Promoting student success and engagement to increase retention Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 2pm ET     Register     Campuses across the country are finding innovative ways to promote student success in ways that increase engagement and retention. Attend this web seminar to hear from administrators at Iowa State University and Kanawha Valley Community and Technical College about their use of MAP-Works, a comprehensive student retention and success platform, to accomplish this goal. Created in partnership with Ball State University, MAP-Works arms higher ed leaders with a clear picture of their students, coordinating communication and response strategies and enabling significant improvement in the bottom line—and in student success This web seminar will explore: How to improve student success and retention by identifying at-risk students early in the term, allowing for immediate support and intervention. Ways to provide interactive, user-friendly data to faculty and staff, enabling proactive interventions with individual students and providing the infrastructure to manage outreach efforts on campus. How to support partnerships across college divisions through advanced communication tools.     Speakers: Mary Jo Gonzales, Ph.D. - Associate Dean of Students, Iowa State University. Susan M. Gardner, Ph.D. - Vice President for Student Services, Kanawha Valley Community and Technical College. Sherry Woosley, Ph.D. - Director of Research and Analytics, EBI MAP-Works.   Register   Who will benefit: College and university administrators and others interested in student success. Anyone may attend. Continuing Education Certification: All attendees of this live web seminar will receive confirmation of their participation, which may be used for purposes of CEU certification where applicable. Forward to a colleague This message was mailed to [EMAIL] as a University Business online subscriber. University Business is the magazine for university presidents, business officers and top higher education executives. To make sure you get your University Business emails, add webseminars@educatorsportal.com to your address book. If you are not receiving University Business, and wish to, complete our short application and we will review your eligibility to receive a free subscription. View our Privacy Policy. To unsubscribe, please click here. Published by: University Business, 488 Main Ave., Norwalk, CT, 06851 [COPYRIGHT]