Nov 04, 2024

News/Notes for Undergraduate Advisors: Spring 2025 Advanced Registration Starts Today | Application for Graduation / Commencement RSVP Deadline | National Student Exchange | Registration TIQs (Tips, Information & Questions)

Please review these items to assist with your work with advisees, as well as for your professional and personal information. If appropriate, feel free to pass along to your students. Spring 2025 Advanced Registration Starts Today | Application for Graduation/Commencement RSVP Deadline | National Student Exchange | Registration TIQs (Tips, Information & Questions)

Beginning today, we will send daily emails (as needed) containing information about Spring 2025 courses and the registration process. These communications will continue until the end of advanced registration on Wednesday, November 20, 2024.

Spring 2025 Advanced Registration Starts Today

Today (November 4) - Grads & Seniors | November 6 - Juniors | November 11 - Sophomores | November 15 - Freshman | November 20 - Unclassified
- How is a student's classification determined?
  - A student's classification is based upon credit hours:
    - 0 - 29 hours - Freshman | 30 - 59 hours - Sophomore | 60 - 89 hours - Junior | 90 + hours - Senior
  - When enrolling for the next semester, the registration system will estimate if a student's earned hours, combined with their current semester's enrolled hours, qualify them for advancement to the next classification level.
    - Ex. A student who has 50 hours earned at the beginning of the semester and is registered in 12 hours for the current semester, will be projected as a junior classification when enrolling for the next semester.

Application for Graduation/Commencement RSVP Deadline

The deadline for a student to apply for graduation and RSVP for commencement for the Fall is Sunday, November 20, 2024.
- Graduation - Refers to a student completing all of their degree requirements. See graduation information from the Office of the Registrar.
  - Have a student follow these instructions for completing the application for graduation.
- Commencement - Is the recognition event at the conclusion of a students academic career. See commencement ceremony information from the Office of the Registrar.
  - An RSVP must be submitted by this deadline to be included in the Commencement program.

National Student Exchange

National Student Exchange (NSE) enables students to study at another college or university within the United States, its territories or Canada while paying UNI tuition — and to experience specialized courses and unique programs!
Students have the opportunity to experience the culture, diversity, educational trends and geography at one of the 165+ participating colleges and universities in the United States, its territories and Canada for one or two semesters.
To qualify for participation in NSE, a student must meet the following criteria (note: Post-baccalaureate students are not eligible for exchange):
- Maintain a UNI and a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or better at the time of application and exchange
- Have completed at least 30 UNI hours at the time of exchange
- Retain full-time status as a UNI student at both the time of application and in the semester prior to exchange
- Be considered in good standing as defined by UNI
- Attend an informational meeting
Spring 2025 placements are still available and the 2025-26 application is open!
With questions or for more information contact: Linda Emery.

Registration TIQs (Tips, Information & Questions)

Understanding Term Codes
- Several reports in the student information system prompts for the term requested. How do you decode the 4 digit requirement term?
  - Digits 1 - 3 indicate the Catalog start year (and drop the 2nd digit of the year)
    - e.x. 2023 = 2x23 = 223 or 2024 = 2x24 = 224
  - Digit 4 indicates the semester term (UNI's catalog starts with summer)
    - 1 = Summer | 2 = Fall | 3 = Spring
  - Examples: 2241 = Summer 2024 | 2242 = Fall 2024 | 2243 = Spring 2025
Academic Reports (MyAdvisees)
- Access your advisees information through Academic Reports (MyAdvisees) by going to MyUNIverse -- Reporting Tab - Under My Workspaces choose Academic Reports (MyAdvisees)
- Utilize these reports about your assigned advisees (no all report options highlighted below)
  - Currently Enrolled Advisees - Enrolled for prompted term (see Understanding Term Codes above)
  - ALEKS Test Scores - See composite ALEKS score either by individual student or all assigned advisees (blank score for students with no ALEKS score in UNI records)
  - Not Enrolled: w/ Appt & Holds - Not registered including individual student registration date/time and holds
  - Not Full-Time: Enrolled for a term but not in full-time hours
  - Foreign Language Needed - Has not satisfied the foreign language requirement (indicates if UNI has received high school transcript and if working towards completing at college)
Foreign Language Graduation Requirement (information from 2024-25 University Catalog - Undergraduate Information and Degree Requirements - Requirements for Graduation)
- Note that this is a graduation requirement. Students need to meet this requirement by the time of expected graduation.
- Students entering UNI who graduated from high school in 1989 or later are required to demonstrate a level of competence in a foreign language (classical or modern) equivalent to the second semester at the college level.
  - One year of foreign language in high school is considered to be equivalent to one semester of foreign language at the university.
- The foreign language competency requirement can be satisfied using credit in the following ways:
  - satisfactory* completion of two years of high school study in one foreign language;
  - satisfactory* completion of a combination of high school and college credit in one language equivalent to the second semester at the college level;
  - satisfactory performance in an achievement examination measuring proficiency equivalent to the second semester of college study in one foreign language.
  - satisfactory* completion of either two years of high school study or one year of college credit or the combined equivalent in American Sign Language (ASL). Study in any other language and culture for the hearing impaired will not automatically satisfy this graduation requirement.
    - Satisfactory completion means a minimum grade of C- in the last course taken to meet this requirement
- The following UNI course sequences will satisfy the foreign language competency requirement:
  - ASL 3190 American Sign Language (ASL) I & ASL 3195 American Sign Language (ASL) II
  - CHIN 1001 Elementary Chinese I & CHIN 1002 Elementary Chinese II
  - FREN 1001 Introduction to French Language and Culture I & FREN 1002 Introduction to French Language and Culture II
  - SPAN 1001 Elementary Spanish I & SPAN 1002 Elementary Spanish II
  - Additional language credit options may be offered, or be transferred to meet this UNI requirement.

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.