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The advising experience at Thiel will be supported by an e-portfolio.  This will aid in documentation of progress, shift responsibility from advisor to advisee, and focus attention on relevant issues and choices.

In order to facilitate this process significant faculty development will have to occur.  The Advising Coordinators will lead an Advising Group within each area they are assigned.  Advising group members (at least one faculty member from each discipline within the college) will be selected by the Vice President of Academic Affairs in consultation with the department chairs. 

This system will be used to show personal and academic progress as students transition through each class year.  As mentioned earlier, thematic, focused programming will be provided at least once a semester for each class year.  Students will be encouraged to investigate appropriate themes including ethics, leadership, global responsibility, vocation and experiential learning as called for by the Strategic Plan.

Service will be tailored for individual students and class years as students navigate through the undergraduate experience.  Extensive personal inventories and discovery materials will be promoted to the student; focused especially on the undecided student.   Structured programs for students, both those who are undecided and those who may be rethinking their choice of major, will be intentionally identified and implemented to encourage students to life choices that will propel them to academic and career success.  The process is intended to encourage personal and passionate conviction to the specific career and life path of the students.  Testing, counseling, job shadowing, internships, travel abroad and other experiential learning opportunities for all students will be facilitated and encouraged.  A credit-bearing course will be developed to assist students with protocol and ways to maximize their experiential learning experience.  Use of the electronic portfolio system will allow for journaling, presentation of class and/or individual projects and records of co-curricular involvement. 

As students prepare to transition further by completing their undergraduate experience, the e-portfolio system will provide a basis for job searches, resumes and graduate school applications.  The Advising Team will further assist students with job placements, graduate programs and vocational decisions.  Since the counselors and faculty advisors will have established a relationship with the students, they will serve as guides to assist students in their transition out of the undergraduate experience.