Academic & Career Counseling

1. Academic & Career Counseling Updates…

2. Academic & Career Counseling Participated in a pro-active advising webinar. Scheduled 4 group advising sessions for undecided students. Sessions will be held in the SSC Conference Room with 8 students each. Sessions are scheduled for late April and early May. Group advising session will last 1 hour. Piloting group advising sessions during heavy walk-in days. 1 Counselor will be assigned to group advising sessions of 8 students.

3. Academic & Career Counseling 2 Counselors will be attending a week long summer institute entitled Quality Advising for Student Development and Retention. The summer institute is facilitated by the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA). Counselors have been assigned to developmental English and TRS courses to aid in proactive advising efforts. Developing program plans based on pre-requisites and semester sequencing. (DegreeWorks)

4. Academic & Career Counseling Gerri Jacobs is currently on sabbatical researching different approaches to early alert systems. Met with Recruiting to discuss re-routing new students to the recruitment office, rather than Counseling office. Working on changing language from “Undecided” to “Exploratory” student. 29 Classroom visits were facilitated in Winter 2014. Career and Student Employment Services staff collaborated with instructors to integrate career development into curriculum.

5. Academic & Career Counseling 11 Employment in-class visits focused on increasing students’ employability skills, such as: Resume and Interview Development, Linked-In, and Strategies of Employment Success. Five Campus wide Career and Employment Events were conducted. These include; Kalamazoo Career Fair, Intern with the Government, and Criminal Justice Events. The Career and Employment Advisors are connecting with new students through the “Getting Connected” portion of the New Student Orientation.