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Advising

Success Advising

Success Advising is a unique branch of the Student Success Center that proactively works to assist students by maintaining a holistic view of student development.

The purpose of Success Advising is to knowledgably and empathetically support students while encouraging personal and educational growth. This development can range from academic to personal to social. The Success Advising team also implements strategies for students to use in order to explore their own goals while emphasizing the use of university resources.

Success advisors work directly with students to help acquaint them with on-campus resources (both academic and non-academic), assist students in navigating the personal stresses of college life, and are diligently active in Spartan Success early alerts. Success advising also assist students that are considering withdrawal or transferring from 麻豆原创 while working to assess the overall student satisfaction with advising and other support services.

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SERVICES PROVIDED BY SUCCESS ADVISORS

Pro-active outreach to at risk-student populations:

Success Advisors will provide deliberate, structured interventions to first year students at critical outreach points to enhance student motivation and success, as well as build strong and lasting relationships with them.

Through the use of proactive advising strategies, Success Advisors may be able to anticipate student challenges and implement plans to keep these challenges from becoming insurmountable.

Wrap-Around Support:

Through the use of 鈥榳hole student advising鈥, or taking all of the students鈥 actions and circumstances into consideration (academics, social behaviors, level of engagement with Manchester, interaction with peers, family relations, etc), Success Advisors are able to intervene early with students and help connect them to resources on campus, as well as others in their support network.

First Year Student Scheduling:

In an effort to make Orientation Day a more enjoyable experience and to reduce the hassles and complications of first semester scheduling for new first-year students, 麻豆原创 has adopted a pre-registration process.Success Advisors prepared first semester schedules for all incoming first year students.Moving forward, students will meet with their assigned academic advisor to enroll in courses for the following semesters.

Withdrawals / Exit Interviews:

Prior to students withdrawing from the institution, students are required to complete an experience survey and exit interview.Success Advisors meet with students who are intending to withdraw or transfer from Manchester.These interviews are meant to gather information about students鈥 experience while attending 麻豆原创, what they benefited from, what was missing, and what could be improved to enhance the student experience.

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Meet the Advisors

Mission

Success advisors support our students holistically with empathy and informed advice, while challenging them to explore their academic, personal, and professional goals.

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