Join us for the 3rd annual UConn Advising Conference
Preparing Our Students for the Future
Keynote Speaker: Olin College President, Professor Richard Miller
Thursday, August 15th, 2019, 9AM – 5PM
McHugh Hall, Storrs Campus
Join us for a day of presentations, panels, round-tables and hands-on workshops for both undergraduate and graduate advisors.
Topics
- What employers are seeking… straight from employers themselves
- General Education: A career preparation tool
- Faculty with disabilities supporting students with disabilities
- Advising the underprepared student
- Using student development theory as an advising tool
- StudentAdmin tech session
- Nexus tech session
- Networking for introverts
- Mid-career advisors: What’s your next step? Rewrite your resume!
- Preparing graduate advisees for jobs outside the academy
- Nuts and bolts of graduate student advising: logistics and procedures
- Advising international graduate students
- Having that difficult conversation with your graduate student
Download the Day at a Glance view here or see below
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Day at a Glance |
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| 8:00am—8:50am | Registration and Light Breakfast (Please bring your UConn ID with you for Registration!)
McHugh 1st Floor Lobby
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| 9:00am—10:00am | Introductions and Keynote
McHugh 101
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| Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3 | Session 4 | ||
| 10:10am—11:10am | 1.1
Advising Under-Prepared Students
McHugh 201
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1.2
General Education as a Career Preparation Tool
McHugh 203 |
1.3
Tech Session: WebFocus
Oak 308 (ECON Lab) |
1.4
Having Career Conversations with Your Advisee: Jobs Outside the Academy
McHugh 111 |
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| 11:20am—12:20pm |
2.1 Faculty with Disabilities Supporting Students with Disabilities
McHugh 101 |
2.2
Networking for Introverts
McHugh 106
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2.3
Tech Session: Student Admin
Oak 308 (ECON Lab) |
2.4
Advising International Graduate Students
McHugh 111 |
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| 12:30pm—2:00pm | Lunch, followed by Hiring Insights from Employers Panel
SU Ballroom
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| 2:10pm—3:10pm | 3.1
Supporting Independent Students
McHugh 201 |
3.2
Mid-Career Resume Writing
McHugh 203 |
3.3
Tech Session: Nexus
Oak 308 (ECON Lab) |
3.4
Having That Difficult Conversation With Your Graduate Advisee
McHugh 111
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| 3:20pm—4:20pm | 4.1
Anxiety, Depression, and Procrastination
McHugh 201 |
4.2
Using Student Developmental Theory as an Advising Tool
McHugh 203 |
No Session 4.3 |
4.4
Nuts and Bolts of Graduate Student Advising: Logistics and Procedures
McHugh 111
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| 4:30pm—5:30pm | Reception
McHugh 1st Floor Lobby
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Download the 2019 conference program here.pdf
If you require an accommodation to participate in the conference, please email Kelly Gilbert by Friday, August 9, 2019.