1. ADVISING 101: Building Your Academic & Professional Future
Summer 2017

2. The Academic Advising Team:
KC Poplawski, Director of Advising Services
Nora Cavic, Assistant Director of Advising Services
Janet Newman, Academic Advisor
Pam Lander, Academic Advisor

3. What is an academic advisor?

4. If you have a question and you don’t know who to ask or where to go, start with us!

5. WE CAN… - help you get to know Nichols better, especially college policies as they relate to academics. - help answer your questions about classes, academic resources, majors/minors/concentrations, etc. - meet with you to discuss strategies to improve your academic performance.

6. - meet with you to review general education requirements and pre-requisites for your classes. - meet with you to talk about how to add or drop a course. - meet with you to discuss graduation requirements.

7. WHO IS YOUR ADVISOR?
Determined by which PDS class you register for this fall
Professional advisor for 1st year
Faculty advisor sophomore-senior year

8. WHO IS REGISTERED FOR FALL COURSES
WHO IS REGISTERED FOR FALL COURSES??? You are now eligible for the $50 bookstore gift card!

9. REGISTRATION REVIEW Resources on myNichols – are they helpful?
Registration process – was it easy to follow?
Schedule review will occur on Day 2 – (All schedules will be checked by an advisor, anyone without a schedule will create one.)
Any lingering questions from the academic session this morning?

10. What are we looking for during the Registration session tomorrow?
We will review:
Number of credits (14-16)
Number of courses per day (preferably no more than 3)
Type of classes
Did you drop College Billing?
Do you have a PDS class?
Were you placed in a Math, Accounting, CJM/LEAD, PDS, or ITM class? Are they still on your schedule?
What is your major?
Are you taking a class you may be getting credit for (AP, transfer course, dual enrolled, etc.)?

11. SUMMER CHECKLIST: Before classes begin on Monday, August 28, you should…

12. Access your Nichols e-mail and begin to check it DAILY.
Review instructions on how to have your sent to your smart phone.

13. Save money from every summer paycheck so you have it to pay for your textbooks in the fall.

14. Transcripts & Test Scores
Send them to us before you arrive this fall!
The Registrar needs to review them to determine what you will get credit for and how.

15. Talk with your parents/guardians about:
Finances
Impact that GPA can have
on your financial aid
Academic expectations
(theirs and yours)
Access to grades/FERPA
Your class schedule

16. Decide how you will stay organized and get the supplies you will need to help.
Stapler
Notebooks
Pens/pencils
File folders
Paper clips
Highlighters
Copy paper

17. Discuss with your roommate(s) if one of you will bring a printer.

18. You will receive a Nichols College planner
You will receive a Nichols College planner Review strategies about how to utilize it.

19. Get business attire.

20. Enjoy the rest of your summer! Email us: Advising@Nichols.edu