Next CAA Meeting:
All-CAA Meeting
Update From Your CAA Orientation Representative (attachments)
Tues. Nov. 19, 2013
10:00AM-4:00PM
Mercado Building
Downtown Phoenix Campus
Below is a list of upcoming orientation dates for students admitted to ASU for Spring 2014.
Please also refer to the attached Spring 2014 Orientation calendar. Also attached is a draft of the regular Orientation
season calendar for students admitted to ASU for Fall 2014 (subject to change).
Tempe CAA Leadership
Team
President:
Sandra Voller
Vice President:
Reginald Miles
Secretary/Treasurer:
Manisha Master
Communications/
Webmaster:
Kimberly Jones
Orientation
Representative:
Cristina Hansen
Tempe Campus Programs for Spring 2014 Freshmen and Transfer Students
Wednesday, December 4th for Transfer Students
Tuesday, December 10th for Transfer Students
Monday, December 16th for Freshmen (BA, HI, ES, LA, SLS, TE, SU)
Thursday, December 19th for Freshmen (HI, ES, SLS, TE, SU)
Wednesday, January 8th for Freshmen (BA, HI, ES, LA, SLS, TE, SU)
Downtown Phoenix, Poly, and West Campus Programs for Spring 2014 Freshmen and Transfer Students
DPC: Friday, November 22 for Transfer Students
and Friday, December 6th for Freshmen
POLY: Friday, January 10th for Freshmen and Transfer Students
WEST: Tuesday, January 7th for Freshmen and Transfer Students
Thanks,
General Studies Council
Representatives
Susan Kells
Kate Lehman
Cristina Hansen, M.Ed.
CAA Orientation Representative, 2013-2014
Contact Us
http://caa.asu.edu
ASU Mail Code 3801 (Tempe)
480-965-4464 (appointments) (v) 480-965-4421 480-727-6156 (f)
Academic Success Specialist
School of Letters & Sciences
Arizona State University
Updates from UTO
Thanks to our UTO partner, Paul Stoll, for providing great updates at Wednesday’s CAA meeting!
Paul kindly provided the following summary of the information he shared.
Three words:
TEACHING
Starting the week of Oct. 14, you will have a teaching tab on your MyASU page...
This page has a faculty spotlight, training calendars and information that we think will help you teach and interact
with our beloved students...
BRAINSHARK
You can narrate your PowerPoint presentation easily by signing up for a free account at brainshark.com.
This service is like Adobe presenter, allowing you to add narration to your presentation and then store it in the cloud.
Your presentation is always editable and you will have a link that you can put in your emails, websites and blackboard shells.
A couple of caveats.... This is a free service, which ASU does not have a contract with. Since your narrated copy of
your presentation is stored on their service, you should consider what to do should their service go away.
If you don't have a microphone, we have super mics in CPCOM 202 that you can use, or you can check out a headset for a
week, so that you can narrate your presentation while sitting on your back porch, near your chiminea.
LINKS
You have the ability to make a short URL that is easier for people to remember.
Let's say you have created a Google doc that you want folks to look at, and the URL is super long and complicated.
If you want to make a short, memorable URL out of it, you can go to http://links.asu.edu, login (if necessary) then create
a short URL that will lead people to your longer one.
You can create as many as you like, as long as the one you want doesn't already exist (First come first serve)... Oh!
CapiTAliZation matters (ASU and asu and AsU and aSu are all treated as different URLs in the system)
Paul Stoll
UTO Training Manager
e-Advisor PowerPoint Presentation from Sept. CAA Meeting (attachment)
Attached is a copy of the PowerPoint presentation Jennifer Malerich showed at the CAA meeting on September 11th
pertaining to e-Advisor and 8-semester critical tracking. Thanks again to Jennifer for sharing this information and
answering our questions!
Reminder: CAA Lunchtime Program for First-Year Advisors is Monday, Oct. 14!
Thanks to all who sent their RSVP for this event. We look forward to seeing you on Monday!
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TOPIC: FIRST YEAR ADVISOR AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
If this is your *FIRST* year as an Advisor at ASU, you must attend this session! You will be able to meet others who have
the same questions you have. You will learn tips from veteran advisors. Come meet your colleagues during this fantastic
networking opportunity!
Monday, October 14
12pm-1pm
BA 199
Please bring your lunch
New CAA Lunchtime Professional Development Program: Advisor and Front Desk Collaboration
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TOPIC: ADVISOR AND FRONT DESK COLLABORATION
Is your front desk staff member vital to your advising office?
Does your front desk staff member schedule advising appointments?
Is advising part of your front desk person’s responsibilities? Do they meet with prospective students?
Does your front desk staff member have access to PeopleSoft, Retention Dashboard, and DARS?
Is your front desk area staffed with student workers?
Do you manage the front desk employee?
If you answered YES, connect with your colleagues on tips to strengthen relationships with our front desk colleagues.
These individuals are the faces of our offices and we must work together to make sure that we are providing exceptional service!
Featured Panel:
 Mia Kroeger, Manager, Academic Advising & Lexi Shulla , Academic Success Specialist from Fulton Engineering (SEMTE)
 Beth Volker, Academic Success Coordinator & Stephanie Quintero, Specialist from the School of Sustainability
 Reginald Miles, Assistant Manager & Miranda Schultz, Advising Office Assistant, Sr. from Barrett, The Honors College
You are welcome to forward this message to your front desk professional staff members.
Thursday, October 31
12pm-1pm
ERC 490
Please bring your lunch
RSVP by October 25th to Reginald.Miles@asu.edu
The CAA lunchtime professional development series features opportunities during the lunch hour to network with your peers and
learn about topics relevant to academic advising. These seminars are designed as smaller sessions focusing on more specific topics than
our general CAA meetings, so please RSVP to reserve your spot! Advisors from all campuses are welcome.
Please note that these lunchtime sessions are not a substitute for general CAA meetings and will not include the same updates,
so be sure to keep the general meetings on your calendar!
Honors Deadlines
Honors Enrichment Contracts – (Session B) Deadline:
October 30
Honors Thesis/Creative Project Defense Deadline:
November 4
Reginald H. Miles, M.Ed.
Assistant Manager, Academic Services
CAA Vice President 2013-2014
Barrett, The Honors College
Arizona State University
Telephone: 480-727-5172
Main Number: 480-965-9155
http://barretthonors.asu.edu/
Course Promotions: Spring 2014 Psychology Offerings (attached flyers)
Get Psyched! Spring 2014 PSY 394 Special Topics:
(24930) Media Madness: Disorders in Film, Tu 4:30-7:15 pm. Dr. Lynda Mae, Schwada Clsrm/Off 252 (Tempe), General Studies: SB
(24932) Psychology of Women, TuTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM, Dr. Marisol Perez, Physical Science A 118 (Tempe), General Studies: SB
(24931) Quirky and Mad Science, TuTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM, Dr. Michael McBeath, Physical Science F 166 (Tempe),
submitted for General Studies SB approval
(24933) Positive Psychology, TuTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM, Dr. Robert Short, Phys Ed Bldg East 201 (Tempe),
submitted for General Studies SB approval
(27406) Introduction to Cultural Psychology, TuTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM, Dr. Michael Varnum, Durham Lang & Lit 247 (Tempe),
submitted for General Studies SB and C approval
(27462) Introduction to Cultural Psychology, TuTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM, Dr. Michael Varnum, Durham Lang & Lit 263 (Tempe),
submitted for General Studies SB approval
NOTE: Prerequisite for above classes: PSY 101 (PGS 101) with C or better; Minimum 30 hours
PSY 394: (27200) Neuroeconomics, Tu 4:30PM - 7:15PM, Dr. Federico Sanabria, Computing Commons 227 (Tempe),
submitted for General Studies SB approval .
Prerequisite: Earned 45 credit hours, and C or better in one of the following: MAT 210, MAT 251, MAT 270, ECN 212, or PSY 290
Please see the attached flyers for additional information, and please share with students!
Thank you,
Cindy Theisman
Department of Psychology | Assistant Director of Academic Services
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | Arizona State University
p: 480-965-7258 | f: 480-965-8544
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First Annual AZTransfer Summit Call for Proposals
Here is a great professional development opportunity for advisors!
Call for Concurrent Session
Proposals
The AZTransfer Steering Committee is now accepting proposals for concurrent sessions
at the First Annual AZTransfer Summit. The submission deadline is December 6, 2013.
Topics may include:
Academic Advising
Community Colleges
Current Research
Enrollment Management
Orientations and Transfer Programs
Transfer Policy
New Transfer Professional
Click here to submit a proposal.
Contact Information
About the Summit
For more information about the Summit,
please contact AZTransfer staff.
The AZTransfer Summit is an event for
info@aztransfer.com
(480) 731-8780
education institutions to convene and
faculty at Arizona's public postsecondary
network, share best practices, explore
trends in transfer, and learn more about
the Arizona Transfer System.
This one-day summit is hosted by
the AZTransfer Steering
Committee and will be centrally located
in the Phoenix area. The venue is to be
announced.
Check the AZTransfer Summit
Website for more information.
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Have a great weekend!
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