Proactive Advisors

Selection process for advisors

  • Deans and department heads consulted to select advisors (one or two advisors per department selected based on number of advisees).
  • Deans agreed to pay small stipend to participating advisors.
  • Initial contact with faculty via email followed by a letter of invitation with relevant details (program description, expectations, time commitment, payment).
  • First-generation students identified during summer orientation and assigned to proactive advisors by each department.

Training

Workshop Learning Objectives

  1. Understand and apply retention and graduation data to advising – especially relating to first-generation and underrepresented students.
  2. Identify resources and individuals at MSU who can provide support for advisees.
  3. Apply relevant advising practices to assist students, focusing on proactive advising strategies.

Training occurs over three weeks with each session lasting two hours. It is offered at the beginning of the semester to coincide with new students coming to campus.

Faculty and Staff Participants

RCOAL

Josh Albers
Deidre Argyle
Antoinette Barffour
Fatih Benzer
Mark Biggs
Lisa Brescia
Maria Cerdas Cisneros
Nora Cox
Ann Marie Daehn
Jack Dimond
Mike Foster
Lyn Gattis
Maria N Gerasimchuk-Djordjevic
Sean Herring
Holly Holladay
Marcus Howell
Mitzi Kirkland-Ives
Melanie Kleeschulte
Sean Lyman
Linda Moser
Paula Patterson
Erin Plisco
Jin Seo
Stephen Spates
Tim White
Sarah Wilcoxon

CNAS

Damon Bassett
Tiglet Besara
Melanie Carden-Jessen
Dylan Earnshaw
Debra Finn
Katy Frederick-Hudson
Evan Frodermann
Tina Hopper
Tamera Jahnke
Hui (Anita) Liu
Siming Liu
Sean Maher
Ron Malega
Matt McKay
Gary Meints
Helena Metzker
Gary Michelfelder
Xiaomin Qiu
Emmett Redd
Katy Seery
Steven Senger

MCHHS

Cathy Adams
Michele Brown
Zachary Burt
McCall Christian
Natalie Curry
Michele Day
Clay Franklin
Hugh Gibson
Cynthia Hagenhoff
David Johnson
Sung-wan Kang
Hillary Mayes
Maryann Mitts
Regina Russell
CaSandra Stanbrough
Carly Totsch
Joe Williams
Brittany Wise

CHPA

Caryn Saxon