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Adult Learners Commission Outlook

Vol. 3 Issue 1

August 2001

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NEW COMMISSION WEB SITE

A major accomplishment for the Adult Learners Commission this year is our web site. Not only are you receiving this newsletter electronically, you can look up all kinds of information about the commission at any time on the web site. Please check it out! If you fail the find something there you want to know about, contact cabaily@mtsu.edu and I'll see if we can add it to the site.

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Now, more than ever, we need all our Adult Learners Commission members to subscribe to our list serve. We are sending you this newsletter whether or not you have subscribed to the list serve, but you will NOT receive other e-mail communications if you have not subscribed to the list.

Only 77 of our 753 members have subscribed thus far.  We intend to conduct business with the Commission members electronically in September, prior to the national conference. Therefore, it is VERY IMPORTANT that you subscribe to the list serve so that you will not miss out on this business and the other timely communications that we can send to you with this tool.  Take a minute and subscribe now!

We promise NOT to overuse it or to allow frivolous use of this list serve. We will use it to encourage nominations for chairs, to request members to serve on committees, to let you know about upcoming newsworthy events, such as the Non-Traditional Student Week.

You can use it also to seek advice and ideas from colleagues. An example of a recent inquiry -- one of our members inquired about the use of peer mentors in advising adult learners and received several replies from those experienced with using them. Please subscribe today. Directions are provided on the link above.

 

THANKS

I want to thank all the Commission members who worked on committees and various projects for the Adult Learners Commission this past year. Check out the full list.

Of special note, I want to thank Kenn Skorupa, our in-coming chair of the Commission, who has contributed a significant asset to our web site. Check out the Web Links that direct you to hundreds of sites for advising and student resources that would interest advisors to adult learners. If you are interested in becoming more involved in the Commission, check out the Volunteer Opportunities on the web site to see your options for service.

NON-TRAD STUDENT WEEK

The second annual Non-Traditional Student Week will be conducted November 5-9, 2001.  For ideas on how to celebrate this event at your campus and some experiences of institutions from last year, check out the web page.

CONFERENCE PREVIEW

The Commission Fair, our Commission meeting, and Commission sponsored sessions will provide a wonderful variety of appropriate sessions to enrich your understanding of adult learners and how to best assess and advise them. Our Commission dinner will be a great time to network.  Conference Preview will give you all the details.

Ottawa is a lovely city. We will be just a few blocks north of a quaint marketplace with shops, restaurants, and street vendors you will enjoy during those moments in between conference sessions.  We are going to have a great conference there!

 

ARTICLES REQUESTED

The NACADA Journal is seeking authors for articles related to Advising Special Populations to be included in an upcoming special issue of the Journal. If you are interested in writing for the special issue about adult learners let me know. We are very interested in having a part of the journal's Special Populations issue. You will need to follow the manuscript submission directions at:
http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Profres/pubguide.htm
, so you might want to consult them before you make your decision. Contact cabaily@mtsu.edu  to discuss your topic and interest.

Carol Ann Baily, Commission Chair