As advisors, we need to reach out to other student service programs and faculty on our campuses to build bridges and create a process that meets all of our student’s needs.  From career services, to counseling services, freshmen orientation classes, first-year programs, Greek organizations, student government, and others as well as the students themselves;  we need to be part of a complete process of making students successful.

It is my hope that together we will include all facets of student services and academics in a new advising model that increases both student satisfaction and retention at our respective institutions.  I look forward to working with you to make this new advising association one that will be a leader in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and at the national level.

Benton Shirey, 2009-2010 KACADA President

Eastern Kentucky University