In this episode of Adventures in Advising, guest host Dr. Brendan Caputo welcomes his longtime mentor, Dr. Ellen C. Miller, Senior Associate Dean for Pre-Health Advising at Hofstra University, for a wisdom-packed conversation about advising as both a profession and a calling. From her own nontraditional path as a first-generation student to nearly four decades of supporting future health professionals, Ellen reflects on the power of mentorship, lifelong learning, adult learners, pre-health advising, professional growth, and why advisors should never become “dream crushers.”

Listeners will hear about Hofstra’s evolving identity in health professions education, the challenges of the enrollment cliff, the irreplaceable human side of advising in an AI age, and the magic that happens when students and professionals are given room to grow. 🧭✨ 

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