This document outlines the schedule and sessions for the 4th Biennial UNT Advising Conference on academic advising. The conference will include a keynote speech from Dr. Karen Archambault on the role of advisors in supporting transfer student success and creating campus cultures that welcome transfer students. There will be four concurrent session periods throughout the day covering various advising topics like building relationships with freshmen, student distress, career pathways, and transfer student experiences. The schedule also lists the room locations for each concurrent session.

1. 4th Biennial UNT Advising Conference
Academic Advising: Bridging the Gap
Check-in & Continental Breakfast Lobby 8:00am-9:00am
Welcome & Keynote Speaker C105 9:00am-10:00am
Concurrent Session #1 10:00am – 11:00am
C105 Session 1.1 Building Bridges with Freshmen using Creative Interventions
J101 Session 1.2 Student Distress: Identification, Intervention, & Referral
J107 Session 1.3 UNT Office for Exploring Majors & First-Year Seminar
J103 Session 1.4 REAL Initiatives for Student Success: Living Learning Communities at UNT
J104 Session 1.5 Bridging the Generational Gap on College Campus: Five Generational Cohorts
J105 Session 1.6 Collaborative Design of a Tailored Advising Program
J106 Session1.7 Bridging the Financial Gap
Concurrent Session #2 11:20am – 12:20 pm
J101 Session 2.1 What Do I Do Now? Using the Advising Syllabus to Bridge the Freshmen Gap
J107 Session 2.2 Bridging the Transfer Advising Gap
J103 Session 2.3 Ethics, Academic Advising, and You
J104 Session 2.4 The Trials and Tribulations of Transfers: What We Know and What We Can Offer
J105 Session 2.5 Excessive Hours Panel Discussion
J106 Session 2.6 Career Pathways to Student Success
J108 Session 2.7 Pre-Health Professions at the University of North Texas: The Transfer Process
Lunch C105 12:30pm-1:30pm
Concurrent Session #3 1:40pm – 2:40 pm
J101 Session 3.1 Developing Your Advisor Learning Network
J107 Session 3.2 Meet the Faculty “Instruction and Advising: A Learning Framework Partnership”
J103 Session 3.3 AVATAR: Realizing a Vision of P-20 Alignment
J105 Session 3.4 Promoting Increased Student Persistence and Success: Legislative Updates
J106 Session 3.5 UNT College of Education: Teaching and More
J108 Session 3.6 Roots of Success: Using CLEP as a Tool for Completion and Student Success
Concurrent Session #4 2:50pm – 3:50 pm
J101 Session 4.1 Examining the Engagement of Transfer Students in Texas Universities
J107 Session 4.2 Mentoring Matters: How to Build a Culture of Mentorship
J103 Session 4.3 Concurrent Enrollment: Bridging the Gap between the Associate’s & Bachelor’s
J104 Session 4.4 Student Learning Outcome (SLO) Assessment in Academic Advising
J105 Session 4.5 Practicing What You Preach: Utilizing Your Formal Education
J106 Session 4.6 Advising Your Music Students
J108 Session 4.7 You’re Majoring in WHAT? It’s Not All About The Major … It’s About YOU
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2. Welcome & Keynote Speaker C105 9:00-10:00am
Dr. Karen Archambault began her career as
a student affairs professional in 1999. She
currently serves as the Director of Student
Services for the Branch Campus and Higher
Education Centers for Brookdale Community
College in New Jersey where she is charged
with ensuring that students have a high
quality educational experience while
attending any of the college's five regional
locations. She supervises a cross-functional
Student Success Center team in their efforts
toward providing enrollment services,
learning assistance, advising, and student
life.
Prior to her current position, Dr.
Archambault was the Program Coordinator
for University of Maryland, Baltimore County
partnership with the Universities at Shady
Grove. In that role, she was responsible for
recruitment and retention, including
enrollment management, advising, financial
aid, disability services, and new student
programs/orientation, as well as faculty
development and support. Her prior
positions included roles in admissions,
advising, and program management, all in
the Baltimore/Washington, DC area.
Dr. Archambault has experience in a wide
range of functional areas but has particular
research and practice interests in transfer
student preparation and retention and in the intersections between academic and student affairs. She is an
active member of the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) and NASPA: Student Affairs
Administrators in Higher Education and currently serves as the Chair of NACADA's Advising Transfer Students
Commission.
Dr. Archambault received her Bachelor's degree in History from Salisbury University (MD), her Master of Arts
in History from Old Dominion University (VA), and her Master of Arts in Counseling from Trinity Washington
University (DC). She completed her doctorate in Educational Leadership from Rowan University where her
research investigated community college students' preparation for transfer.
Creating Campus Cultures that Support Transfer Student Success:
An Advisor’s Role on Campus
When students and administrators think about the role of advisors in transfer, they
often think about credit evaluations and course equivalencies. The truth is,
advisors can and should serve a much greater role as, for many transfer students,
advisors serve as their first window into the world of their new institution. Join Dr.
Archambault as she shares her perspectives on the influence of campus culture on
the success of transfer students and the role of advisors in welcoming and
supporting transfer students, particularly those who are underrepresented on your
campus. Advisors will be asked to think both about how sending institutions can
prepare students for transfer and how receiving institutions can make their
campuses more transfer friendly.
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3. Preston Ridge Conference
Center Map
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4. The J-Classroom Building Map
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