News and Notes for Undergraduate Academic Advisors - College of Business - Office of Professional Distinction

Happy End of the Semester!  This will be the last "News and Notes for Undergraduate Academic Advisors" email that will be sent out for the Spring 2023 semester. 

Please review these items to assist with your work with advisees as well for professional/personal information - or if appropriate to pass along to your students. NEW: Academic Advisor Portal | College of Business - Office of Professional Distinction | Institutional Academic Advising Vision & Mission Statement  

• NEW! Academic Advisor Portal
  • The new Academic Advisor Portal is a centralized point for campus-wide UNI faculty and staff academic advisors, as well as student success partners, for information and resources to enhance work with students and further expand professional development.
  • Highlights of the portal include:  Advisor Toolbox - including scheduling and registration resources  |  Academic Advisor FAQs  |  UNI Advising Network  |  News, Information & Announcements
     
• College of Business - Office of Professional Distinction
  • The Office for Professional Distinction has now officially welcomed two new staff to the advising team. These talented folks are Jen Rust and Tyler Hospodarksy, rounding out a team of four full-time professional advisors for the college, and one part-time advisor overseeing our students studying at UNI from China. Elisabeth Soliz is the Director of the office and continues to oversee academic advising for the college as a portion of her role in managing all OPD operations.
  • Although students can see any advisor in our office of their choice, our new alphabet split of students (by last name) is as follows:
    • Jen Rust: A-F (also serves as a backup for recruitment, online students, and study abroad)
    • Taija Tucker: G-L (also advises for study abroad)
    • James Prier: M-R (also works with incoming transfer students/community college relations, 2nd BAs, and all online/distance students)
    • Tyler Hospodarksy: S-Z (also oversees recruitment for the college and advises for the Business Teaching major)
    • Yi Cheng: serves our students from China from Sues and Shanghai Dianji University and supports relations and recruitment in this arena 
       
• Institutional Academic Advising Vision & Mission Statement (revised Spring 2016) [See Academic Advising Mission, Vision, Goals & Outcomes webpage]
  • ​​​​​​​Vision Statement: UNI aspires to create the best possible advising experience for each student.
  • Mission Statement: Academic Advising is a critical component of the teaching and learning environment at UNI. Advising is a personalized educational experience, empowering students to explore, articulate and achieve their academic, career and life goals.