Binder Facts
The location of the Binder
What is Teams?
The phrase that the SOAR acronym stands for.
What is Student Online Advising and Registration?
This is where you find a list of your SOAR advisees.
What is the advising tab on MAUI or What is My Orientation Advisees link on the advising tab?
This is the length of Tippie SOAR advising appointments.
During BAH, students will break out into small groups based on their program of study and tour a specific location on campus. This is the title of that new program.
What is Campus Gems?
This resource in the binder can assist with ECON BA/BS students who are interested in the BBA
What is the ECON BA/BS Flipper Spreadsheet in TEAMS?
This is when SOAR advisors need to have SOAR appointments on their calendar for any given SOAR week.
What is the Monday before a SOAR program by 10 AM OR 7 days before the start of a SOAR program?
This tab in MAUI displays all SOAR information relevant to a specific student.
What is the "Orientation Advising" tab?
This is who you contact when you have a student no show (and they don't contact you at all) for a SOAR appointment.
What is email Orientation Services at soar-program@uiowa.edu OR connect with Kristen?
I am, once again, asking you to change the naming of the SOAR MyPlan. This is what you should name the MyPlan.
What is Program of Study_Graduation Date?
This tool in the binder should be used when a student shares in a SOAR meeting that they want to switch from Business to another major.
What is the Guide to Majors?
This class has a slow release of seats each day of a SOAR program.
What is Rhetoric?
You must select this as the purpose of your SOAR prep note to ensure students are able to see it in their SOAR page.
What is "SOAR Communication"?
You're working with a student who is in honors or interested in a first-year seminar (FYS). This tool on MyUI can help students (and you) during the registration process.
What are Course Bundles?
The student you are prepping for has no incoming math credit (AP or transfer). They are not wanting to take Calculus I or any advanced math. They have an ALEKS score of 57. This is the math class you will recommend them to take for the fall semester.
What is STAT:1030?
This document, created by Orientation Services, is in the binder and outlines what to do in a variety of advising situations.
What is Guidance for SOAR Advising Situations?
A student is intentionally enrolling in a part-time schedule to meet residency. This option exists to help them maximum their courses and keep tuition manageable.
What is reduce Success at Iowa from 1 s.h. to 0 s.h.?
What is "File Shared on MyUI" and "Note Shared on MyUI"?
You have a student in a SOAR appointment that is Econ BA or BS and they are interested in the BBA; however, they are not currently admissible to the BBA. This is the step you take after the appointment.
What is email Orientation Services to have them add a Pre-Business POS? (I'll also accept a connect with Dani)
After a student enrolls in their fall schedule and meets with their SOAR advisor, this is the person that will be their main contact until August.
What is their SOAR advisor?
Several how-to documents exist in the binder regarding calendaring for SOAR. These need to exist in the name and location on your calendar for students to be able to schedule their SOAR appointment.
What is "Orientation Hours" in the name and "Zoom" in the location?
A student you're meeting with wants to add a dual degree in SRM and keep Business. What step do you take? (I know this is a question and violates the Jeopardy rules - don't @ me.)
What is email Orientation Services to add the secondary POS?
This tab in MAUI displays the SOAR page requirements?
What is "Orientation Tasks"?
A student shares with you during the SOAR appointment they no longer want to pursue Business and want to switch to Psychology. These are the two things that must happen.
What is register the student for a full schedule and email Orientation Services the student name and ID to assist in POS adjustment?
Your student is enrolling in a less than full-time schedule (intentionally OR because of waitlists). This is the process you must follow when making your advising note.
What is copy Orientation Services on the advising note?