date
University College Faculty and Staff,
Please find attached flyer for the launch of the PIVOT Grant Program on February 25th 10am-2pm at the Sombrilla.
Hope you can attend and provide your support,
Leticia Duncan-Brosnan, Ph.D.
I'm first-gen!
Executive Director
Tomas Rivera Center for Student Success
University of Texas at San Antonio
MS 1.02.14
210-458-7114
www.utsa.edu/trcss<http://www.utsa.edu/trcss>
10 years, 4 months
FW: PIVOT 2 25 Save Date
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FYI
From: Leticia Duncan
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2016 10:30 AM
To: Alan Vince <Alan.Vince(a)utsa.edu>; Barbara Smith <Barbara.Smith(a)utsa.edu>; Brenda Clarke <Brenda.Clarke(a)utsa.edu>; Gail Pizzola <Gail.Pizzola(a)utsa.edu>; Joleen Reynolds <Joleen.Reynolds(a)utsa.edu>; Lawrence Williams <Lawrence.Williams(a)utsa.edu>; Lisa Buentello <Lisa.Buentello(a)utsa.edu>; Lisa Thiem <Lisa.Thiem(a)utsa.edu>; Monica Lucero <Monica.Lucero(a)utsa.edu>; Nancy Martin <Nancy.Martin(a)utsa.edu>; Tammy Wyatt <Tammy.Wyatt(a)utsa.edu>
Cc: Astrid Cardona <Astrid.Cardona(a)utsa.edu>; Rhonda Gonzales <Rhonda.Gonzales(a)utsa.edu>
Subject: PIVOT 2 25 Save Date
University College Faculty and Staff,
Please find attached flyer for the launch of the PIVOT Grant Program on February 25th 10am-2pm at the Sombrilla.
Hope you can attend and provide your support,
Leticia Duncan-Brosnan, Ph.D.
I'm first-gen!
Executive Director
Tomas Rivera Center for Student Success
University of Texas at San Antonio
MS 1.02.14
210-458-7114
www.utsa.edu/trcss<http://www.utsa.edu/trcss>
10 years, 4 months
Call for Volunteers
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Good morning!
Brandy, John, and I are very excited to continue the planning process for this years' Academic Advising Conference! We are currently looking for committee members to assist in coordinating the 2016 conference.
Volunteers are needed for the following sub-committees:
· Registration and Check-In
· Presentations and Evaluations
· Marketing and Décor
· Donations and Giveaways
If you are interested in serving on this conference team, please consult with your area supervisor regarding the time commitment and contact me directly at laura.garcia(a)utsa.edu<mailto:laura.garcia@utsa.edu> by February 19th. Please let me know which area(s) you are interested in volunteering for and mark your calendars for the first planning meeting which is February 23rd from 1:30-3:30pm.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. Thank you in advance for volunteering!
Sincerely,
Laura Garcia
Interdisciplinary Education Advising
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Main Building 3.214
Phone: 210-458-4424
Fax: 210-458-5410
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10 years, 4 months
Conference Tri-Chairs
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Good afternoon everyone!
Please join me in congratulating our 2016 UTSA Academic Advising Conference Tri-Chairs, Brandy Barksdale, Laura Garcia, and John Bonner! I am very excited to work with these three exemplary advisors and hope you will volunteer to work with them when the call for committee members comes next week. This is a wonderful opportunity to help put on a great event, and to work with great people.
Again, help me congratulate our new Tri-Chairs on their new leadership roles!
Thanks,
D
Dainon Deviney
Associate Director
One UTSA Circle
San Antonio, Texas 78249-1644
phone 210-458-4302
fax 210-458-4303
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10 years, 4 months
