Priorities and Progress

  • Work on enhancing our Holistic Advising software (Starfish) so it better supports students and enables advisors to be more effective
    • Coordinating with Brian Rellinger, Associate Provost for Academic Support
    • Working with various groups on campus to plan and manage Starfish networking
    • Meeting with representative from Starfish

  • Research and recommendation into an advising structure (model)
  • Recommendation for a Director of Advising
    • Met with Provost
    • Reviewed past position descriptions at OWU
    • Benchmarked against other advising programs

Completed

  • Assisted in planning and presenting the advising workshop at the beginning of the fall 2022 semester
  • Recommended Starfish for notes of record related to advising
  • Gathered preliminary resources for future Holistic Advising at OWU home page. Completion will be coordinated with the Director of Advising
  • Identified potential hurdles in achieving a Holistic Advising model here at OWU