Slides from a presentation given at the national conference of NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising.

1. Lessons from Live-On:
Applying Residence Life Skills to Academic Advising Practice
Margaret Garry, Academic Advisor I, PACE Advising Services
Jeanette Pacheco, Academic Advisor I, PACE Advising Services
NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising
October 6, 2015, 8:45 a.m., Las Vegas, NV

2. Who are we?
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3. Objectives
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 Introduce Academic Advising colleagues to Residence Life
organizational structures, policies, and procedures
 Address the multiple ways in which students are developing
intellectually and socially during the first year of college or university
 Suggest ways that Academic Advisors can assist students with issues
related to adjusting to a new living environment and social belonging

4. General Hierarchy of Residence Life
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Organizational structure may
vary based on size of
institution.

5. How are Student Concerns Handled?
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6. Intro to Maslow
 Self-Actualization: “The need
for self-fulfillment, realization
of one’s potential
 Esteem: The need for self-
esteem through personal
achievement as well as social
esteem through recognition
and respect from others
 Belonging/love: The need for
love, affection and interaction
with others
 Safety: The need for a secure
and stable environment; the
absence of pain, threat, or
illness
 Physiological: The need for
food, air, water, shelter, etc.
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7. So… In first year student terms:
 Self-actualization: I am
learning amazing things and
living my best life as a
student!
 Esteem: I’m doing well in my
courses and making myself
and my family proud.
 Belongingness: I have friends,
I’m involved on campus, and
feel like a part of my
community.
 Safety: I’m making good
choices and feel comfortable
in my environment on
campus.
 Physiological: I have a
physical place to sleep and
eat on campus.
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8. How do you have that conversation?
We’ll give examples of conversations we’ve had in advising meetings. Tell us how
you’d respond to the student. We’ll compare notes.
You’ll receive a “Student Concerns Handout” with samples of our responses.
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9. Student 1: Amber
“I love Biology, and I have always been good at it in my AP classes in high school,
but I’m struggling in class because I can’t study. The people on my floor and in the
study lounge in my building are always noisy and stressful.”
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10. Student 1: Amber
Needs to meet: Security:
(need for appropriate
resources for study to be
secure), Physiological:
(need for appropriate time
and place for sleep)
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11. Student 2: Caitlin
I want to know how to transfer to the community college in my hometown. I’m
having a hard time being away from home, so I think I’m going to come back. I
don’t really do much here other than go to class and talk on the phone with my
boyfriend back home.
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12. Student 2: Caitlin
Needs to meet: Belonging:
(integration into university
community) Esteem:
(finding validation from
sources on campus)
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13. Student 3: Marcus
I only want to register for 12 hours next fall. I’m applying to be an RA, because I
want to be a role model for incoming students. I want to have enough time for this
new position.
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14. Student 3: Marcus
Needs to meet: Self-
actualization: (reaching for a
professional goal), Belonging:
(working to create a
community)
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15. Student 4: Christina
At first, I was really excited to be at the university, but for the last few weeks I have
been struggling. I stopped taking my anxiety medication, and since then I have had
a hard time focusing in class.
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16. Student 4: Christina
Needs to meet: Physiological:
(making sure she gets
medications she needs to be
successful in college), Safety:
(Security of body, of health)
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17. Student 5: Clémence
I thought I would enjoy spending time abroad at an American university, but I am so
frustrated by the way everyone in this country does things.
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18. Student 5: Clémence
Need to meet: Belonging:
(integration into a new
culture and community)
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19. Student 6: Austin
I need to register, but I have a hold on my account because I was drinking in the
residence hall and have incomplete conduct sanctions. Also, since I’m a Criminal
Justice major, how will my conduct sanctions affect my academics?
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20. Student 6: Austin
Needs to meet: Safety (Is Austin
becoming unsafe as a result of his
choices?) Self-Actualization (Are
Austin’s choices affecting his
ability to achieve his academic
and career goals?)
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21. Bibliography/Notes
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 Classics in the History of Psychology -- A. H. Maslow (1943) A Theory
of Human Motivation. (n.d.). Retrieved February 4, 2015, from
http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Maslow/motivation.htm
 McShane, S., & Von Glinow, M. (2000). Foundations of Employee
Motivation. In Organizational behavior (5th ed., pp. 135-138). Boston:
Irwin/McGraw-Hill.
 All stock images of students courtesy of Texas State University, Office
of University Marketing
 Image of Margaret Garry with Resident Assistants courtesy of
Madison Shaft
 Image of Jeanette Pacheco with Resident Assistants courtesy of
Jeanette Pacheco