GCSU to adopt new advising policy
USG Chancellor sends out system-wide initiatives
Issue date: 3/14/08 Section: Campus News
GCSU is set to enact a new and approved advising plan for students and professors as part of a system-wide initiative among schools in the University System of Georgia. The new system that will include, among other things, an online advising handbook for each major and a "clear academic advising mission statement, will take affect sometime in July of this year and will be fully functional for the incoming freshmen class in the fall.
"This initiative is coming from the chancellor of the University System of Georgia," said Shaina McGill, the senior director of advising and retention on campus. "Several school presidents had expressed concern over their schools' present advising systems."
The new system will enable a student to essentially be able to map out all the requirements that are needed to graduate from day one. A lot of pressure will be put on individual departments to post program maps, advisor roles and responsibilities and plenty of proactive links to allow the students to stay on top of what they needed to complete their degree, but ultimately, the success of the program will be on the president of the university.
"All 35 USG presidents are going to be evaluated on how they handle the ten initiatives," McGill said.
The Degree Works program, adopted by GCSU earlier this semester is an integral part of working to these new initiatives. The adoption of Degree Works puts GCSU one step ahead of the rest of the USG schools in adopting these advising initiatives.
The school has also finally approved the purchase of the Campus Theater downtown and is currently in the preliminary stages of developing a plan for it.
"The planning is still very early for the theater," said Associate Director of Auxiliary Services Greg Brown. "It is going to be a one to two year and $7million project."
As of right now, the school is looking at offers from private bookstores, such as Barnes & Noble, to fill the space. The plan initially would be to close Paw Prints and move all the textbooks to the bottom floor of the new commercial bookstore, as many other universities have done with privatized bookstores.
"This initiative is coming from the chancellor of the University System of Georgia," said Shaina McGill, the senior director of advising and retention on campus. "Several school presidents had expressed concern over their schools' present advising systems."
The new system will enable a student to essentially be able to map out all the requirements that are needed to graduate from day one. A lot of pressure will be put on individual departments to post program maps, advisor roles and responsibilities and plenty of proactive links to allow the students to stay on top of what they needed to complete their degree, but ultimately, the success of the program will be on the president of the university.
"All 35 USG presidents are going to be evaluated on how they handle the ten initiatives," McGill said.
The Degree Works program, adopted by GCSU earlier this semester is an integral part of working to these new initiatives. The adoption of Degree Works puts GCSU one step ahead of the rest of the USG schools in adopting these advising initiatives.
The school has also finally approved the purchase of the Campus Theater downtown and is currently in the preliminary stages of developing a plan for it.
"The planning is still very early for the theater," said Associate Director of Auxiliary Services Greg Brown. "It is going to be a one to two year and $7million project."
As of right now, the school is looking at offers from private bookstores, such as Barnes & Noble, to fill the space. The plan initially would be to close Paw Prints and move all the textbooks to the bottom floor of the new commercial bookstore, as many other universities have done with privatized bookstores.
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