Objective: Enhance the practice of academic advising
Strategies:

•  Coordinate or support the academic advising and information center for the college or campus
•  Develop and deliver advising workshops for faculty and professional advisers
      - Provide professional development for academic advisers
•  Manage the ‘First Year Testing, Counseling & Advising Program’ (FTCAP)
      - Train first-year FTCAP advisers
•  Administer the Center for Excellence in Academic Advising, an electronic resource for academic advisers
•  Assess academic advising

Objective: Communicate academic advising information
Strategies:

•  Develop and participate in academic information programs for students
       - Partner with Residence Life in the development and implementation of Discover House - a learning
         community designed specifically for first-year students who have not yet decided on a major
•  Serve as academic resource and referral contacts for academic advisers and students
•  Direct and/or participate in college/campus admissions activities
•  Maintain Web sites for the college or the advising center
•  Publish curricular changes through advising updates
•  Serve on college and University committees

 

See also: http://www.psu.edu/advising/ - your source for academic advising

 

General Studies Bldg.
First Floor
1 Campus Drive
Mont Alto, PA 17237
Phone: (717) 749-6056
Fax: (717) 749-6134

DUS Coodinator:
Tim Radio

Academic Adviser:
Clare Tauriello

Staff Assistant:
Donna Weber

Career Services
Coordinator:
Summer Irvin