Academic Advising Coordinating Council Subcommittees

2023-2024

Advising Workshop

Purpose: The Advisor Workshop Committee meets several times per semester to consider content and logistics for the spring and fall Advisor Workshops. We determine dates, times, locations, meal options, guest speakers, activities, give-aways, etc. that will be most convenient, useful, and appealing to the UGA advising community.

Time Commitment: Year long - begins prior to fall semester and ends prior to summer of the following year.

Chair: Beth Kozinksy
Dina Canup
Kathryn Pollett
Martha DeHart
Patricia La Madrid
Alyssa Yunhouse
Katherine Field
Cindy Schulman
Jason Booth
Litashia Carter
Michele Johnson
Savannah Miller
Katherine Evans

Other Information: This committee has to be very proactive at the beginning of each semester, because things like room reservations for 150+ people; requests for money, and coordination of guest speakers, announcements, and activities; and other logistics must be secured in advance.

Assessment Committee

Purpose: This committee’s goal is to assess advising services at UGA. We will do this using multiple forms of assessment including but not limited to student surveys, advisors surveys, data collection and synthesis, and informal discussion. The committee aims to identify gaps in advising services in order for AACC (and partners/ subcommittees/ etc…) to find ways to bridge those gaps.

Time Commitment: Once a month during Fall and Spring semesters.

Chair: Mike Merva
Audrey Grigg
Erik Donofrio
Kalli Drake
Laura Clark
Ryan Smith
Drew Sanford
Andi Diamond

Advisor Awards

Purpose: To examine the existing structure of the advisor awards and propose any needed updates and changes.

Time Commitment: Committee meets from early fall to early spring (probably 2-3 meetings).

Chair: Brennen Salmon
Jessica Couch
Melissa Garber
Ali Gerlach
Litashia Carter

Other Information: Note that this committee is separate from the selection committee, which is comprised of previous award winners and SGA reps. This committee is focused on the advisor awards process, not who wins the award.

Certificates

Purpose: The Academic Advising Certificate Committee oversees the general and advanced certificate in academic advising. This includes: recruiting instructors for certificate courses, access the certificate program and courses, and overseeing the capstone proposal process for the Advanced Certificate in Academic Advising.

Time Commitment: Year long.

Co-Chairs: Litashia Carter and Aimee Dowd
Matt Head
Crystal Cooper
Jason Booth
Allison Lauricella
Greg Kline
Deede Walker
Kathryn Veale

Communication

Purpose: The mission of the Communications Committee is to streamline communication across Advising departments within the University of Georgia by providing forums for disseminating information and suggesting changes to improve communication when appropriate.

Time Commitment: The Communication Committee is currently inactive and will reconvene in the 2024-2025 academic year.

Chair: TBD
Ali Gerlach
Kalli Drake
Kelsey Witherington
Rebecca Jeffers
Teresa McClure
Jill Hartmann-Roberts
Julie Till Patterson
Marcella Genut
Matthew Gustafson
J. David Wildes

Advisor Networking

Purpose: This committee is charged with scheduling and advertising a variety of opportunities for advisors to meet, network, and socialize with other advisors throughout the year.

Time Commitment: Academic year

Chair: Crystal Cooper
Jaime Caperton
Michele Johnson
Beth Kozinsky
Grayson Coleman
Aimee Dowd
Audrey Grigg
Natassja Hatcher
Lise Kalla
Jennifer Lutchuk
Krysten Lewis
Andrew Long
Helen Manany
Taz Quadri
Angela Romero-Shih
Litashia Carter
Lauren Corvino
Aimee Dowd
Drew Sanford
Ashley King
April Hitchock-Watson

Lunch and Learn

Purpose:This committee meets to discuss topics relevant to staff development, information on new and current programs, and other matters pertinent to the advising community at UGA, and is charged with developing and presenting Lunch and Learn sessions through the year.

Time Commitment: This is a year-round committee which meets on a regular basis in fall and spring to discuss topics and designate assigned roles for the upcoming semesters.

Co-Chairs: Jill Hopkins and Antanay Goode
Ceci Reynolds
Jessica Couch
Kate Daley-Bailey
Beth Kozinsky
Latoya Lewis
Litashia Carter
Drew Craver
Matthew Gustafson

Mentoring Advising Professionals

Purpose: The purpose of the Mentoring Advising Professionals (MAP) committee is to plan and manage the program, which includes organizing the Orientations, events, applications, website & email.

Time Commitment: This had been a continuous program with a yearly program cycle -members may join at any time.

Co-Chairs: Laurie Zielinski and Yadira Castillo
Casey Ellis
Matt Head
Emily Robinson
Litashia Carter
Lauren Flowers
Jaime Caperton
Taylor Clodfelter
Cindy Shulman
Elizabeth Fuller

Training

Purpose: The purpose of the Online Training Committee is to develop modules to be used in training new advisors across the university with basic advising knowledge applicable across all schools and colleges.

Time Commitment: The committee will meet regularly (once a month or so) until module completion. Following that, we will meet a couple times a year to review the modules and take into consideration if anything needs changing.

Chair: Mike Merva
Aimee Dowd
Crystal Cooper
Danielle Bostick
Gregory Kline
Kathleen Anderson
Laurie Zielinski
Litashia Carter
Jennifer Patrick
Melissa Garber
Misha Boyd
Steven Honea
Zeeshan Bakht

Transfer

Purpose: The AACC Transfer Subcommittee's goal is to create and implement meaningful strategies and standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure transfer students are receiving top-level advising, resources, and connections regardless of their entry point or major at UGA. This committee works to examine the implementation of USG’s core-to-core commitment, core and general transfer advising, as well as identify meaningful transfer resources across advising units and departments on campus.

Members:

Chair: Litashia Carter
Matthew Zachary Head
Laura L. Clark
Aimee DOWD
Jason A Emond
Afton Landram Hartzog
Diana Davis Beckett
Jason Payton
Martha Roberts DeHart
Marcella Genut
Rachael S Pierce
Misha L Boyd
Trelle Mcginnis Turner
Paul D. Welch Jr.
Cindy Schulman
Katherine Hudgins Field
Crystal CAPRI Cooper
Anna Hemmati
Erik Thomas Donofrio
Helen Brown Mahany
Allison Murphy Lauricella
Emily Grace Robinson
Alexandria Elaine Brock
Jill Hopkins
Rachael S Pierce
Susan Kinnaird
Debbie Hargrave
Krysten Lewis