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Best wishes,
Your 2023 Advisement Conference Committee
Just a quick shout-out to those who worked hard to put this Conference together:
Schedule Overview |
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| Time | What | Location |
| 8:15am-9:00am | Breakfast & Registration & Resource Fair | Brigham Young Academy Ballroom #315 |
| 9:00am‐9:50am | Keynote Speaker Dr. Jose Enriquez | Brigham Young Academy Ballroom #315 |
| 10:00am‐10:50am | Breakout Session One | See Session schedule below: Room 201, 302, 308 or 309 |
| 11:00am‐11:50am | Breakout Session Two | See Session schedule below: Room 201, 302, 308 or 309 |
| 12:00pm‐12:50pm | Lunch and Resource Fair | Brigham Young Academy Ballroom #315 & Outer Hallway |
| 1:00pm‐1:50pm | Breakout Session Three | See Session schedule below: Room 201, 302, 308 or 309 |
| 2:00pm‐2:50pm | Breakout Session Four | See Session schedule below: Room 201, 302, 308 or 309 |
| 3:00pm‐4:00pm | Awards & Giveaways | Brigham Young Academy Ballroom #315 |
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Session One - 10:00am‐10:50am |
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| Room | Lead Presenter | Session |
| 201 | Mickey Mouse |
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| 302 | Minnie Mouse |
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| 308 |
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| 309 |
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Session Two – 11:00am‐11:50am |
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| Room | Lead Presenter | Session |
| 201 | Mickey Mouse |
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| 302 | Minnie Mouse |
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| 308 |
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| 309 |
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Session Three – 1:00pm‐1:50pm |
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| 201 |
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| 302 |
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| 308 |
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| 309 |
Daisy Duck |
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Session Four – 2:00pm‐2:50pm |
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| 201 |
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| 302 |
Minnie Mouse |
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| 308 |
Donald Duck |
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| 309 |
Daisy Duck |
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Department: First‐Year Advising Center Cole loves working with first year students and helping them start college on the right foot. He is passionate about UVU and open access to educa‐tion for all. Cole serves as the Developmental. Math advisor as well as a UVST (exploring students) advisor. He is a Ravenclaw and reads the complete book series every year.
Department: Developmental Math Evelyn enjoys teaching and helping students achieve their goals. She is passionate about sup‐porting less prepared students and finding ways to streamline quantitative literacy completion. Her recent research has been focused on increasing social presence in online courses and improving student achievement in online courses. In addi‐tion to her service as the Developmental Math department chair, she has spent several years serving on the Uni‐versity Curriculum Committee.
David earned a BA in secondary math education from BYU, a M.Ed. in Educational Administration from the University of Utah, and a graduate cer‐tificate in Academic Advising from Kansas State University. He taught high school math for 30 years in the Granite School District in the Salt Lake Valley, worked as an academic advisor for the chemical engi‐neering department at BYU for four years, and has been advising engineering at UVU for three. He lives in South Jordan with spouse Sandra, son Abe, and two Malshi dogs. His hobby is gar‐dening.
Agustin Diaz or Tino was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and came to Utah for a university education. He has worked in various roles of stu‐dent affairs, advising in areas like admissions, financial aid, and student life. He currently works at United Way of Salt Lake where he is currently a Lead Network Director. His doctorate is in critical university studies where he seeks to present histories and possibilities that (re)‐imagine the university. He lives with his spouse, two kids, and a dog in American Fork.
Amanda Kimball is an Academic Counselor for the First‐Year Advising Center at Utah Valley Universi‐ty. She specializes in working with students actively exploring major options. During her graduate de‐gree, she discovered a deep resolve to create aware‐ness and find solutions for populations such as first‐generation, rural, female‐identified, low socio‐economic, and transfer students. She has seen the positive generational effects of education first‐hand and has a pas‐sion for paying‐it‐forward so others can have opportunities. When not at work, Amanda loves to cook and bake and has a goal to try one new recipe per week. She looks forward to any moment spent in nature, loves being with family, and can turn heads at karaoke when singing a Whitney Houston song.
My name is Melissa Eiche (pronounced eye‐key). I am married to an incredible man named Karl, and we have three kiddos (Max– 13, AJ– 11, and Sarah– 8) and we adopted my first pet (cat) ever, Chloe, in December. I was first hired at UVU in 1998, but have worked fulltime since 2004 (with a handful of years in between being part‐time again after I had my first child). I work in the “Pre‐Professional Advise‐ment Center” or the office formerly known as the ACC, UCAC, etc. I advise students for per‐nursing, pre‐rad tech, and pre‐respiratory therapy. I absolutely thrive when helping students achieve their goals. I have always been a “crier” in the workplace, so naturally I am here to chat with you today about “The Six Potions of Sensitiv‐ity.” I will try really hard to not cry DURING the presentation, though no such thing can be promised!
Angela Bolduc Pearson is the Assistant Registrar over Graduation for UVU and has worked in that area for over eight years and has become the graduation expert on campus. She has a Bachelor of Science– Behavioral Science and a Master of Arts– European History. For fun Angela likes to dance, garden, workout, ride her motorcycle, and spend time with her family.
Reba has a MA in anthropology, BA’s in an‐thropology and history, minors in English and geography, and certification in secondary edu‐cation. She has worked in all levels of educa‐tion as a teacher, an administrator and an ad‐junct instructor. Right now she is the professional development coordinator for concurrent enrollment at UVU. Reba has traveled throughout the world, worked a wide variety of random jobs, and held various leadership positions with volunteer organizations. But her favorite thing is spending time with her four, rather wild and crazy, boys (all of which have Star Wars references in their names).
Kristi is from Heber City and is a CE advisor at the UVU Wasatch Campus. Her favorite part of her job is working with students to help them reach their goals and building relationships with them while in high school. In her free time, Kristi loves to spend time with family, reading, writing, traveling, and going for walks in the sunshine!
Kris currently serves UVU students as an As‐sistant Director and Academic Counselor in the First‐Year Advising Center. She loves working with students and is passionate about academic advising and UVU’s mission as an open admission institution.
Natalie Young is a career services professional trained in all aspects of career exploration and preparation. She currently works as a counselor for the UVU Career Development Center where she conducts resume’ reviews and mock inter‐views for students, as well as guides students through job search strategies and the career planning process. Natalie is an accomplished presenter on a variety of career topics directed toward a wide range of audiences from students to members of the community. She also has experience as a work success coach for the Depart‐ment of Workforce Services where she facilitated career prepara‐tion workshops for clients looking to enter or re‐enter the work‐force. Natalie earned her B.S. degree in counseling school counsel‐ing from the University of Phoenix.
Rachel has been advising for 6 years, most re‐cently at UVU’s First‐Year Advising Center working with students in humanities and social sciences. She graduated with an M.Ed. In Psy‐chology from USU and earned a graduate cer‐tificate in academic advising from Kansas State University and was sorted into Hufflepuff. Ra‐chel loves to hear her student’s stories and working together as a team to help them reach their educational, career, and life goals; the Disarm, Discover, and Dream phases of Appreciative Advising are her faves! She lives with her spouse and three children in Utah and enjoys listening to impactful audiobooks, drinking iced coffee, spending time with friends, and dreaming of tropical vaca‐tions.
Jose Gallaga is from South Los Angeles, CA and is a first‐generation college graduate. He attended East Los Angeles College and transferred to UC Berkeley where he ob‐tained a B.A. in Sociology with a Minor in Ethnic studies. Most recently, he graduated from the University of Southern California with an M.Ed. in Student Affairs. This is also where he became a huge advocate for first‐generation and un‐derrepresented student populations. As a previous first‐generation student, he is aware of the many challenges that come with not having early guidance in higher education, nor the value of educa‐tion taught at home. Now as he embarks into his professional field, he noticed that his fellow first‐generation colleagues experi‐enced similar challenges while navigating office culture. This gave him the idea to conduct research, which led to this presentation topic.
Tammy Nguyen is currently a Director of Academic Advising and Student Success. She started as an academic advisor part‐time, but eventually moved into leadership positions. She has managed teams of vari‐ous sizes and has worked in both Academic and Student affairs. She graduated with her doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy from the Universi‐ty of Utah.
Shalece is the Director of Advising in the College of Health and Public Service. She has been with UVU since 2005, working in many roles supporting students and advi‐sors. She was an academic advisor in the Woodbury School of Business, Criminal Justice and Emergency Services department, as well as the Advisor Trainer in the former Advisor Training and Development department. She received her associate and bachelor degrees in Paralegal Studies from UVU, and a master’s degree in Educational Psychology (with an Instruc‐tional Design and Educational Technology emphasis) from the University of Utah. She is also very active in NACADA Region 10, currently serving as the Awards Committee chair and incoming Region 10 Chair. Outside of working at the best university in the state, she enjoys spending time with her husband and five chil‐dren (two daughters, a son‐in‐law, and two sons), and brand new grandson, relaxing in the outdoors, watching college football, and reading.
Ashley Holt has worked in higher education for seven years and is currently an Assistant Director in the First‐Year Advising Center. In a previous role, Ashley spent four years working with international students during the recruitment and admission process. She also had the privilege of supervising 13 inter‐national Student Leaders. These experiences allowed her to better understand the importance of intercultural communication. She enjoys building connections with people from all walks of life and is grateful for the opportunity to share some insights with you.
Caden’s parents tested him for autism when he was just two years old, as both of their previous children had also been tested and diagnosed with autism. Because of this, Ca‐den was able to grow up with the right amount of intervention, allowing him to be‐come a high‐functioning autistic adult. He has used his experience of growing up with autism and autistic family members to give several large presentations on how to in‐teract with people on the spectrum and is a strong advocate for all neurodiverse individuals. Caden works as a peer advisor for the First‐Year Advising Center here at UVU, and is enrolled to be in the game design program that the university offers. Caden enjoys running, art, gaming, and being outside.
Adam Black is the Director of the Univer‐sity College Advising Center and has been working at UVU for almost 20 years and has been in his Director role since 2010. He has seen UVU grow and evolve over the years and has been grateful to be part of many of the decisions that effect the trajectory of the University. Adam loves working with all of the interesting and unique students he sees and is proud to lead an awesome team of counselors who help pre‐pare future doctors, nurses, lawyers, and other medical profession‐als. Adam has been married for 25 years this July, has 4 kids and is nearly an empty nester. In his spare time, he can usually be found doing something outdoors, most likely fishing, boating, biking or gardening.
