About the position
The position involves assisting students through intrusive academic advisement, providing guidance on degree and graduation requirements, various certificate programs, university transfer requirements, and academic and financial aid probation/suspension status. Responsibilities include evaluating transcripts, determining the equivalency of transfer credits, computing GPAs, and assisting with course registration. The advisor will help students with program planning, educational planning, and course selection, as well as course placement through the interpretation of institutional assessment measures. Maintaining student files related to advisement, educational planning, and retention is also a key responsibility. The role requires participation in cross-college collaboration to enhance student development, retention, and completion.
Responsibilities
- Provides 1:1 case-management style advising and support services in-person, hybrid, and virtually to ensure successful progress toward degree completion in assigned Fields of Interest (FOI) and/or specialty student populations.
- Monitors advisement and enrollment progress of assigned cohort of students.
- Guides students on goal setting, decision making, degree and certificate options, transfer pathways, course selection, registration, and academic progress using PeopleSoft and other technology.
- Supports group advising, new student orientation, and other departmental service areas as needed.
- Prepares and presents at events/activities that support student success, including degree information sessions, student groups/organizations, specialty populations, graduation, and other identified events.
- Tracks and reports out on pro-active outreach efforts to their assigned student cohort.
- Identifies academic options including extracurricular activities, study abroad programs, research, and internships.
- Advises students on selecting options best suited to their goals, interests, and skills.
- Connects students with additional support services and resources as needed.
- Participates in enrollment and retention projects related to student learning, success, and retention.
- Maintains program resource information, presentations, reports, correspondence, and promotional materials, sharing as needed.
- Assists with completion of financial aid dynamic forms including consortium agreements, maximum time frame appeals, short-program course lists, and restricted course list addendums; graduation applications, unofficial transcript evaluations, and other processing/requests as needed.
- Attends departmental meetings, training sessions, and professional development opportunities.
- Performs other duties as assigned, commensurate with the grade level of the position.
