Alumni & Friends > College Advancement > Title III > Developmental Advising

In order to implement the activity successfully, the College will utilize a developmental advising model that approaches student issues in a holistic fashion.  Advisors will work with students to connect abstract academic ideas with the students’ personal core values.  Emphasis will be placed on the personal relationship between advisees and advisors.  Advising will be institutionally acknowledged as teaching and all participants in the process will be recognized as co-educators.

The first step in implementing the Activity will be to establish a new administrative unit within both the Academic and Student Engagement divisions that will be known as the Advising Team.  The Advising team will coordinate advising support and academic services as complementary parts of one system.  Emphasis will be given to strengthening connections between the activities of the first year (e.g. orientation, First Year seminar, first year advising) and to increasing the responsiveness of advising and academic support to students opening the door to exploration of life’s purpose and service as opposed to the limited perspective of career, money orientation and success.  The Advising team staff will be guided by an integrated mission that emphasizes teamwork and collaboration as the defining characteristics of its structure.