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1981President: Thomas J. Grites, Stockton State College (NJ)Members: 438National conference is held in Indianapolis, IN• Theme: ‘Academic Advising: The Pivotal Point’• Attendance: 466• Conference chair: Virginia GordonAssociation Accomplishments and Issues:• First issue of the NACADA Journal published with copy placed inthe Library of Congress• NACADA Journal copyright is registered in Washington, D.C.and an ISBN number is assigned• Carol Ryan leads effort to make ‘academic advising’ an ERICdescriptor• New regional configuration drawn. Region 7 is the largestgeographically with 12 states from Minnesota to Nevada.• Standing Research Committee is established• Pre-conference workshops added to the national conference• First career placement activities undertaken with Job Board atnational conference• NACADA member survey of research priorities published. Toppriorities included how to identify student advising needs andways to match these needs to appropriate advising approaches• Jane Merchant is appointed first NACADA archivistEd Jones, NACADA JournalEditor, and C.B. (Bob)Darrell, Journal EditorialBoard Member11