Advising personnel & university structure
Gen ed & other policies
Resources for students
Advising tools @ WCU
Advising problems @ WCU
100

Faculty

Who are the primary advisors on campus who are especially helpful with your major curriculum, and with internships, research, and careers?

100
Placement portal
Where do students take the placement tests and answer questionnaires that determine many of the gen ed classes on their fall 2017 schedule?
100
Counseling Center
Where can students go to discuss their problems confidentially and be referred to other mental health professionals? The Center is also a Title IX confidential reporting location.
100
Advising website
Where can students and advisors go for extensive information about advising at WCU? http://wcupa.edu/_academics/advising/
100
Poor communication, limited availability, & inaccuracy of information
What are the main difficulties students say that they encounter with their advisors?
200

Academic coordinators & program counselors & program coordinators

Who are the some helpful advising support people on campus who can especially help you with gen ed, basic policies, and locating campus resources? 

200
J
What is the letter that WCU uses to indicate Diverse Communities courses?
200
LARC + The Writing Center
Where can students go for tutoring?
200
DPR
What is the Degree Progress Report, WCU’s main tool for tracking student progress towards graduation?
200
Not enough time, too many competing priorities & students who wait too long to make advising appointments
What are the main difficulties faculty advisors say they encounter in advising?
300
Other students
From whom do students often get their (sometimes wrong) advising information?
300
120
What is the minimum number of credits students need to graduate? NO exceptions!
300
Twardowski Career Development Center
Where can students go not only for career information, but also information on skills/aptitude assessment, internships, resume writing, interviewing, and more – even after they have graduated?
300
Online advising notes in MyWCU
What is the best way to make sure both students and advisors document and remember advising plans and agreements?
300
Advising is a partnership
What do both students and advisors need to know most about how advising works? OR What is often the most misunderstood characteristic of advising? OR What is the key to good advising?
400
Department chairs
Where should students go (usually) when they have an advising problem that can’t be resolved by another advisor, if they need to switch advisors, or if they need signatures for course substitutions, transfer of courses, etc.?
400
12 credits
What is the minimum number of credits students need per semester to be considered full time at WCU?
400
Resource Pantry
Where can students who are experiencing food insecurity (as well as shortages of personal care products or professional clothing) go for help?
400
Registrar’s calendar
What is the best way to know university deadlines, such as the last date by which you can withdraw from a class? You can get there via the Registrar's site or the Advising webpage.
400
Not being prepared and not following up
What are some big errors both students and advisors can make in relation to an advising meeting?
500
Advising Task Force
What campus committee makes recommendations for improving advising on campus? Stay tuned! New committee name coming!
500
Three (The most ridiculous clue in this whole game, I know.)
What is the number of Writing Emphasis classes that all WCU students must take or be exempt from because they are transfers? OR How many credits do most courses at WCU carry?
500
The Counseling Center, Student Health Services, the Campus Sexual Misconduct Advocate, and the WCU Center for Women & Gender Equity.
Where can students go for confidential reporting of sexual misconduct, to comply with federal law (Title IX)?
500
Annual advising awards
What is the main way we have at present to reward good advising?
500
Culture clusters
What gen ed requirement causes the most confusion, headaches, tears, and gnashing of teeth from both advisors and advisees, and also results in the most petitions?
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