Fall 2022

Fall 2022 Advising Chats

Date: Thursday, September 8, 2022
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM
Location: Virtual
Guests: To be announced
Description: Case management varies significantly across advisors, departments, and colleges. In this panel-style session, panelists will share their various strategies on case management including proactive outreach, follow-up practices, advising note-taking, and supporting students from underserved groups. Panelists will vary in their case sizes and types.

Date: Thursday, October 6, 2022
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Hybrid (Newman Multipurpose Room and Zoom)
Guest: Sam Buchanan
Description: In this interactive session, Sam Buchanan will lead attendees in a professional development planning process. For newer practitioners, the session will also include a few minutes of discussion on professional development opportunities on campus and beyond; however, it is our hope that this session will provide opportunities for reflection and growth for both new and established practitioners on campus.
Please note: The presenter is most comfortable with and interested in presenting this session in-person. However, to increase accessibility, we invite you to join via Zoom and we will record this session as we are able. If you join via Zoom, your experience will be different from those who attend in-person.

Date: Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Time: 2:00 - 3:30 PM
Location: Virtual
Guests: Dr. Tonisha Lane and student panelists
Description: This dual-pronged advising chat will begin with a presentation by Dr. Tonisha Lane, a professor of higher education at Virginia Tech. Dr. Lane will discuss how students' intersecting identities play a role in their experiences on a college campus. Through the lens of intersectionality, Dr. Lane will highlight how practitioners can best support students in their advising work. Following the presentation, a group of student panelists will share their own experiences at Virginia Tech before beginning a participatory question and answer portion.

Date: Thursday, December 1, 2022
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Location: Virtual (Zoom only; this session will NOT be recorded)
Guest: Dr. Shannon Shastry
Description: Not all advising and student support professionals are trained mental health counselors. Nonetheless, many are likely to be an integral part of the support system for students who have experienced trauma in their lives. The Virginia Tech Women's Center will lead this session to highlight how practitioners can support students who have experienced trauma, and how practitioners can also take care of their own mental health as they navigate these interactions.

Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Virtual
Description: This highly interactive session will enable participants to consider and discuss some of their own strategies, successes, and challenges with managing their student caseloads.

Date: Thursday, October 13, 2022
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Location: Newman Multipurpose Room
Description: This highly interactive session will provide participants with the opportunity to create and refine their own conference presentation proposals. Participants will be asked to attend with a rough idea for a presentation and will be given the tools to turn that idea into a cohesive and compelling written proposal. This session will be guided by facilitators who have significant experience writing and reviewing conference proposals. Participants are encouraged to bring ideas for whichever conference they would like to attend in the future.