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Sep 16, 2019
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Sep 17, 2019

West Virginia Climb Advisor Workshop

Hiking trail through lush green mountains and a winding river in a scenic natural landscape.

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September 16, 2019

Corley Dennison, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, WVHEPCOpening Remarks
Sarah Ancel, Founder and CEO, Student Ready StrategiesBuilding an Effective Adult Learner Strategy
Anthony Hancock, Vice Chancellor for Community and Technical College Education, WVCTCSAssessing and Improving your Proactive Advising Strategy
Jennifer Jones, Associate Director, Office of Exploratory Advising Administrator, Fairmont State UniversityFour-Year Session – Best Practices in Faculty Advising
Sherri Stepp, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Director of University
College, Marshall University
Chris Atkins, Academic Advisor and Navigate Application Administrator, Marshall
University
Building a Technology Driven Proactive Advising System
Kathy Zandona, Senior Vice President for Network Engagement, The Graduate! Network
Bridgett Strickler, Vice President for Network Engagement and Co-Principal Investigator Bridging the Talent Gap, The Graduate! Network
Effectively Engaging and Enrolling Adult Learners
Ashley Ruby, Director of Advising & Academic Success, Garrett College
Nikolas Huot, Strategy Director, Complete College America
Proactive Advising for Momentum PathwaysAcademic Advising SyllabusNSAD AgendaNSAD ChecklistSample Faculty Advisor Contact PlanSemester Student Contact PlanSummer Student Contact Plan
Jeremy Larance, Assistant Provost for Academic Innovation and Strategic Planning, West
Liberty University
Building, Implementing and Scaling Meta-Majors

September 17, 2019

Chris Treadway, Senior Director of Research and Policy, WVHEPCWest Virginia’s Climb: Ensuring West Virginians Reach the College Success Summit
Bridgett Strickler, Vice President of Network Engagement and Co-Principal Investigator for Bridging the Talent Gap. The Graduate! Network
Kathy Zandona, Senior Vice President of Network Engagement, The Graduate! Network
Dan Ash, Research Director and Co-Principal Investigator Bridging the Talent Gap, The Graduate! Network
Bridging the Talent Gap: Engaging Employees and Employers to Reach and Serve Adults

Other Valuable Resources

Increasing Adult Learner Persistence and Completion Rates (zip file contains book)

West Virginia’s Higher Education Data Portal

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Roanoke
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USA
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