2025 Summit Session Recordings

Revisit the 2025 Mentoring and Advising Summit through these archived recordings. 

Opening Keynote

This session was only offered live to the Summit audience.

The Opening Keynote with Kristen Hadeed focused on building authentic, trust-based relationships in professional settings, especially within mentoring and advising roles. Drawing on Gallup research showing low global employee engagement, she introduced the LISTEN model—Leave distractions, I am here for you, Silence, Tell me more, Empathy, and Nonverbal cues—as a framework for active, empathetic listening that fosters connection and psychological safety.

Kristen also emphasized the importance of understanding individual appreciation languages and maintaining “emotional bank accounts” through trust-building actions. She introduced practical tools for giving and receiving feedback, including the FBI model (Feeling, Behavior, Impact) and a feedback question bank. By encouraging intentional communication and courageous conversations, Kristen empowered attendees to create more supportive, engaged environments for both students and colleagues.

Session Handout

Bridging Gaps and Building Futures: The Pitt PRSSIM Project's Approach to Supporting Rural Students

Attentive Communication and Creating Welcoming Spaces

Cultivating Resiliency and Inclusivity for Academic Advising Professionals

We All Need a PAL: Establishing & Improving Mentorship Programs for Student Success

Building Honors Advising: Collaborating Across Disciplines to Foster Student Success Through Breadth and Depth

Beyond the Screen: Cultivating Connection and Belonging in the Online Learning Experience

Mentoring for Success: Supporting and Retaining Students in Academic Warning

The Seven Seas of Resilience: Navigating Challenges in Academic Training

Mentorship as a Catalyst for Innovation and Collaboration for Postdocs and Graduate Students

Insights from Ombudspersons on Coaching Graduate Students Through Challenging Situations

Plenary Panel: Shared and Collaborative Advising - An Equity and Excellence Imperative for Higher Education

Crafting a Definition and Framework for Undergraduate Research: Collaboration for Student Success at R1 Universities

Is Your Academic Deficiency Process Still Relevant

Clean Up Your Meeting Notes With S.O.A.P.

Managing Up: Taking Charge of Your Career to Enhance Student Success

Career Services or Career Development…or both: Supporting Career Development in Academic Advising

Class Is In Session! Helping Advisors to be Educators Among Their Peers

Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Enhancing Student and Staff Relationships and Students’ Institutional-Navigation Strategies Through Boundary Setting

Guiding Success: Cultivating Mentoring and Sponsoring Relationships

Expanding the Center for Academic Advising and Student Success Including Graduate Student Success

Mentorship in the Digital Age: Best Practices and Insights from Pitt's Online Mentorship Programs

Using Mental Health First Aid for Student Success and Belonging

Creating the Comprehensive Connections Students Desire Through the Advising Relationship

Humanizing Advising through an Anti-Deficit Approach: Modeling Community - Cultural Wealth as First-Generation Professionals

Strategic Engagement: Amplifying Student Success for At-Promise Sophomores

Breaking Silos: How Advisors Are Revolutionizing Scholarship Retention

Leaders in Waiting: Exploring the Leadership Development of Graduate and Professional Students

Mentoring Doctoral Students: Advice from Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring Winners

Closing Plenary: Cultivating Student Success: Re-Imagining Academic Supports Towards Inclusivity and Belonging in Higher Education