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Fairmont State Advisee/Advisor Responsibilities

As a student, it is your responsibility to:

  • make regular appointments with your advisor and seek help when needed
  • show up—on time—for all advising appointments
  • gather all decision-making information before appointments and be prepared for advising sessions (have a tentative schedule complete, check to ensure class sections are open, have a list of questions or concerns you want to discuss, etc.)
  • discuss your long-range goals with your advisor
  • be able and willing to ask intelligent questions regarding your degree program
  • keep your advisor informed of changes in your schedule, academic problems, changes of major, minor, etc.
  • follow through on referrals
  • turn off all cell phones and pagers, and attentively listen to the advisor
  • make final decisions about choices concerning academic matters
  • assume final responsibility for your decisions and academic choices

As an advisor, it is your responsibility to:

  • assist students with clarifying life and career goals
  • help students develop educational plans that are compatible with their goals
  • discuss the advisee’s academic performance, and, if necessary, help the advisee formulate a plan to improve his/her academic standing
  • be knowledgeable about the programs in which you advise
  • be familiar with the published academic policies and regulations
  • provide accurate information to students
  • monitor the progress of advisees to ensure that they are satisfactorily completing all graduation requirements and successfully progressing toward a degree
  • refer the advisee to appropriate sources of information, assistance, and services when necessary
  • listen actively and empathetically
  • allow sufficient time for the advising appointment
  • communicate and emphasize the advisee’s responsibility for satisfying degree requirements

Fairmont State’s institutional goals for academic advising are to assist students in:

  • developing academically, socially, personally, and vocationally
  • clarifying life and career goals
  • developing suitable educational plans and objectives
  • selecting appropriate courses (and other educational experiences) consistent with their life and career plans
  • evaluating their progress toward established goals
  • refining goals and objectives, when needed
  • overcoming educational and personal problems and skill deficiencies
  • identifying environmental conditions that may negatively influence student academic achievement and working to neutralize such conditions
  • interpreting institutional requirements
  • utilizing available educational resources
  • developing decision-making skills
  • exploring new interests and questions as they arise
  • developing their intellect, personality, and character

Academic advising is an ongoing process that adapts to the changing goals of the student. The purpose of academic advising is to advance student learning and development.

    

Contact Info

Ms. Pamela Stephens, Coordinator
Academic Advising Center
Room 218 Hardway Hall
Phone: 304.367.4709
E-Mail: pstephens1@fairmontstate.edu
or advise@fairmontstate.edu