2020 Tri-Campus Advising Symposium Materials
The 2020 Tri-Campus Advising Symposium was September 11, 2020.
Keynote: A Journey Through Conflict and Identity
Presenter
Anthony Kelley
Description
This talk focuses on my own journey in conflict and identity and how it’s shifted my understanding of Individual accountability, community, and institutional learning. I will share my experience as a division one athlete, academic learner, and professional. In this talk I will share my practices and tools I’ve developed to help me become more effective in my inclusive, equity, and health training. The goal of this talk is to model to listeners my practice in examining my trauma and the tools developed to help manage the fatigue of consistent self Investigation.
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Negotiating Through the Funk
Presenter
Anthony Kelley
Description
This workshop leads participants in a discussion rooted in Racial Identity Development Theory and how it may inform creating a more inclusive and diverse campus. This virtual discussion is intended to help participants examine Racial Identity Development theory through various lenses: reflective writing, virtual sharing, and virtual discussions. The objective is to broaden participant’s notions of race, Identity, and conflict and its impact on institutional learning. The set of exercises will help participants to critically examine their own trauma, positions of power, and privilege, and its impact in the workplace and community—whether positive or negative, participants will have to decide.
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Anti-Racist Approaches in Pedagogy & Advising
Presenter
Janelle Silva
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Unpacking Racism in Advising
Presenter
Jordan Walsh
Description
Advisors meet with countless students and it is common to fall into a prescriptive approach when meeting with students. What are our internalized racist thoughts and beliefs and how do those show up in our advising sessions? What do you do if you “mess up?” How can we support students on a holistic level when we are stretched for time as it is? In this session, we will unpack our own racism, holistic support for students, anti-racist advising strategies, accountability measures, and how to create structural changes within our own colleges. This will be a collaborative session. There will be a portion of presentation and an opportunity to create content together, requiring active engagement for all participants. It will be essential that all participants are willing to lean into their discomfort and engage in conversations that may be “uncomfortable.” The more you lean into this discomfort, the more productive we will be as a working group.
Supporting Underrepresented Students in the Job & Internship Search
Presenters
Emma O'Neill-Myers & Dan Herb
Description
Attendees will leave this presentation with a better understanding of barriers facing marginalized student populations in the job and internship search and what virtual fall quarter recruitment will look like at the UW. The presentation will explore existing research and data from students, employers, and thought leaders in the fields of career services and equitable employment for college graduates. Our goal is to provide insight into data, trends, and resources to provide attendees tangible advice and recommendations to support their students as they approach virtual recruitment this fall. We also acknowledge that much about recruitment for next year is unclear and we will devote time to explore those uncertainties and welcome participants’ thoughts and questions.
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Mental Health Disparities: Findings from Four Recent Studies on UW Student Mental Health
Presenters
Paula Nurius, PhD, Natacha Foo Kune, PhD, Anne Browning, PhD, and Patricia Atwater, MPH
Description
National studies show mental health disparities rooted in race, economic status, sexual orientation and gender identity. These disparities can show up in differences in access to care, utilization of services and psychological distress.
Over the last several years, four unrelated studies examined the emotional and psychological well-being of UW students:
- The EXP Study (Seattle), which uses technology to measure physiological indicators of wellness
- Healthy Minds Study (Seattle and Tacoma), a large web survey
- The Resilience Lab’s longitudinal study that seeks to measure hope, self-efficacy, resilience and optimism (Seattle)
- A smaller study conducted by a group of graduate and undergraduate students in spring 2020 (Seattle)
We will integrate the findings from these four studies to provide advisers with a deeper understanding of student mental health before and after COVID. Second, participants will discuss current and future efforts to address disparities and improve outcomes. While most of the findings are specific to Seattle, Bothell and Tacoma advisers will find the content applicable to their campuses.
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Who's on Your Team? A Holistic Wellbeing Approach to Advising: How Do We Advocate For and Activate the Resources Students' Deserve to Thrive On and Off Campus?
Presenters
Jillian McBride-Payne, Tess Matsukawa, & Liz Shriver
Description
On the Public Health-Global Health advising team, we’ve adopted proactive advising strategies to support holistic wellbeing and to also connect earlier with students who may need time sensitive resources and care. We know that our students are whole people and that the academic challenges they experience have a wide range of sources both in and outside the classroom. Meaningful partnerships with student services and knowledge of community resources help us to serve students more effectively.
We approach advising with a team and partnership mindset, seeing our campus partners and community resources as part of our students’ community of care. This looks different for each student, but understanding how and where our students access care and community is critical to supporting their wellbeing.
In this session, we will open up a dialogue about how we can deepen our relationships to support our students’ wellbeing and share examples of what that looks like with each other, with faculty and with student services. We will share models and processes we use and open up a dialogue to share information, resources and ideas among the advising community.
Examples of strategies we will discuss include: weekly student scholarship meetings to share emergent student needs, brainstorm resources, share approaches to problem solving, as well as space to discuss student care and wellbeing broadly; a quarterly 10th Day Check In with our primary faculty to proactively address emerging issues with student based on attendance and academic progress; and a Student Resources in COVID-19 PPT and Survey to help understand what students’ new and emerging needs are.
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Let's Talk About Love...The Love Languages!
Presenters
Garick Sherburn
Description
Meyers-Briggs, StrengthsFinder, The Four Color Personalities, are all examples of tools that help us make meaning of our leadership and how we interact with one another. But, why are we so scared to talk about Love? And yes, there is love beyond just a romantic relationship! How about love of your job? Love of yourself? Love of your friendship? The Love Languages is a unique and interactive test that focuses on our relationship development focusing on how we best receive love and how others different from us might receive love. This fun presentation will focus on discovering your own love language and how to apply these languages to your professional role and help develop a deeper understanding of the students and staff coming through your door!