Adventures in Advising
Passionate about working with students and making a difference in their lives? Join Matt Markin and his advising guests as they bring together the global academic advising community to share knowledge, best practices, and their own advising stories.
Episodes
105 episodes
Graduate Level Advising and the Community of Care for Advisors - Adventures in Advising
In Ep. 105, Matt Markin chats with Olivia Miller, exploratory studies advisor at Kansas State University. Olivia discusses advising graduate vs undergraduate students, differences in resources and role responsibilities at the graduate level, as...
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Episode 105
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43:50
Unlocking Student Learning & Advising Approaches - Adventures in Advising
Dr. Declan McLaughlin, senior lecturer and lead advisor of studies at Queen’s University Belfast discusses unlocking student learning and advising approaches, the benefits of student participation in their own assessment experience, and the cre...
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Episode 104
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53:17
Career Pathways and Cooperative Education - Adventures in Advising
Jim Fasulo, academic advisor for healthcare and emergency professions pathways at Portland Community College discusses working with students in finding career pathways, the importance of career and technical education, and how cooperative educa...
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Episode 103
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38:46
Empowering Students to Cultivate Financial Literacy Skills - Adventures in Advising
How much do you know about helping students with financial literacy? Join Dr. Kristen Stutz, director of the Student Assistance in Learning Program and Oscar Flores Gonzalez, peer financial coach at California State University-San Bernardino as...
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Episode 102
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38:06
A Sustained Impact in Higher Education - Adventures in Advising
Karen Lewis, assistant director of the English Undergraduate Studies Office at the University of Maryland College Park, discusses serving as an administrator and advising students. She addresses the dynamics of advising different student...
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Episode 101
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43:27
Navigating the Changing Academic Landscape - Adventures in Advising
Join us in celebrating 100 episodes of the Adventures in Advising podcast with special guests: 00:10 - Charlie Nutt, NACADA Executive Office (retired)09:00 - Melinda Anderson, Achieving the Dream44:40 - Josephine Gabi, Manc...
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Episode 100
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1:56:59
Going Beyond the Confines of Traditional Advising Roles - Adventures in Advising
In episode 99, we chat with Tashauna Stewart, academic advisor in the Lee Business School at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Tashauna discusses going beyond the confines of traditional advising roles, developing and co-coordinating advisor...
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Episode 99
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42:54
Cultivating Development through Mentorship - Adventures in Advising
In Ep. 98, Matt Markin chats with Raezheen Pascua, academic advisor and junior faculty specialist at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and Dr. Michael Cersosimo, director of student success at Loyola Marymount University discuss cultivating learni...
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Episode 98
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50:10
Self-Advocacy and Supporting our Differences - Adventures in Advising
In Ep. 97, Matt Markin chats with Leslie Bell, academic advisor and retention specialist at Rust College. Leslie discusses helping students understand the importance of networking and building a career portfolio. Additionally, Leslie addresses ...
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Episode 97
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44:44
A Shared Goal of Student Success - Adventures in Advising
In episode 96, Matt Markin chats with Joan Krush, assistant director for member engagement at the NACADA Executive Office. Joan discusses her past experience in admissions and advising, building positive relationships between primary role advis...
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Episode 96
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44:40
Opening the Door to Publications - Adventures in Advising
In episode 95, Matt Markin chats with returning guest Ryan Braeger, assistant dean for advising and student development at Saint Michael’s College. Ryan discusses his experience creating an institution level advising publication, the pros and c...
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Episode 95
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46:36
Curving Passion with Realism - Adventures in Advising
In Ep. 94, Bri Harvie, associate director of academic advising at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology discusses how the Canadian higher education system differs from the U.S., how parenting has informed her practice in advising, chan...
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Episode 94
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52:09
How to Continue Best Serving our Students - Adventures in Advising
Matthew Plescia, academic advisor in the Quinney College of Natural Resources at Utah State University discusses navigating the cultural and curriculum changes through switching institutions, advocating for others, synchronous communication tec...
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Episode 93
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43:49
Reducing Barriers through Connection and Engagement - Adventures in Advising
In episode 92, Matt Markin chats with Dr. Dana Zahorik, manager of advising services and retention initiatives at Fox Valley Technical College. Dr. Zahorik discusses the creation of CARES Purpose Driving Advising, what it means for educators to...
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Episode 92
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44:17
What Do You Know About Student Research? - Adventures in Advising
In episode 91 of the podcast, Matt Markin interviews Dr. Ryan Keating, director of the Office of Student Research at CSU San Bernardino. Dr. Keating discusses how academic advising professionals can have a better understanding of what student r...
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Episode 91
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41:28
What Does the Future Hold for NACADA? - Adventures in Advising
As NACADA’s executive director since August 2023, Dr. Kyle Ross joins the podcast to discuss how his background has prepared him for this role, his message to members, his vision for the direction of the organization, NACADA’s commitment to DEI...
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Episode 90
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30:25
Examining the Professionalization of Advising - Adventures in Advising
In Ep 89, we chat with Dr. Craig McGill, assistant professor at Kansas State University. Craig discusses grounded theory, knowledge creation within the professionalization of academic advising, and the untapped research and scholarship potentia...
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Episode 89
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37:54
Transformational Leadership in Advising - Adventures in Advising
In episode 88, we chat with Dr. Margaret Mbindyo, associate professor and advisement coordinator at Millersville University. Dr. Mbindyo discusses transformational leadership, change management, working with immigrant and refugee students throu...
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Episode 88
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44:40
Celebrating First Gen College Students - Adventures in Advising
In Ep. 87, we're observing First-Generation College Celebration in November! We chat with Zachary Desjardins with University at Albany. As a proud first-generation college graduate, Zach shares his personal and professional experience tackling ...
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Episode 87
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50:58
Dealing with Compassion Fatigue - Adventures in Advising
In episode 86, we chat with Dr. Quentin Alexander with James Madison University and Dr. Charlie Nutt, retired NACADA Executive Director. Charlie gives his thoughts on leadership changes in NACADA and being the latest recipient of the Virginia N...
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Episode 86
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49:03
Reframing Perspectives - Adventures in Advising
In episode 85, we interview Alex Kunkle, director of academic advising at Nevada State University. Alex chats about utilizing a centralized advising model, management styles, NACADA involvement, and supporting students experiencing shame and gu...
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Episode 85
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49:26
Guiding Students (and Yourself) in Finding Meaning - Adventures in Advising
In Ep. 84, we interview Ryan Braeger, assistant dean for advising and student development at Saint Michael’s College, about faculty lead advising, opportunities in publications, and helping students invest in the exploration of their meaning th...
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Episode 84
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1:04:29
A Different Kind of Student Learning Experience - Adventures in Advising
In episode 83, we chat with Dr. David Marshall from California State University, San Bernardino about reimagining a university honors program that scales up a different type of learning experience, developing community minded students, and misc...
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Episode 83
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44:49
Connecting AI and Academic Advising - Adventures in Advising
In episode 82, we chat with Dr. Gabe Bermea, lecturer at Sam Houston State University and visiting scholar with the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions about the rise of artificial intelligence powered technologies and its c...
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Episode 82
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40:19
Perspectives That Matter - Adventures in Advising
In episode 81 of the podcast, we chat with Dr. Mya Hines, senior academic advisor in the John Muir College at University of California San Diego. We discuss Mya’s exploratory study of Black undergraduates regarding student success, perspectives...
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Episode 81
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45:12