ADVISOR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Understanding and effectively communicating curriculum, academic progress, graduation requirements, and Kent State policies and procedures.
- Maintaining confidentiality.
- Listening to your concerns and respecting your individual values and choices.
- Assisting you in defining and reflecting on your academic, career, and personal goals, and assisting you in creating a realistic educational plan that is consistent with those goals.
- Being accessible and providing timely responses to your questions during office hours through scheduled meetings, telephone, or university email (or other university sanctioned technology).
- Assisting you in using Kent State systems such as GPS, WebScheduler, and FlashLine.
- Assisting you in knowing how to access important university information.
- Providing you with information about educational opportunities outside of the classroom
- Referring you to faculty and other university resources as appropriate.
- Establishing an on-going professional relationship with our students.
- Assisting you in your transition to university life.
New Students
Kent State University believes and adheres to providing quality service to students. By establishing advising relationships, students and advisors can improve the quality of dialog as the student progresses from first year, to final year. Every student at Kent State University has an assigned academic advisor that remains with the student throughout their education. The only time an advisor changes is if the student’s program changes or campus.
Beginning in Summer 2012, all new students are required to meet with an advisor every semester. By meeting with an advisor, students are more likely to stay on track with their academic goals, and graduate in a timely manner.