Terry Musser, coordinator of the Student Advising Center and Division of Undergraduate Studies programs for Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, has been elected as administrative division representative for the National Academic Advising Association, or NACADA.
Musser will assume this national leadership role at the end of the NACADA annual conference being held in Nashville, Tenn., in October and will serve in the position for two years.
Musser previously served as a member of the NACADA board of directors and as a regional division representative.
As part of the NACADA Council, Musser will share responsibility with the appointed administrative division representative for representing the standing and appointed committees and advisory boards. She will provide leadership to these groups and communicate the needs and expectations of the membership to NACADA leaders.
In her role as Student Advising Center coordinator in the College of Agricultural Sciences, Musser supports academic advising activities; provides advising resources to faculty, staff and students; serves as a resource for advisers with students who are exploring majors in the college; organizes First-Year Testing, Consulting and Advising Program activities; and supports work on recruitment and retention.
The National Academic Advising Association was chartered as a nonprofit organization in 1979 to promote quality academic advising and professional development of its membership to ensure the educational development of students. Since that beginning, NACADA has grown to 10,000 members consisting of faculty members, professional advisers, administrators, counselors and others in academic and student affairs concerned with the intellectual, personal and vocational needs of students.