Fall ACAA Community Building Events!

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Good afternoon and happy Monday ACAAers,

We are excited to kick off the term with information for our fall ACAA Community Building events 😊 Save the dates and watch for calendar invites to come!

    1. Thursday, Oct 9th @ 9-10:30am in Allan Price Science Commons

    1. Monday, Oct 27th @ Noon to 1pm on Zoom

    2. This fall we are going full show and tell time! The theme for our first Virtual Brown Bag will be “show off your baby or fur baby or plant baby or anything else you are proud of!” So grab your lunch, a photo of what you plan to share (or the real thing if you are able), and hop on Zoom!

    2. Optional happy hour to follow @ Agate Alley!

    1. As we head into the new academic year, we will be restarting Colleague Connections–a great way to connect with your colleagues across campus. Colleague Connections matches two advisors from different departments, in order to get to know colleagues that you don’t work with regularly. These meetings are informal–they are not tracked and you can chat about anything you would like. You’re welcome to connect at other ACAA events throughout the fall term, but we hope that you will meet up on your own as well!

    2. If you would like to be matched with a colleague, please fill out this form by Friday September 26th: https://forms.office.com/r/nN6RrsZgcX. If you participated last year and would like to sign up again, please fill out the form so we can match you with a new colleague. We will be accepting new signups winter term, if fall term is busy for you!

    3. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to Sarah Harder (sharde@uoregon.edu)

    1. This year we are going to offer some additional events and opportunities! Such events will be paid for on your own but go with fellow advisors. These will be released as we plan them and may include but are not limited to:

      1. Haunted Campus Tour

      2. Escape Room

      3. University Theater show(s)

Here’s to another term of building community and connections with other advisors! Please let us know if you have any questions or ideas for other events 😊

In kindness and community,
The ACAA Community Building Team
Natalie, Sarah, Emma, & Shari

Save the Date: “Writing Your Conference Proposal” Professional Development Workshop

mnewton Announcements

Hello ACAA Colleagues,

I hope everyone is doing well and is looking forward to the start of Fall term!

I am writing on behalf of the ACAA Professional Development committee to tell you about our Fall event, Writing Your Conference Proposal, which will take place on October 22nd from 2-4pm in Lillis 440.

This event is part of our Practice to Presentation series that we began last year and which will culminate in Winter term with the UO Advising Conference. However, it is not at all required that you have attended any of our previous events!

Please RSVP by Friday, October 10th by filling out this short form. We will send a calendar invite to the folks who are able to attend.

In this workshop, we will be discussing how to craft a successful conference presentation proposal. We will discuss common elements of successful proposals, different formats for conference presentations in higher ed, proposal evaluation rubrics and review processes, and more! We will also be working through some activities designed to get participants thinking about crafting a proposal of their own, either for the upcoming UO Advising Conference or for a regional or national conference. Even if you don’t have a particular topic or conference in mind, we hope that this workshop will help you think through some ideas and possibilities of things you could propose in the future.

If you have started thinking about a presentation you would like to propose, please feel free to bring any drafts or ideas to the event! There will be space to discuss proposals that are at any stage of the process.

Finally, we are excited to be able to offer this event with a robust hybrid modality. Virtual participants can expect to be given opportunities to participate in the discussion happening in the room and to have the chance to interact with each other in a virtual space with a dedicated virtual presenter/moderator.

We’re looking forward to seeing many of you in October!

The ACAA Professional Development Committee

Emma, Angela, Lauren, Jennifer, Cat, Myrna, Sam

Sam Smith, PhD (he/him)
Academic and Career Advisor
“Social” Social Sciences; College of Arts and Sciences
CAS Advising | University of Oregon

2025 College Block Event, Saturday, September 27th from 10 AM to 12 PM

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Dear Academic Advising Community,

We hope to see you at the 2025 College Block Event on Saturday, September 27th from 10 AM-12 PM.  (Set-up starts at 9:30, and takedown will start at noon)

If you wish to participate, volunteer or host a table, please complete the attached participant information by September 22, 2025.   A separate message will be going out to our Academic Program/Majors partners for their interest.

 

College Block QR Code

College Block – Participant Survey (RSVP by September 22nd)

We will be joining the Week of Welcome festivities with the return of College Block.  College Block is an opportunity for new students (and any current student who happens to stop by) to connect and re-connect with the campus community — the various building blocks that support student success and exploration.

 

We hope that you or your unit will joins us welcome students to campus.

 

Silvina Sousa-Ransford | Interim Director (she, her, hers)
University of Oregon | Office of Academic Advising
Division of Undergraduate Education and Student Success

Elements of Success FIG for CH 111

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Dear Advisors,

TL;DR: Please recommend the Elements of Success FIG to students taking CH 111!  It bundles with Class Encore and is ideal for students who feel a little hesitant about chemistry.

In collaboration with Class Encore (Michael Gwynn!) and the guidance and support of FIG team (shout out Jackie!), I’m excited to offer two sections of the Elements of Success FIG.

Elements of Success is linked with CH 111 and Math 111 PLUS, students will be asked to sign up for a CH 111 Class Encore group. Students’ most common request in previous iterations (Secrets to Success in STEM, if you’re familiar) has been “more study sessions!” So that’s what we’re doing. The seminar is a rotation of college knowledge and study skills applied to CH 111. Outside of class, students will further develop connections with each other and study chemistry in their weekly Class Encore sessions.

Reasons a student might want to join this FIG:

  • Acclimate to academics and plug into resources at UO
  • Apply effective time management and learning strategies to chemistry
  • Pre-commit to weekly chemistry study groups (Class Encore)
  • Reach academic goals! Students who regularly engage in Class Encore sessions make about a third to half a letter grade higher in the course than those who don’t.

 

We will be following up with students who register to get them signed up for a Class Encore session.

 

Please let me know if you have any questions!

 

Best,

Kenyon

 

Kenyon Plummer, PhD  (he/him)

Math and Science Learning Specialist

Tutoring & Academic Engagement Center

412 Knight Library | (541) 346-3039

FIGs & IntroDUCKtion

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Dear Advisors,

Below are a few key reminders for FIGs to keep in mind for the summer 😊

FIG List

https://fyp.uoregon.edu/fall-2025-figs

Online Help Desk

Tuesday (7/1) through week three of fall term you are able to reach the FIG Program from 9 AM to 4:30 PM each day via the FIG Help Desk. You can also find this link on our website anywhere you see a “Chat With Us” button.

 FIG Resources

Below you will find documents that we hope you will find helpful when talking with students about FIGs. You can find these, along with additional supporting resources, in the General Advising Teams Channel under files, First-Year Experiences. Or through this link:   First-Year Experiences. FIG Schedule Grids are here as well as specialty FIG lists (two samples attached).

FIGs in Person!

We are excited to support students in person this year! Day 2s of IntroDUCKtion (in addition to the remote FIG Help Desk) we will have staff in the following locations:

  • EMU Ballroom Lobby
  • EMU Gumwood Room Registration Lab
  • Chiles Registration Lab

FIG Changes – When and How

Students are able to make FIG changes during their one-week registration window, and then again starting 8/25 after registration reopens for all undergrads. You can refer students to our website for instructions on How to Join a FIG.

 

If there are any resources that you would find helpful, or anything that we can do to better support you this summer, please let me know.Our team is looking forward to connecting with you and our incoming students!

Best,

Jackie Etchison
Assistant Director
UO FIG Program
107 Oregon Hall
541-346-1241
FYE/FIG Help Desk
http://fyp.uoregon.edu
pronouns: she/her/hers

“Where to Start – Exploring by Major” Tipsheet

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Hello, fellow ACAA members!

As an advisor in OAA, I’ve created a resource for Exploring advising that may also be helpful for others as we head into IntroDUCKtion advising. It lists “first” and “next” steps for all majors on campus and is meant to give advisors/students a sense of what students who are interested in a particular major should take (coursework) or do (placements, program websites, advising offices) to get started exploring that major.

Please feel free to share widely, and if you notice something glaring that should be corrected about one of your majors (I consulted as many experts as possible, but there may still be errors!), please reach out to me and let me know.

Good luck next week, everyone!

Where-to-Start-by-major

All best,

Grace Lillard, PhD (she/her)
Academic Advisor
Undergraduate Education and Student Success
Office of Academic Advising

ACAA Event Series: Walking through IntroD!

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Hello!

As we all prepare for the start of IntroDUCKtion next week, the ACAA Community Building Committee invites you to our new event series, Walking through IntroD! We will be meeting every week on alternating Monday and Thursdays, to take a walk through or near campus. The walks will be an opportunity to connect with other advisors from around campus, catch up with friends, and decompress from summer stress. We hope to see you at one, some, or all of our walks!

Each walk will start at the EMU amphitheater at 9:00 am, and will be about 45 minutes, so you’ll be back in your office for those 10:00 appointments. We will send out reminder emails throughout the summer, but you can review the dates below as well:

  • Monday July 7th
  • Thursday July 17th
  • Monday July 21st
  • Thursday August 31st
  • Monday August 4th
  • Thursday August 14th
  • Monday August 18th

Feel free to reach out to Sarah at sharde@uoregon.edu with any questions!

From your ACAA Community Building Committee,

Bethany Runsten
Emily Henkelman
Natalie Smith
Sarah Harder

Pre-Health IntroDucktion Handout

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Hi all,

I’ve posted this in the General IntroDucktion group, but this is probably a pretty handy resource for anyone advising a student thinking about pre-health in their first year.  This digital handout provides some preliminary guidance and links to resources that students can use to explore pre-health occupations, perfect for email follow ups.

CAS advising will have print copies with QR codes on them to physically hand to students during their IntroDucktion appointment—if you’d like a stack, I can send you the pdf to print or you can come by Tykeson and grab some!

As always, please feel free to email with any questions and to refer students to us!

Starting Your Pre-Health Journey Handout

Best,

 

Amanda Kong (she/her)

Academic and Career Advisor

Tykeson College and Career Advising | University of Oregon| Office #101E

541-346-0837 | akong@uoregon.edu | advising.uoregon.edu/Tykeson

Invitation to take summer courses GLBL 446 Development & Social Change in Latin America & the Caribbean and GLBL 101 (Intro to Global Issues & Solutions) online! PLUS Indigenous Rights & Environmental Justice in the Bolivian Amazon study abroad & volunteering (CIREJ)

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Hi,

I’d be grateful if you’d share the announcement below with other advisors, students and others, about two summer courses I’ll teach, GLBL 446, Development and Social Change in Latin America & the Caribbean and GLBL 101, plus our study abroad in the Bolivian Amazon and volunteer opportunities with our organization, the Coalition for Indigenous Rights and Environmental Justice in Bolivia.

Students can opt to do alternative readings and written assignments in Spanish.

 

Many thanks in advance!

Derrick Hindery

Associate Professor, Global Studies

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invitation to take summer courses GLBL 446 Development & Social Change in Latin America & the Caribbean and GLBL 101 (Intro to Global Issues & Solutions) online! PLUS Indigenous Rights & Environmental Justice in the Bolivian Amazon study abroad & volunteering (CIREJ)

 

Hi everyone,

 

I hope you are well! I’m writing to invite you to take or share info about 2 asynchronous online courses I’ll teach this summer during the 1st and 2nd summer sessions (1st: 6/23-7/18; 2nd: 7/21-8/15): GLBL 446 (Development and Social Change in Latin America and the Caribbean, CRN 41611 and GLBL 101 (Introduction to Global & International Issues and Solutions, CRN 40752). 

 

Please see and share the attached flyers.

 

In GLBL 446, you’ll learn about pressing issues in the region, including root causes and solutions related to development, Latinos in the U.S., migration, capitalism, socialism, social movements, gender, environmental justice, political-economy/ecology, US-Latin American relations, ecotourism, and drug conflicts! Students can opt to do alternative readings and written assignments in Spanish.

 

Open to all majors. Elective that fulfils these Professional Concentration Areas in Global Studies: • Environmental Justice and Resilience • Gender, Race, and Equality • Development Studies • Law and Human Rights • Diplomacy, Peace, and Conflict Studies • Food Studies • Global Health • Business, Trade, and Tourism Arts and Identity • Arts & Identities Fulfils these Geographic Focus Areas: • Latin America & Caribbean • North America.

 

In GLBL 101 you’ll learn about political, economic, and environmental issues facing humanity today, including hunger, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, conflict, global health crises, human rights violations, political instability, education, and immigration. But don’t despair! In both courses, we’ll look at various solutions for all the issues we cover!

 

No textbooks will be used. Course materials are free and will be posted on Canvas.

 

Please also see the attached flyers about our Indigenous Rights and Environmental Justice in Bolivia study abroad program and volunteer & internship opportunities with the Coalition for Indigenous Rights and Environmental Justice in Bolivia.

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FHS 410: Advanced Project-Based Writing for Human Services course-Please share with your students!

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Sent on behalf of the Family & Human Services program (fhs@uoregon.edu).

Dear Advisors:

FHS 410 is an advanced writing course with personalized support and feedback for social science undergraduate students. This is a great course for students who are interested in diving deep on a social science topic or who are planning to go to graduate school and will need a writing sample. The course is open to students from any major, and prerequisites include WR 122, WR 123, or FHS 301 or another other 300-level writing course.

If you are working with a student who is interested in taking this class and needs clearance, please have them reach out to fhs@uoregon.edu directly.

Thank you for sharing this unique opportunity with students!

-FHS Program

 

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Emma Bjorngard Basayne (Saami), Ph.D.
She/Her/Hers
Advising Center Operations Director & Academic Advisor
College of Education
E: ebasayne@uoregon.edu | Web: https://education.uoregon.edu/student-academic-services
HEDCO 130G | 1215 University of Oregon | Eugene, OR 97403-5277