Academic Advisors assist students in developing an academic and career plan, monitor students in the major, and discuss how a course of study fits a particular academic or career interest. Advisors answer questions concerning a specific academic concern, such as problems with a particular class, and guide students through the registration process, including help if a student is on academic probation.
Amanda Shurtleff is a graduate of Florida State University where she earned her Bachelors of Science as a double major in Communications and Psychology and a Masters of Science in Communications. She began her advising career at the University of South Florida as an academic advisor and later as the Director of Academic Advising. She currently works as the Associate Director of Academic Advising for Ringling College of Art & Design in Sarasota, FL.
This episode launches the first of a five part series designed for College Student Success. Each episode is designed to help new college students get familiar with different departments on the college campus.
In this episode, Amanda Shurtleff shares...
The best time for students to meet with their academic advisors.
The parent’s role in the advising process.
What academic advising and new student orientation was like when she was a college student.
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