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On Tuesday, Vice Provost and Associate Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education Mary Kraus announced that the Foundations of Excellence (FoE) Advising Committee has produced a draft report outlining recommended improvements to 彩民宝典鈥檚 campuswide advising structure.

鈥淭he report contains a host of recommendations representing opportunities to establish advisors as a first-point-of-contact and source of holistic student support, and we believe the recommendations, once implemented, will contribute significantly to increased student retention and graduation rates.

鈥淲e invite feedback from all campus constituencies as we endeavor to enhance and streamline the delivery of advising services to 彩民宝典 students,鈥� Kraus said.

The is available for campus review until March 7听on the FoE Advising Committee website. In addition, the committee will host two events for faculty and staff to gather feedback and respond to questions.

• Advisors and advising-related staff are welcome to attend a forum from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 27听颈苍 UMC 386.
• On March 1, all campus constituents are invited to attend an open forum from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Center for Community (C4C), room S350.听

All are encouraged to review the report and provide feedback to the committee. The report鈥檚 findings will ultimately be integrated into Academic Futures and Financial Futures final recommendations to campus.

The FoE听Advising Committee is co-chaired by Shelly Bacon, assistant vice provost for advising and academic services, and Mary Steiner, associate dean for students in the College of Engineering and Applied Science.

The committee was convened as part of the FoE initiative, a collaborative effort to remove institutional barriers to student progress and improve outcomes in the first-year undergraduate experience.