Advising to hold forum for students, faculty, staff

The Campus Advising Network will host an annual Spring Forum Wednesday.

The forum will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a few breaks in between, in the 1895 Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

From 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., an administrator discussion will be held; from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. there will be a faculty advisor workshop; from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. an interactive workshop for professionals and faculty will be conducted, and from 4 to 5 p.m. a presentation titled “Advising Effectiveness: Working Best With Students” and a wine and cheese reception will take place, a press release stated.

Alice Reinarz, associate professor and director of the Advising Center at the University of Michigan, will present some information on the advising topic, the press release stated.

Reinarz published a book titled “Teaching Through Academic Advising: A Faculty Perspective,” the press release stated. Reinarz has also received several teaching excellence awards throughout her career.

Fraun Lewis, assistant director of Eastern’s Academic Advising Center, said in an e-mail that she wants individuals to “come participate in lively discussion as we collaborate to enhance our advising efforts.”