What is an academic adviser?
An academic adviser is a full-time faculty member, usually from the student’s primary area of study. The role of an academic adviser is to assist new students in developing a curricular and career path that suits the student’s needs. When students declare a major, their first-year academic adviser assists them in finding an appropriate faculty member to be their new adviser. Contact Clay Harshaw for more information.
Academic advisers are mentors to their students, helping them to understand the value of academic planning not only as a means of fulfilling degree requirements, but also in the context of setting personal, professional, and intellectual goals and bringing them to fruition. Academic planning is a natural part of the liberal arts education, empowering and enabling students to take responsibility for shaping their own lives.
