National ACademic ADvising Association

Marsha A. (Hayslett) Miller, M.A., M.S.

NACADA Assistant Director, Resources & Services

Marsha Miller, a NACADA member since 1988, joined Kansas State University and the Executive Office staff in 2002 as NACADA Research Coordinator and now serves as NACADA's Assistant Director for Resources and Services.

A history and political science major, Marsha was a peer advisor in the University of Missouri-Columbia's College of Education. She earned a Master of Arts degree in Learning Disabilities at the University of Iowa where she learned to incorporate assessment and research into her daily classroom activities. Marsha also earned a Master's degree in counseling from Emporia State University.

With experience teaching pre-school through college students, Marsha joined Cloud County Community College where she taught developmental skills and education courses, supervised student teachers for area universities, served as the ADA compliance officer, and advised Cloud’s education majors and undecided students. Upon completion of her duties as Chair of the faculty committee charged with restructuring Cloud’s advising and academic support services, Marsha was appointed as the first director of Cloud’s Advising Center that received the NACADA Outstanding Advising Program award and the Noel-Levitz citation for Excellence in Student Retention. Her research of student persistence indicators was a key factor in Marsha’s appointment as Director of Student Services at Cloud’s Geary County Campus where she oversaw admissions, assessment, advising, financial aid, registration, and student records.

Marsha has presented at the national conferences of various student services organizations, published articles, served as a Title III advising consultant, received outstanding teaching awards, and co-authored chapters in two NACADA monographs, Advising as a Comprehensive Campus Process and Advisor Training: Exemplary Practices in Developing Advisor Skills.

In her position as NACADA Assistant Director for Resources & Services, Marsha is the Executive Office liaison to the NACADA Research Committee, serves on the Editorial Board of the NACADA Journal, is the Journal's Book Review Editor, directs the NACADA Clearinghouse of Academic Advising Resources, manages the publication of monographs and member surveys, and answers member questions regarding numerous advising related concerns.

Contact Marsha at miller@ksu.edu.

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