Academic Advisor

The Academic Advisor is a professional advisor that will be responsible for assisting students with academic planning and registration, graduation applications, course substitutions and transcript evaluations. The Academic Advisor will work closely with the Faculty Advising Liaison to implement initiatives aimed at improving retention and graduate rates within designated academic departments.

Faculty Mentor

Figure 2 Academic Advising and Academic Department Relationship

In collaboration with the department

Advising Liaison, Faculty Mentors will

be responsible for preparing students for graduate and professional schools and careers. Chairs will select one faculty mentor for each academic program in each department.

Responsibilities:

  • Encourage and monitor student participation in professional student organizations.
  • Collect, distribute and assist students with applying for internships, undergraduate research opportunities and other professional development opportunities.
  • Facilitate workshops to help students apply for graduate and professional schools.
  • Facilitate workshops to or other learning opportunities to help students learn about career paths in their field.
  • Work with the Career and Professional Development Center to outreach to possible employers that would be interested in employing students in the field.
  • Assist with data collection and reporting on graduate school and career preparation.
  • Attend advisor trainings.

Faculty Advising Liaison

Faculty Advising Liaison is a faculty member selected to serve as the official faculty representative for their department. In collaboration with the assigned academic advisor, the Liaison will assist with academic planning and registration, graduation applications, course substitutions, and transfer equivalencies. Liaisons will also assist in creating and implementing departmental or college specific retention initiatives. Liaisons will be responsible for working with faculty mentors to improve and assess graduate school and career preparation of their students.