DELIVER PHASE - AMERICAN INDIAN RESOURCE CENTER

What are the challenges you face with following up and how do you address them?

It is often hard to squeeze students into a busy advising day/week. So, I utilize social events to conduct some follow up.

What are some ways you follow up with students outside of a structured appointment? 

I do my best to encourage the students I advise, to attend certain campus events. And then I do my best to be active on campus and to attend these same student/staff/faculty functions. It makes for a great conversation/follow up outside the office. It shows the student that not only am I encouraging them to attend these events but that I also have a genuine interest in the same events. I think they feel good when they see you there. It also allows for networking by introducing them to my other students that are present at the event.

As an example, a University College advisor that advises Education majors, may run into their student at an event provided by the College of Education. And have a conversation about an issues they discussed at a previous advising appointment.

Submitted by:

Anthony Shirley

Interim Academic Advisor, American Indian Resource Center

Assistant Professor, Language & Literature Department

DESIGN - COLLEGE OF MINES AND EARTH SCIENCES

COLLEGE OF MINES AND EARTH SCIENCES

S.O.S.

1. Support: Friendly and welcoming environment promotes camaraderie between faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Over 72% of our students are financially supported through college and departmental scholarships. 
2. Opportunity: With low student to faculty ratio, students have the opportunity to be involved through research, internships, and field-work. 
3. Skills: Our College prepares students for careers through professional networking, onsite interviews, and high job placement. 

Sumbitted by
Samantha Davis
College of Mines and Earth Sciences

DESIGN - PREPROFESSIONAL ADVISING

PREPROFESSIONAL ADVISING OFFICE

PPA team came up with 3 things we would like the campus-wide advising community to know about our office as follows.

- We do not advise Pre-Nursing students

- Starting this fall (2015) we will be advising Pre-OT students

- Premed Info Sessions!! We offer Premed Info Sessions twice a month. Please check out our website (www.ppa.utah.edu) to register for the session

 
Submitted by
Mayumi Kasai
PreProfessional Advising Office

DESIGN - FINANCIAL AID OFFICE

FINANCIAL AID OFFICE

Availability: Financial aid counselors are available on a walk-in basis during business hours. Students no longer have to make appointments.

Eligibility: Students should meet with a financial aid counselor prior to dropping, withdrawing, repeating courses or auditing courses as changes schedules could affect a student’s eligibility.

Maximum Time Frame: Advisors should have a general understanding of our Maximum Time Frame Policy, as it refers to AP courses, repeated courses, double or triple majors etc.

UMail: Remind students to check their UMail account as that is the only mechanism that we will communicate with them about their status.

Submitted by Amy Capps,

Financial Aid Office

DESIGN - SCHOLARSHIPS OFFICE

SCHOLARSHIPS

Enrollment Status: If students change their enrollment, it might make them ineligible for their scholarship.  Lots of scholarships have specific enrollments requirements and changes to enrollment may have negative impacts.

Leave of Absences: If students are going on a LOA, they should inform either the department, college other entity providing a continuing scholarships.

Scholarship Availability: Sometimes advisors send students to our office and have given them high hopes that they will find funding opportunities here. It is important to know that the majority of our scholarships are for entering freshman and transfer students.  The majority of the scholarships for continuing students rest in departments and colleges. 

Following is a helpful link to resources: http://financialaid.utah.edu/scholarships/resources.php

Submitted by Carol Bergstrom
Associate Director
Scholarship Services