I have been working as an academic advisor for pre-health students for the past year. These students are undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students interested in attendin[...]

My name is Jessica Keefer and I am currently an Academic Advising Coordinator in the Center for Academic Services and Advising (CASA) at the Colorado School of Mines. CSM is a publ[...]

“What do you do exactly?” The dreaded question. You get it from your family, your partner, your colleagues, even other Academic Advisors.  Fair enough.  The position “Academic Coor[...]

Many #Acadv chats ago, the topic of discussion was resiliency in academic advising. Honestly, I don’t know that I’ve ever heard the word in relation to academic advisin[...]

Welcome to another great episode of The Student Affairs Spectacular Podcast! This episode is proudly brought to you by… Our guest this week is Melissa Boles who talks with Du[...]

Last week was a challenging week for some of my students (and myself).  Nursing school admission decisions at my institution were sent out through email, so a handful of my freshme[...]

What would the average person say if you stopped anyone on the sidewalks of your campus and asked that person, “Where can I find an advisor?” I’m quite confident that the first res[...]

An Open Letter to students in Higher Education Hi Everyone, I’m an academic advisor (duh?!). Yes, many of the advising offices in which I’ve worked and programs I have direct[...]

A while back one of my search committees for an advising position was becoming frustrated with the standard interview process. The candidates were all prepared for the same model o[...]

When starting my first Student Affairs role, I recall reading my job description and my eyes quickly jumped to the last bullet – ‘other duties as assigned’. I was[...]