Advising & Navigate News October 2023

Welcome to the inaugural issue of our Advising & Navigate News. The newsletter was developed based on feedback we’ve received regarding interest in updates related to advising and Navigate across our Universities of Wisconsin. We want to ensure that any colleagues interested in these topics can easily access updates through email or at 360 Advising|wisconsin.edu. To provide feedback or suggest content, contact Angie Kellogg, who is leading the 360 Advising Initiative and the Navigate project, at akellogg@uwsa.edu.

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Advising News

Wisconsin Academic Advising Association (WACADA) Conference

Kudos to WACADA and UW-Madison for hosting the conference Sept. 28-29 at the Pyle Center on campus and to all who presented including keynote speaker DeAnn Possehl, Assistant Provost of Student Success at UW-Parkside, who spoke on “Bridging the Gap through Proactive Advising and Differentiated Support.” And congratulations to all the UW award winners, who will be recognized soon on WACADA's website at Awards – WACADA | Wisconsin Academic Advising Association.
Angie Kellogg, who leads both 360 Advising and Navigate work across UW universities, and Annie LaValley, an Advisor for Strategic Enrollment Initiatives, provided an update on that work. Their presentation slide deck is available at 360 Advising|wisconsin.edu.

NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising

Eight UW university teams participated in the NACADA Summer Institute in June in Madison. Teams continue to move forward on action plans they began developing at the institute. Find their brief action plan statements at NACADA Summer Institute|wisconsin.edu.
Submissions are open for the 2024 NACADA Region Awards at Great Lakes Region 5|nacada.ksu.edu through Nov. 1, 2023.
Registration will open Nov. 1, 2023, for the Region 5 and Region 6 Conference on March 25-27, 2024, in Milwaukee. Find details at Region 5 Registration|nacada.ksu.edu.

Career and Major Exploration Tool RFP Process

We are currently conducting a procurement process to select a major and career exploration tool that could be used by prospective and current students, other stakeholders and UW faculty and staff.
Thank you to the staff from across the UW universities who are serving on the evaluation team and as subject matter experts to provide input.
The evaluation team will determine which vendor best fulfills our requirements, and we hope to have a contract by the end of the calendar year and begin implementation early in 2024.

Advising Mini Grants

Mini grants were offered to support institutional efforts to enhance academic and career advising efforts.
Our committee is reviewing submissions, and we expect to send notifications in late October.

Navigate News

EAB Contract Extension

The Board of Regents Business and Finance Committee approved a five-year extension of UW System’s agreement with EAB Global for the Navigate student success management platform.
The project empowers students with information and tools and helps advisors, faculty and staff build more effective, timely support to improve student outcomes.

EAB Second Annual Analytics in Action Cohort

UW-Green Bay, UW-La Crosse, UW-Parkside, UW-Stout, and UW-Superior have joined EAB's national analytics community of practice, which has two tracks: loss of learning and opportunity gap.
This CoP is designed to advance data-informed student support strategies and provide an opportunity to share ideas and discuss challenges with other Navigate leaders.
They began meeting in April and expect to complete their work in early 2024.

Navigate Fall Communities of Practice: Schedule and Contacts

The Analytics CoP began meeting in July and had their second meeting in October. Contact: Lixia Qin, lqin@uwsa.edu
The App Admin CoP began meeting monthly in September. Contact: Kristen Jasperson, kjasperson@uwsa.edu
The next Program Owner meeting will be Oct. 25. Contact: Angie Kellogg, akellogg@uwsa.edu

Navigate Senior Leadership Summit

The Office of Enrollment and Student Success has scheduled an update on the systemwide use, impacts, and potential of Navigate from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 16 in Madison.
Invitations have been extended to Chancellors, Provosts, Senior Student Affairs Officers, Senior Strategic Enrollment Officers, Navigate Program Sponsors, and Navigate Program Owners.

Navigate December Presentation to Board of Regents

We are pleased to have an opportunity to share an overview of your progress, use of Navigate tools and functionality, and the impacts on student success at the Board of Regents’ December meeting in Madison.

EAB CONNECTED24 Conference

A total of 33 colleagues from around UW System have registered for the Jan. 21-23, 2024, conference in Denver.
The complete agenda is at C24|eab.com. EAB expects to open registration for specific sessions in mid-November.
Kudos to UW-Whitewater for selection to present on Jan. 22 on their expansion into housing and residence life care units.
All UW participants are asked to save the time from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 22, for a convening of our group.

Resources of Note

V3 Reports Starter Pack, notes from the V3 Reports New Features Spotlight Webinar in October 2023, and information on accessing that webinar recording and PPT at Navigate Resource Center Project Team Resources|wisconsin.edu
EAB Navigate 2023 Case Study Compendium, including a UW-Milwaukee case study, at Navigate Resource Center Project Team Resources|wisconsin.edu
EAB App and Content Admin Onboarding Series Oct. 19-Nov. 16 at Navigate Resource Center Meetings|wisconsin.edu

Other News of Note

Behavioral Health

As you prepare for spring registration meetings with students, please consider checking in on wellbeing and stress levels. This small act is one more way to show students you care.
Recommend You at College (YOU.yourcampus.edu) for personalized self-help strategies and local resource recommendations.
Remind students about your campus counseling center or Mantra Health (app.mantrahealth.com) if they wish to talk to a professional counselor.

Transfer Student Week

National Transfer Student Week, Oct. 16-20, celebrates transfer students and the professionals who support their educational journeys. Find information on the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students website.
Earlier this month, transfer coordinators from our Universities of Wisconsin and peers from the Wisconsin Technical College System, Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, and College of Menominee Nation met to network and share updates at the Annual Wisconsin Collaborative Transfer Meeting Oct. 11 in Milwaukee.