IESS invited consultant Christina Downey to facilitate a seminar entitled “Crash Course in Coaching” on Dec. 10, 2020—nearly 40 cross-divisional staff and faculty participated in the session. A follow-up session is on the calendar for early January 2021.

Therese Saliba, Cholee Gladney, Andy Corn, and Allen Thompson are formulating plans to present their work on Holistic Advising to Senior Leadership in January and to the Faculty in February.  The team is  also exploring best of practices to coordinate technology system(s) for Holistic Advising.

The team is in the process of designing a pilot plan focusing on historically underserved students with lower retention rates in hopes of improving these students’ success.   Additionally, they are seeking a Title III Grant to aid funding priorities for the project.

In depth discussions have begun to further explore the engagement of faculty in the role of advising, in coordination with professional advising partners.