Academic Advisor

• Plan, implement and coordinate programming that includes, but is not limited to, recruitment, new student orientation, academic academies, multi-year retention initiatives and academic support services.
• Assist senior leadership in collecting and analyzing enrollment data for the purpose of increasing retention, persistence and completion.
• Collaborate with recruitment staff by supporting initiatives to increase yield of admits to deposits.
• Coordinate with career services center staff within the college.
• Serve on college- and/or university-wide task forces/committees that impact graduate student success at WVU.
• Provides timely and effective academic counsel to assist students with selecting, matriculating to, and completing graduate degree programs.
• Develop and prepare a plan for each advisee and record plan in degree audit system (i.e. DegreeWorks).
• Track and monitor persistence and completion in accordance with academic plan and revise when necessary.
• Assist with the creation and development of course scheduling for each upcoming semester for Graduate Programs.
• Assist with certifying students for graduation at the University level while implementing institutional policies and procedures.
• Employ a combination of appreciative, developmental, intrusive, and prescriptive academic advising to assist students in persistence and completion of degree.
• Interpret the WVU Graduate Catalog for the purpose of remaining updated on policies and procedures that regulate conferral of degrees.
• Utilize student information systems (i.e. Banner and Navigate) to track and monitor academic history and in-progress work.
• Conduct outreach to student who are identified as at-risk at midterm grade reporting processes and make referrals to academic, career, and other support services.
• Provide guidance to students submitting appeals for academic and federal financial aid suspensions, which includes creating an academic success plan in DegreeWorks.
• Assist students with the transient approval process by reviewing course equivalencies and matching WVU courses with courses offered by the transient institution.
• Assess student concerns and make referrals to other University representatives/units.
• Participate in events sponsored by the unit, which may include on campus and online recruiting, orientation, and commencement.
• Maintain current knowledge of federal statutes (i.e. FERPA) protecting the confidentiality of academic records.

Senior Academic Advisor – Graduate Programs

• Advise students in Graduate Programs
• Coordinate activities and events at a public, land-grant university
• Assist senior leadership in collecting and analyzing enrollment data
• Collaborate with recruitment staff to increase yield of admits to deposits
• Coordinate with career services center staff within the college
• Serve on college- and/or university-wide task forces/committees
• Provide timely and effective academic counsel to assist students
• Develop and prepare a plan for each advisee and record plan in degree audit system
• Track and monitor persistence and completion in accordance with academic plan
• Assist with the creation and development of course scheduling
• Assist with certifying students for graduation
• Employ a combination of appreciative, developmental, intrusive, and prescriptive academic advising
• Interpret the WVU Graduate Catalog for policies and procedures
• Utilize student information systems to track academic history
• Conduct outreach to at-risk students at midterm grade reporting processes
• Provide guidance to students submitting appeals for academic and federal financial aid suspensions
• Assist students with transient approval process
• Assess student concerns and make referrals to other University representatives/units
• Participate in events sponsored by the unit

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Senior Academic Advisor – Graduate Programs

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