The Advising Express
Volume 5, Issue 8, February 10, 2016
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Supportive Seminars
Spring 2016 Academic Advising Workshop
MWOne UNIque Academic Advising Award
Simple but Effective Advice for Students
Meet a Peer Academic Advisor in Residence!
Internship Opportunities
Important Dates and Deadlines
Supportive Seminars are Available!
Announcements!
• Welcome to the February 10, 2016
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The Academic Learning Center is offering Supportive Seminars for students! These
seminars are organized study groups led by Academic Coaches that meet one or
two times every week. Students practice practical skills like note-taking strategies
and reading strategies while engaging with the topic of the course.
Supportive seminars are offered in selected sections for the following courses:
•Humanities I
•Humanities II
•Humanities III
•Survey of Art History
If a student can’t make it to a Seminar, they
can contact the Seminar Leader and set
up an individual appointment. To see the
schedule and learn more about Supportive
Seminars, click here!
Spring 2016 Academic Advising Workshop
Join us in the lower-level of Maucker Union Thursday, February 18
at 2:30 p.m. after the Yik Yak and Anonymous Social Media
webinar for our Spring 2016 workshops. These workshops will be
a great addition to your advising toolkit!
**Attendance required at a concurrent workshop to qualify for
the Advisor Development Certificate.
First Generation Students
Did you know that 56.5% of this year’s freshman class meets
the federal definition for “first generation college student”?
What does it mean to be first generation and what are some
of the challenges our first gen students face? Come learn
more about the unique needs of this population and how we
can support our first generation students through advising.
Academic Success Tools
Building useful toolkit strategies and learning
ways to utilize resources on our campus to build
students’ academic success.
Evolution of the Job Search
Learn about trends that Career Services is seeing in the
job search. Everything from the hiring market for new
graduates to using social media as a networking tool!
Nominations being accepted for the
MWOne UNIque Academic Advising Award!
MidWest One Bank has provided support once again for the $1000 UNIque Academic Advising
Award for a faculty member at UNI! The recipient will be presented with the award at the
annual all-faculty meeting in the fall semester. All tenured, tenure-track, and non-tenured
faculty employed at the university for at least three years are eligible for this award. To find out
more information about this award and start the nomination process, click here!
Nominations are due February 19th!
Simple but Effective Advice for Students
Simple but Effective Evidence-Based Advice for
College Students: Microaction and Macrochange
Helping Students Suceed!
Sometimes, we focus on the bigger picture rather than the smaller steps needed in order to help
students be successful. Dr. Sugn Hee Kim from the University of Kentucky studied what advisors
can do to help students who struggle academically in college. She found that initiating
microactions (actions that require little effort, time, and resources) create positive macrochanges
in students’ lives overall adhearing to their success.
Examples of Microactions
Below are microactions that advisors can recommend
to advisees, depending on challenges they may face:
1. Sitting in the front row of class.
2. Jotting down important dates
(e.g. the day of adding/dropping classes).
3. Creating a potential exam question from
what was learned right after class
(rather than immediately checking phone).
Meet a Peer Academic Advisor in Residence!
Meet Madison! She’s the new Noehren Hall PAIR! She’s a junior
in Secondary English Education!
What is the most rewarding part of being a PAIR?
“To me [it] is feeling like a reliable and useful presence on campus. I love all of the UNI
staff and students that I have gotten to know through this position, and I am never
unhappy about doing my job because I know that each day will bring new and
rewarding experiences and relationships in my life!”
Any advice for students who are struggling?
“You are never really alone at UNI. There are people who’s job is to specifically help
you, and so taking advantage of the resources on campus is super important! I also
recommend getting involved on campus. It’s very easy to spend your free time just
lounging and watching Netflix, but I guarantee that if you get involved in things outside
of your room, you won’t regret it.”
Contact Madison at NoehrenPAIR@uni.edu!
Internship Opportunities
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Students seeking internship opportunities can look on the UNI Job Board, attend recruiting fairs, join
student groups and organizations that interact with employers, and even online search tools such as
SimplyHired.com! It can help to meet with your Career
Advisor in Career Services to discuss options. Students can
complete internships for academic credit or to simply gain
experience in a field. They may even qualify for financial help
with unpaid internships!
For more information, check out the Internship Program on
the Career Services page! And don’t forget to attend the
Job & Internship Fair on February 17 from 11 a.m.- 3 p.m. in
the McLeod Center! The Teacher Fair is also April 2 from
8 a.m.- 5 p.m. in Maucker Union.
Important Dates
2/14 Valentine’s Day!
2/17 Spring Job & Internship Fair, 11 a.m.- 3 p.m. in McLeod Center
2/18 Yik-Yak & Anonymous Social Media webinar, 1-2:30 p.m. in the University Room, Maucker Union
2/18 Spring 2016 Academic Advising Workshop, 2:30-3:30 p.m. in
lower-level Maucker Union
2/23 “Lecture Me Please”: A Panel Discussion about the Lecture.
3:30-4:30 p.m., Lib 378
3/4 End of First Half Semester Courses
3/14-3/18 Spring Break
Deadlines
2/15 Summer Study Abroad Application and Scholarship Application due
3/10 Last Day to Add a Second Half-Semester Course by 5 p.m.
3/18 Last Day to Drop a Second-Half Semester Course without a “W” by 5 p.m.
3/25 Last Day to Drop a Full Semester Course without a “F” by 5 p.m.
Contact Us
Office of Academic Advising
102 Gilchrist
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0389
Phone: 319-273-3406
Fax: 319-273-7515
Email: advising-services@uni.edu
Advisor Contacts by College
Stay up-to-date on everything advising by
visiting the Advisor Handbook at:
http://www.uni.edu/advisorhandbook/
Content by Ashley Jones, Graduate Assistant