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Fall 2006 ::::::

Fridays, 11:45AM - 1:00PM
Student Center Commons (SCC), Piedmont Room (1 st floor)
**unless noted otherwise below

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Date	Topic
June 14 College of Management** 9am-4pm	GTAAN BEST PRACTICES EVENT Event facilitated by: Elizabeth Miller and Nancy Gimbel Come learn what the best advisors in the region are doing to creatively and effectively improve advising practice at their institutions.Visit the Best Practices link for details.
Aug 11 SCC Piedmont Room	2006-2007 Academic Year Kick-Off *Meeting facilitated by: Dana Hartley, Elizabeth Miller and Nancy Gimbel* An overview of advising models on campus including: strategies for advising large advisee loads, group advising, online resources and the advisor appointment system. Also, a profile of the incoming freshman class and time to get to know other advisors on campus. Agenda (.pdf) Minutes (.pdf) Residence Life Staff and Building Assignments (.doc)
Sept 22 Student Center Room 321**	Dealing with At-Risk Students Meeting facilitated by: Calarie Durant-Moneste Just before midterm grades are reported, we will discuss how to identify at risk students, strategies for helping them succeed, what the advisor's role is in the process. Agenda (.pdf) Minutes (.pdf)
Oct 27 SCC Piedmont Room	Giving them what they want: providing career and graduate school advice in academic advising sessions Meeting facilitated by: Dana Hartley SGA survey results indicated that students value their advisor's opinion on career and graduate school options. We will cover basic entrance exam info (GMAT, GRE, etc), w.here to find information online, career center resources, and what specifically some GT major advisors are doing for career development and graduate school advice. Agenda (.pdf) Minutes (.pdf)
Nov 17 SCC Piedmont Room	Advisor Stress and Burnout Meeting facilitated by: Valarie Durant-Moneste and Jan Westbrook Learn to recognize your own stress and burnout and handle it more effectively. Agenda (.pdf) PENDING Minutes (.pdf) PENDING For inquires about agenda and minutes contact Jan Westrook.
Dec 8 SCC Piedmont Room	Undergraduate Cheating Meeting Facilated by: Jennifer Leavey Do you IM? Learn how today's students are cheating, why we think they're cheating more, how cheating is handled on campus and how being caught affects the student long term. This is our last meeting of 2006! Hope you will join us. We will be giving out certificates for our Certificate Program. Advisors will be sharing material they got from the recent national NACADA conference. Agenda (.pdf) PENDING Minutes (.pdf) PENDING For inquires about agenda and minutes contact Jan Westbrook.

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