Topic - Advising

Interesting article on the "Impact of Disney on Advising" that includes movie clips!

http://www.psu.edu/dus/mentor/090724kg.htm

The Mentor: An Academic Advising Journal

Source: www.psu.edu

The Mentor or other publications for consideration. For more than seventy years, Walt Disney films have touched the hearts and minds of individuals, young and old alike. This imprint expands far beyond nursery walls and impacts people of all ages, including college students. ...

Topic - Health

American College Health Association (ACHA) - Healthy Campus 2010

"Healthy Campus 2010 establishes national college health objectives and serves as a basis for developing plans to improve student health."

ULifeline

-- Resources (on college student health-related topics)

-- Note: ULifeline is a program of the Jed Foundation

Links

The plan is to start compiling and organizing interesting and useful links (websites/blogs/organizations/resources/etc...)

Organizations:

ACPA - American College Personnel Association - College Student Educators International

ACPA (and the National Center for Higher Education) is the leading comprehensive student affairs association that advances student affairs and engages students for a lifetime of learning and discovery.

NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

AACU - Association of American Colleges and Universities

A voice and a force for liberal education in the 21st century

AACU - Bringing Theory to Practice

NIRSA - NIRSA is the leading resource for professional and student development, education, and research in collegiate recreational sports

NCAA - National Collegiate Athletic Association

NCAA - Academics and Athletes

NCAA - Leadership Programs

NCAA - .com

Publications:

Journal of College Student Development

NASPA Journal

Change

About Campus

Phi Delta Kapan

The Mentor (Penn State Univ)

-- Topic: academic advising; informal and online; includes articles written/submitted by graduate students

-- An informal online publication

Authors:

Lee Bolman

-- Leadership/organizational behavior

-- Book: Reframing Organizations

Robert Birnbaum

-- Leadership/organizational behavior

-- Books: How Colleges Work

Blogs:

Higher Education: Tomorrow's Professor

-- Highly recommended! I subscribe to this one by email.

College Counseling Culture: About college admissions and American culture

(Author of collegeadvisor.blogspot) William Dix's College Access Counseling

Student Affairs:

Student Affairs Collaborative Blog: the SA bloggers.org/ or http://swiftkick.typepad.com/activities_affairs/

SA Blog Directory: SA blog's link to lots of blogs!

Leadership:

The Student Leadership Blog: Student Leader Think Tank

Counseling:

American Counseling Association (ACA)

-- graduate student listserv - COUNSGRADS

American College Counseling Association (ACCA)

-- online resources

-- list of resources

-- listserv and listserv archives

Technology:

Mobile learning Foresight: http://mamk.research-update.info/

Route to Academic Success - Link and Survival Kit

I love this presentation! The content and images are both great, and it's from a workshop at Rice University!

2008 NSF ADVANCE Workshop: Negotiating the Ideal Faculty Position

Course by: Rice ADVANCE

Presenter: Donna Dean, PhD, Senior Science Advisor, Lewis-Burke Associates LLC

Title: “Random Collisions and Ordered Events on the Pathway to Academic Success”

Link: http://cnx.org/content/m19363/latest/

This part below about a "survival kit" is uplifting and makes me smile :)

'Survival Kit' for Life

Toothpick: to help you separate fact from untruths

Rubber band: to remind you to be flexible

Band-aid: so you don’t let your feelings get hurt

Pencil: to jot down why you have chosen your career

Eraser: so you learn that mistakes are okay

Earplugs: to help you screen out background and distractions

Gum: because you have to stick with it

Mint: to remind you of your self worth, you are worth a mint to your organization

Chocolate kiss: because you have to like yourself first – and because it’s chocolate!

Topic - Diverse Education

Great article from one of my classmates who shared this with us last week:

HBCU Group Seeks Share of Stimulus

See also: Diverse - Issues in Higher Education

Topic - Suicide

Resources for understanding, preventing, and increasing suicide awareness

- PBS Video:

A Cry for Help

Warning Signs and Symptions, Resources

-Websites:

The JED Foundation

preventing suicide and emotional distress

ULifeline

an online resource for college mental health

Half of Us

one in ten of us has a friend who has considered suicide...

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)

Best Practices Registry (BPR) for Suicide Prevention

- Book:

Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide by Kay Redfield Jamison

Link to Amazon

Topics - Suicide, Diversity, Grants

Links:

SAMHSA: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

- used so far for papers/projects on cultural diversity and suicide awareness

- link to grants page

- link to Mental Health Information page

First Post

As a second semester graduate student, I'd like to start keeping track of useful resources (info, books, links, etc.) that relate to college student development, student affairs, higher education, academic advising, college athletes, leadership, wellness, and more....