Academic Advising Team Shares, Borrows Best Pratices at Conference

November 18, 2019

Dr. Alexander Caviedes

Seven members of FSC’s Academic Advisement and Information Center (AAIC) recently attended the annual meeting of the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA), in Louisville, Kentucky, to share and bring home best practices in the field.

AAIC Director Dr. Alexander Caviedes was joined by advisors Lauren Bazhdari, Tracy Cleary, Danielle DeSantis, Navdip Hans, Tanya Maurer, and Margaret Pettit. The group networked and learned what’s happening in other advising communities, including successes achieved and challenges faced by their colleagues. Dr. Caviedes says AAIC advisors will now adopt practices best suited to FSC and its students.

“Advising is increasingly being recognized as a powerful tool to assure that students are in the majors to which they are best suited, and that their course load leads to timely graduation. As such, new techniques and technologies are constantly being devised, so it’s important that we keep up with these developments to ensure that AAIC continues to offer outstanding guidance to our students.”