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.

Responsibilities

  • Meet regularly (at least 2-3 times per month) with assigned academic advisor.
  • Attend advisor trainings.
  • In collaboration with the academic advisor, facilitate small group meetings with students.
  • Review course schedules and academic plans with academic advisor.
  • Coordinate the creation of departmental graduate school and career preparation plans.
  • Meet regularly (at least once per month) with faculty mentors. - Collect and report assessment data on graduate school and career preparation activities.
  • Collect and report assessment data on graduate school and career preparation activities.
DirectorAdvisor**Advisor**AdvisorAdvisorAdvisor
CohortAllCohort 2015, 2019Cohort 2012, 2014Cohort 2011, 2013Cohort 2016Cohort 2016, 2020
Academic DepartmentUndeclared, Home-school, Non-degree seekingBehavioral and Social Sciences, Criminal Justice, Social WorkFine Arts, EducationLiberal Studies, Business and HonorsMath, Science, Computer Science, Nursing, AgLiterature, Language and Philosophy
Special responsibilitiesAcademic Probation, High Achieving StudentsThorobred Tracker, High risk-students, Advisor trainingLiving/Learning CommunityLiberal Studies, HonorsLiving/Learning Community2+2 Program, Marketing

Figure 3 Academic Advising Center Staff and Responsibilities

**KEY- for the Proactive Model

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