Update on NOVA’s Advising Redesign Process
Under the leadership of Dr. Michelle Brown-Nevers, vice president for enrollment management and student success, the Advising Redesign Committee is working diligently to ensure our advising model is comprehensive and student centered. Your voice matters and your feedback and participation are critical to our students’ success. Below, is a list of the areas being addressed and the leads to contact to provide input, ask questions or request to join a subgroup.
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Areas Being Addressed |
Subgroup Charge |
Subgroup Leads/Co-Leads |
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Advising 100/101 200/201 |
Advising 100/101/200/201 level group opportunities for students moving from entry to progression |
Twyla Jones Fran Troy |
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Advising Syllabus |
Create and implement an advising syllabus which outlines student, advisor, counselor, and teaching faculty expectations |
Fran Troy |
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Expectations of Advising Teams |
Develop clear expectations for the advisor pairs, faculty, and liaisons. |
Jennifer Merrill Maureen Lawson |
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Academic Planning |
Academic planning as a standard operating practice. |
Karan Srinivas |
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Career, Transfer |
Development of robust (comprehensive) career and transfer programs offered in person, virtually, etc. |
Dana Fallon |
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Advising Assessment/ Evaluation |
Identify goals to be used to create an assessment/evaluation plan to determine the success of the model and if it is achieving the goals of the redesign. |
Kim Wright |
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Communications/ Input Plan |
Develop a comprehensive communication plan to seek input from all stakeholders to ensure greater buy-in and support. (target audience: college faculty and staff) |
Mark Bumgarner |
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Advising Calendar |
Develop an internal/external advising calendar, to include Advising 100/101/Career 101. |
Kim Wright |
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Onboarding handled with Nighthawk Ready 1-2-3 |
Enhance Nighthawk Ready 1-2-3 for new students to include the steps from Admissions/Onboarding to get started |
Susan Nieves-Campos snievescampos@nvcc.edu |
Submitted by:
Lynn Bowers, MA-Dean of Student Success, LBowers@nvcc.edu