Department of Public Health SciencesMPH Advising Workshop

January 2013

Concern for the Student = Good Advisement

• Students are paying customers

• Students are departmental ambassadors

• Students are departmental recruiters

• Students are the department’s legacy

• Students become alumni donors

Initial Thoughts

First Steps

Contact with assigned advisee Once a student is accepted for admission you

receive copy of acceptance letter Please contact them via e-mail or phone

Schedule initial advising meeting Interview student Describe your professional interests, etc. Review course sequencing, BUT … Go over working Plan of Study Describe your policy on office visitation

MPH 500

Some new students will be required to take MPH 500 during their first semester.

The admission committee identifies those students.

The acceptance letter from the department will contain that notification Copy to advisor/student file This is a first semester requirement

If you feel the requirement should be waived, see the graduate coordinator

First Steps

Review Requirements for the Masters Degree http://gradschool.nmsu.edu/deadlines/pdfs/ReqMasDeg.pdf http://catalog.nmsu.edu/grad-2012-2013/index.html Department Plan of Study Form

Graduate School Forms http://prospective.nmsu.edu/graduate/forms/index.html

Scholarship application http://www.nmsu.edu/CHSS/scholarshipinfo.html

Change of advisor http://publichealth.nmsu.edu/graduate-programs/current-graduate-

students/forms/

Student Support

Meet with advisees at least once a semester Review student’s progress and satisfaction Discuss his/her professional/field experience

interests Degree plan alterations?

Course substitutions Elective selection Off-sequence requests

Access to student files As advisor, you have access to student files in the

department office. Must sign out the file

Advising Decisions – policy

Petitions should be student initiated. Advisor is the first line of decision making

Direct student to the appropriate form and have the or help them complete it

Approvals/Signatures Be sure student and you sign the petition The Graduate Coordinator will sign for the

Department Head Secretary will copy form for the student and

file. Send to Graduate Student Services

Graduation

STAR Audit – My NMSU>Faculty>Degree Audit https://my.nmsu.edu/web/mycampus/home#https://my.nmsu.edu/paf/authorize?

ticket=ST-909909-WsMy0YYw2fzXjdKHpeIV-cas

Star Audit Change Form http://prospective.nmsu.edu/graduate/forms/

DegreeAuditExceptionForm-Revised.pdf

Transfer of Credit http://prospective.nmsu.edu/graduate/forms/index.html

Final Thoughts

If you are not sure how to handle a student’s concern, contact me. I am here to help you and the student.

“Advising” is a part of Category 1 in the annual planning document.

Concern for the Student = Good Advisement