Association for Non-Traditional Students in Higher Education

First Annual Conference

Overland Park, Kansas
October 3-5, 1997

 

Schedule of Events

Friday, October 3
12:00-5:00
  • Conference Check In and Registration
2:30-3:45
  • Ethical Issues In Advising Adult Learners (Jan P. Eriksen, Viterbo College)
4:00-5:14
  • Comedy: A Survival Tool For Adult Learners (Tim Crowley, Missouri Western State College)
7:00-7:30
  • Welcome and ANTSHE President's Address (Gabe DeGabriele, Mesa State College)
7:30-8:15
  • Portrait of a Nontraditional Student (Dorothy Siegfried, College Board)
8:15-8:45
  • Social Time
Saturday, October 4
8:00-10:00

Workshop Session A

  • Panel Discussion (Larry M. Morton, Wichita State University)
  • Using Computer Assisted Placement as a Retention Tool (Gabe DeGabriele, Mesa State College)
  • Developing A Web Page  (Debra Hogan, Wichita State University)
  • The Majors Tool Kit: A Guide to Career and Major Exploration  (Sharon K. Ferret, Humboldt State University)
  • Writing a Proposal to get Funds For Nontrad Student Uses (Marilyn Ryan and Catherine Mohr, Wichita State University)
  • Academic and Family Issues of Nontraditional Students  (Karen Houge McClaren and Beulah Hirshclein, Oklahoma State University)
10:30-11:45

Workshop Session B

 

  • Helping Nontraditional Students Cope with Issues (Connie J. Ury and Patricia J. Mcfarland, Northwestern Missouri State University)
  • Web for Adult Learners (Larry Hudwon, University of Central Florida)
  • Pathways to Academic Success: Research Strategies to Facilitate Success and Competency for Nontraditional Students in an Electronic Library Environment
    (Patricia A. Renn-Scanlon and Linda R. Mitchell, Washburn University)
  • Searching for Scholarships on the Internet  (John Hirsch, Missouri Western State University)
  • Wiley E. Coyote (Carol Anne Bailey, Middle Tennessee State University)
  • Effective Writing Skills for Nontraditional Students: 50 Most Common Errors to Avoid (Beverly Heirich, White Stone Institute)
12:00-1:30
  • Lunch
1:45-3:00

Workshop Session C

  • Region Organizational Meetings and Exchanges
3:00-3:15
  • Conference Break
3:15-4:30

Workshop Session D

  • Motivating the Mature Student: What Works  (Patricia A. Brock, Pace University)
  • Integrating Learning Styles for Effective Learning  (Sharon K. Ferret, Humboldt State University)
  • Alternative Credits: Options for Nontraditional Students  (Educational Testing Services)
  • Getting Into Graduate School and Staying In (Linda Rose and Chris Lazo, Colorado Mountain College)
  • Adult Student Groups, (Carol Anne Bailey, Middle Tennessee State University)

Sunday, October 5

9:45-11:00

Workshop Session E

  • Do's and Don'ts of Classroom Behavior for Adult Students,
    (Anne Willis and Students, Kent State University- Salem)
11:45-1:00
  • Lunch and Conference Closing

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