May 2013 – Tucson Arizona
The theme for this year’s NACADA Region X conference was “Advising Under the Stars”. This theme reflects that fact that the location of the conference, Tucson, is considered to be the astronomy capital of the U.S. This title also seems appropriate to me when considering the conference presentations that I attended. In each case presenters took a broad and expansive view of the subjects they covered and did an excellent job tying in their specific topic to the underlying philosophy and goals of advising.