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Barnard
College Hosts the 2003 Inaugural Sophomore Advisers Conference
with Columbia, Fordham, NYU, and others, March 14
New York, NY— Barnard College President Judith Shapiro
will speak about the changing role of parents in higher education
on Friday, March 14, at the inaugural Sophomore Advisers
Conference designed to better prepare second-year students
for the pressures of sophomore year as they declare their
majors and the course of their college careers.
Deans, administrators and faculty from nearly 20 institutions,
including Barnard, Columbia, Fordham, NYU, and Princeton,
will attend the first conference. The conference was initiated
by a committee of administrators from Barnard, Columbia, and
Fordham.
The Sophomore Advisers Conference, hosted by Barnard
College, will provide the first opportunity for sophomore
advisers to develop new advising strategies and techniques
to better serve second-year students. The conference will
be held on March 14, 9 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. in Barnard Hall
(117th Street and Broadway).
The goal of the conference is to take stock of the critical
issues that sophomores face as they navigate through their
college careers, such as choosing and declaring a major. The
plenary session of the conference will address this issue,
as well as career focus and personal development concerns.
Vivian Taylor, who has served as Barnard’s sophomore
class dean for almost a decade, said: "Sophomore year
is a critical time in students’ lives, as most of them
are coming to terms with their individual identities and face
a period of introspection trying to understand who they are
and where they want to be. This is what makes choosing an
academic major so challenging."
In a New York Times op-ed last fall, President Shapiro
wrote that parents were becoming over-involved in college
students’ lives. Shapiro, who often speaks on parenting
issues, will deliver the keynote address of the conference
on the changing role of parents in higher education.
Two workshops will be held on how to evaluate the existing
advising models and how to develop new ones, as well as on
the recruitment and maintenance of advisers.
Contact:
Petra Tuomi, Barnard Public Affairs, 212-854-7907, ptuomi@barnard.edu
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