Member Spotlight: Elizabeth Tutor

Hometown:   Riverside,, CA

College(s) Attended : UT Austin, Texas State University

Degree(s) earned: BA Psychology, MA Professional Counseling

Title:  Career Counselor I- Sanger Learning and Career Center

What are your hobbies? reading, traveling

What was your favorite childhood toy? Books

What is your current position at UT? Briefly explain:  Career Counselor @ the Sanger Learning & Career Center

Member Spotlight: Evelyn Meisell

Hometown:   Odessa Texas, home of Permian Football!  GO MOJO!

College(s) Attended:   University of Texas at Austin

Degree(s) earned:  BBA – Marketing, BS – Kinesiology (Sport Management), M.Ed. – Higher Education Administration

Title:  Assistant Academic  Advisor- McCombs School of Business

Member Spotlight: Angie Martinez

Hometown:   born and raised in El Paso, TX

College(s) Attended:  The University of Texas at Austin 

Degree(s) earned:  Bachelor of Science in Applied Learning & Development

Title:  Program Coordinator- College of Education

Member Spotlight: Juanita Gonzalez

Hometown:  Blackfoot, Idaho

College(s) Attended:  Boise State University

Degree(s) Earned:  B.A. In Bilingual Elementary Education and a B.A. In Spanish

Title:  Senior Academic Advisor- College of Communications

What are your hobbies?  Church activities, Watching HGTV and old Law & Order shows

What was your favorite childhood toy?  My favorite toy was a doll that could crawl, because she had pretty hair that I could brush.

October 2011 ACA General Meeting

The October 12, 2011 ACA General Meeting, sponsored by the Business Foundations Program, featured a lively presentation by Regina Hughes - Director of the Business Foundations Program, updates on satisfactory academic progress presented by Veronica Castro from the Office of Student Financial Services,  a brief overview of the UGS Bridging Disciplines Program presented by Lauren Campbell, and program updates from Patty Micks of the UGS First Year Experience Office.

Yum!

Regina Hughes - Director of the Texas Business Foundations Program

Veronica Castro reviews the updates for Satisfactory Academic Progress for students receiving financial aid.

Lauren Cambpell from the UGS Bridging Disciplines Program

Patty Micks from UGS First Year Experience Office

A very special thank you to Regina Hughes and the Business Foundations Program for hosting our October Meeting. 

ACA at NACADA - Denver, Colorado 2011

Advisors from across the UT Campus gathered in Denver, Colorado for the annual meeting of the National Academic Counselors Association (NACADA) from Sunday, October 2nd - Wednesday, October 5th. 

As usual, NACADA was filled with great sessions, good food, awesome colleagues, and a lot of fun.  Here's a brief snapshot of what took place in Denver.

ACA Presidents:  Past, Present & Future

Academic Advising knows no boundaries:  UT & A&M

Eventually, you have to take the plane ride home...

Special THANKS to our Guest Historian Evelyn Meisell, Academic Advisor in McCombs Undergraduate Program Office, for documenting her experience at NACADA.

Evelyn Meisell and Andrea Chytil hook their horns.

Stay tuned for next year's conference in Nashville, Tennessee (October 4 - 7, 2012).

Member Spotlight: Amy Caillavet

Hometown: Beaumont, Texas

College(s) Attended:  Loyola University Chicago

Degree(s) earned: B.A. Communication – Minor: Visual Communications

Title:  Program Coordinator- Cockrell School of Engineering

What are your hobbies? Going to the park with my dog, Link.