Training Integral to Professionalizing, Expanding Academic Advising

Julia Ann Easley — February 07, 2017 - 3:42pm

A woman lowers her head to the table in front of her and starts to cry. ��ϲʿ��ͼ advisor Stephanie Myers quietly reaches out and gently pats her on her shoulder. The woman seems to sob inconsolably.

This dramatic moment was part of a role-playing exercise during a communications workshop for ��ϲʿ��ͼ academic advisors. Training — some of it mandatory — is integral to recent initiatives to professionalize and expand the academic advising services that help students identify and achieve their goals and graduate in a timely way.

Campus prepares for large influx of students in 2016-17

Dave Jones — January 12, 2016 - 12:00am

The campus is marshaling its efforts and resources to accommodate 2016-17 enrollment growth of 1,100 new undergraduates beyond last fall's entering class.

The campus is responding to targets that UC President Janet Napolitano set under a plan to increase systemwide enrollment of new California undergraduates by 10,000 over the next three years, including 5,000 freshmen and transfer students in 2016-17.

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Training Integral to Professionalizing, Expanding Academic Advising

Campus prepares for large influx of students in 2016-17