MACADA Board Meeting – September 18, 2015

2:00pm

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  1. Call to Order

Meeting was called to order at 2:07 PM

  1. Roll Call

Christina Bowles, Missouri State University

Juli Panza, Missouri State University

KristelSchlemper, University of Missouri-Columbia

Paula Aguilar, Webster University

Ehren Oncken, University of Missouri-Columbia

Ragh Singh, University of Missouri-Columbia

KarieStroder, Southeast Missouri State University, via conference call

Jackie Schneller, University of Missouri-Columbia

Brittany Neunuebel, University of Missouri-St. Louis

Rossann Downing, Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley

Elaine Bryant, Missouri Western State University

Amanda Kossuth, Missouri S&T

Jamie Schweiger, Missouri State University

  1. Reports

President: Christina Bowles, Missouri State University. No report.

President-Elect: Juli Panza, Missouri State University. No report.

Treasurer:Kristel Schlemper, University of Missouri-Columbia. No report.

NACADA Liaison: Paula Aguilar, Webster University. Paula found that NACADA would be doing a Silent Auction again this year. Paula motioned that she be allowed to bid up to $500 for a speaker for the MACADA conference next year. Julie seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.

Vice President Membership:Ehren Oncken, University of Missouri-Columbia. Provided a membership report. We have 134 members to date.

VP Professional Dev. & Diversity:Ragh Singh, University of Missouri-Columbia.No report.

VP Programming:Karie Stroder, Southeast Missouri State University. Defer to New Business.Deferred.

St. Louis Representative: Brittany Neunuebel, University of Missouri-St. Louis. Brittany has found a MACADA member who would like to volunteer as a copy editor for MACADA publications, and/or the MACADA website. Brittany will follow-up with her for more information.

Kansas City Representative: Rossann Downing, Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley. No report.

Southeast Representative:Amanda Kossuth, Missouri S&T. No report.

Southwest Representative: Jamie Schweiger, Missouri State University. No report.

  1. New and Continuing Business
  2. 2015 MACADA Conference
  • Go over Conference Schedule, Logistics

Thursday, September 24th

  • ELP Lunch-During the lunch, Ragh will share assignments and timelines with the ELP participants, and the group will do introductions. ELP assignments will be due in December, March, and June
  • Registration-117 conference attendees. Kristel requested that Juli order 10 more conference booklets. Kristelwill have nametags completed before coming to the conference. Kristel would prefer to stay at the registration table and give a report on her behalf during the Welcome. Kristel will man the registration table from 11-5, and Rossann will assist her from 11-12:45. Karie stated that Kristel will have 2 8-foot tables for registration. Drink tickets will be stuffed into name-tags. MACADA membership cards will not be printed for all members this year, but will be available upon request. During this time, it was discussed that there be a call for volunteers in future years. Juli stated that there are two award winners only attending the dinner, and one is bringing their husband.
  • Welcome/Table topics-Christina will give a welcoming speech. Then, all board members will have the opportunity to introduce themselves. Also, Christina will prepare a powerpoint showing a photo of each board member, and a description of their position and duties. All board members should send a photo to Christina asap for this presentation.
  • Table Topics-
  • My path to advising has been:
  • My goal is:
  • My tools to achieve this are:

Karie reminded all of us that using the microphone is important so that everyone in the room can hear. Karie will also be bringing mums, and they will be labeled to tell everyone where they are from.

  • Panel Sessions
  • Moderators
  • Testing, Testing, 123…I’m at Education Major, Can you help me?”-Brittany
  • Advising Students at a Distance-Ehren
  • A Discussion on Race Relations in Higher Education-Ragh
  • Christina will prepare the certificates for the panel session participants
  • Business Meeting agenda is listed in the handbook.
  • Door prize tickets will be given for attending the business meeting
  • Call to order
  • Approve 2014 minutes
  • Reports
  • Elections-an introduction to how the process will go, which spots on the board are open, and call for more nominations. Elections will be on Friday
  • Currently, no one is running for VP of Membership, VP of Programs
  • Brittany was nominated by Karie to run for President-Elect, Brittany agreed and would no longer run for Saint Louis Rep
  • Karie also reminded us that they will start setting for dinner at the end of the business meeting, Christina will let people know to expect that.
  • Dinner (Awards): Karie has confirmed that all of the dinner options will be available for dinner, and has been working with Kristel to improve the dietary needs process. Rachel is bringing the awards for the recipients. Christina will present the awards, Juli will introduce each recipient and the award that they are receiving. Ragh will use some time to recognize the ELP participants.
  • Keynote: Karie has Blaine’s cell phone number, he will be arriving in Kansas City Thursday around 12, and will not be leaving until Saturday. Christina motioned to spend up to $40 on a gift for Blaine Harding. Brittany seconds. Motions passes unanimously.
  • Happy Hour and Games: Karie confirmed that each participant will receive one drink ticket that needs to be used at the Toad Cove bar. She is hoping to get something comped from the resort. Josh and Christina are planning “Minute-to-win-it” games, participants need to be in teams of 4.

Friday, September 25th

  • Registration-Kristel will cover the registration table
  • Breakfast-It is important for the board to be at breakfast, and to encourage others to attend breakfast as well. We will be having waffles instead of biscuits and gravy.
  • Concurrent Sessions

Concurrent Sessions I – 8:30-9:30am

• Diversity 101: A Conversation About the “isms” of Race and its Impact - Ragh

• Surviving Advising: What Every Advisor Should Know from the Beginning - Christina

• Where the Wild Things Are: Guiding Probation Students out of the Jungle - Rachel

• Non-Traditional Tactics for Advising Non-Traditional Students – Jamie

Concurrent Sessions II – 9:40-10:40am

• Co-Curricular Planning: Using the Academic Calendar & Competencies to Help Students Become Active Participants - Rachel

• Bridging the Gap: Using Tools to Help Bridge the Digital Divide - Ehren

• You Deserve to Be Here, Too! Advising First Generation College Students – Brittany

Concurrent Sessions III – 10:55-11:55am

• Check Your Privilege – Juli

• Building a Culture of Success: UMSL Student Retention Services – Brittany

• Academic Advisors: Tour Guides for International Student Success – Ragh

• Exploring Advising Territories: Using a Personal Touch Approach to Engage and Impact Students – Christina

  • Closing Session (Awards, Elections, Door Prizes)
  • Karie will make sure that we have A/V for this session in the Kinderhook
  • Door prize tickets will be given at the door for those who have completed their conference evaluations and best of conference-board members requested to assist in tallying election and best of conference ballots
  • Karie will present best of conference award
  • Christina will facilitate the elections
  • Christina and Brittany will facilitate the awarding of door prizes
  • Juli will do the closing
  • Additionally, Christina has requested that the email reminder about the conference includes information that MACADA is a casual conference, that school colors day is Friday, and that all members are encouraged to attend the business meeting. She will coordinate with Jenna to send this reminder.
  1. Adjournment
  • Meeting adjourned at 3:20 PM.

Submitted by Jamie Schweiger, Southwest Regional Representative, Missouri State University