2026 Summit Session Recordings

Revisit the 2026 Mentoring and Advising Summit through these archived recordings. 

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Keynote Sessions

Plenary Panel - Beyond the Classroom - Faculty Mentoring in a Shared Advising Ecosystem

Skills, Story, and Strategy Advising Students Toward Career Readiness in a Changing Economy

Concurrent Sessions

A Culture Course for Incoming International Students

Allies in Advising: Leveraging Professional Friendships in Career Longevity and Student Support

Appreciating the Experience: Applying the Six Phases of Appreciative Advising to Our Shared Conference Journey

Building Leaders in a Team

Coaching And Mentoring for Flourishing: Advancing Well-Being By Empowering Scholars Through a Person-First Approach

Cultivating “The Will And the Way": Academic Hope for At-Promise Students

Dreaming of Better Leaders: Mentoring With Appreciative Inquiry

Empowering Leadership Through Peer Mentorship

From Advising to Leading: Translating Core Adfrom Advising to Leading: Translating Core Advising Competencies Into Organizational Leadershipvising Competencies Into Organizational Leadership

High Achieving, Quietly Struggling: Supporting Honors STEM Students Through Fear of Failure

Honoring the Work That Matters: A Panel on Advisor Recognition and Impact

Human Connection in the Digital Age – What Can Tech Do, What Must We Do?​

I’m Tired, I’m Stressed, I’m Hungry, and I Don’t Want to Go to Work!

Identity-Based Barriers to Belonging: The Wholistic Cost of Code-Switching

Improving Retention Rate for Gen-Z First Generation College Students :The Role of Academic Advisors

Institutional Support And Resources: Helping Postdocs Thrive in Their Training And Career Development

Integrating Positive Psychology Into Undergraduate Academic Advising

Leveraging Individual Development Plans to Transform Postdoctoral Mentorship Into a Trust-Based Collaborative Partnership

Leveraging Learning Management Systems to Support First-Year Student Success

Mapping Futures: How IDPs Empower PhD Journeys

Multi-Modal Intervention Strategies for Supporting Students in Academic Difficulty

Squad Goals: Strategies to Alleviate Advisor Burnout

Supervision And Mentorship of Graduate Students in Academic Advising

The Lived Experiences of Higher Education Administrators Employing Appreciative Education in Their Leadership Practices

Tipping Points: Turning Small Steps Into Big Change

Training With Intention: How Faculty Mentor Postdocs for Scholarly And Career Success

Transforming Rural Student Success: Insights from Pitt’s PRSSIM Initiatives

Using Motivational Interviewing to Get Change

Using Survey Data to Support Program Development and Cultivate Student Success

You Too Can Make Up Idioms: A Collaborative Approach to Undergraduate Research