Mapping Multiple Summits: Advisors as Program Coordinators

1. Mapping Multiple Summits: Advisors as Program Coordinators Mike Jaramillo Katya Stewart-Sweeney Kathy Thornhill Felicia Zamora

2. Agenda • Brief overview of our department • History of program development • Achieve mission and goals of department • Department philosophy • Developmental Advising • Utilize expertise • Brief synopsis of each program • Business Diversity Leadership Alliance • Business Leadership Institute • Mentoring Program • Social Justice Workshop Series • Benefits to advisors • Benefits to students and programs

3. Brief overview of our department • Brief overview of our department • Structure within the College • 2200 students, five professional advisors • History of program development • Achieve mission and goals of department • Department philosophy • Hire based on fit not skills • Developmental Advising • Utilize expertise

4. Responsibilities

5. Programs Business Diversity Leadership Alliance (BDLA) Business Leadership Institute (BLI) Mentoring Program Social Justice Workshop Series (SJWS)

6. Business Diversity and Leadership Alliance • Student group focusing on issues of social justice, diversity, and leadership • Co-led by a student coordinator • Members assist with recruitment: • lead tours and class visits for prospective students • present at visit days • Members take a Social Justice and Leadership class • 24 Business majors, all years and concentrations • High achieving group that is very involved across campus • Highly diverse with regard to race and class • Volunteering and service- on and off campus • Tight knit group

7. Business Leadership Institute Program Overview • Overnight leadership conference for high school juniors and seniors • Ethnically and racially diverse and first-generation students • Interactive experiences with current faculty, staff and students • Experiences include case competitions, and leadership/team building activities Goals • Engage academically strong students to encourage pursuit of higher education • Recruit high caliber and diverse students • Provide scholarships Highlights

8. Mentoring Program Goals Support the transition process of underrepresented/nonresident new students Increase student’s connection with the campus & college communities Provide informal academic, career/professional & personal guidance Give participants opportunities for leadership, both as mentees and mentors Participants Programmatic Elements Mentor Training, Mentor Regroups & Mentor Handbook Mentoring Events Mentee Socials Bi-monthly Mentoring Pair Meetings Program Coordinator and Student Coordinator Mid-Semester and End of Year Evaluations Highlights

9. Social Justice Workshop Series • Workshops seek to develop cultural competence in our community • Developed six years ago • Two to three workshops offered each semester • Engaging topics broaden perspectives on diversity and social justice issues • Conversations about Class • Diversity in the Workforce • Race and Gender in Advertising • Presenters include industry members, advisors, and professors • Opportunities for BDLA students to facilitate • College of Business students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend • Open to the entire university through partnerships

10. Interconnectivity of Programs Business Leadership Institute Mentoring Program Business Diversity and Leadership Alliance Social Justice Workshops

11. Reality

12. Programming benefits to advisors • Increased advising staff retention—diversified job responsibilities • Counteract repetitive nature of advising • Use and build a different skillset • Expand professional network • Interact with students that are not our advisees • Broaden horizons

13. Programming benefits to advisors • Strengthening the advising team through supporting each other’s programs • Opportunities for creativity for advisors outside the advising role • Opportunity to know students on a personal level, despite large advising loads • Personal interactions versus task-driven interactions • More likely to go the extra mile and get extra satisfaction

14. Benefits to students and programs • Within advising take time to recruit/highlight programs • Camaraderie of department’s ownership of all programs • Each team member supports (attends) each program which allows each member to feel supported by presence • Openness to other ideas to improve program • Understanding our advisees involvement helps to better advise them because we understand the multiple roles they play

15. Benefits to students and programs Tapping advisor’s knowledge to help fuel success for students involved in the program Opportunity to expand student knowledge beyond major curricula Strengthened connections between programs and academic colleges Increased student retention and institutional buy-in Leadership opportunities for students as Student Program Coordinators

16. Questions?