About Us
Mission and Goals
The Academic Advising Center offers new student orientation, mandatory first year advising, and advising on General Education and graduation requirements for all students. The Center engages students in a developmental process that helps clarify and implement individual educational plans consistent with their skills, interests, and values. Through individual appointments, group advising sessions and presentations, the professional staff, faculty advisors, and student interns help students understand the university's academic requirements as well as its policies and procedures. As a result, students are better prepared to take responsibility for their education and persist towards a timely graduation.
Goal 1: Help students take responsibility for their education and persist toward a timely graduation.
Goal 2: Provide comprehensive advising through a three-phase program, beginning with Orientation.
Destination 2010
CLICK HERE to download Destination 2010 Plan
Staff
Director - Beth Merritt Miller, Ph.D.
Associate Director - Kathryn Palmieri
Academic Advising Staff
Academic Advisor - Janet Abdelsayed
Academic Advisor - Amanda Barnett
Academic Advisor - Adan H. Chaidez
Academic Advisor - Adriana Cervantes
Academic Advisor - Osvaldo Ramirez Vidales
Academic Advisor - My Sayamnath
Coordinator, First Year Advising - Heidi van Beek
Coordinator, First Year Experience - Barbara Ruggiero
Coordinator, Probation, Disqualification, and Dismissal - Noelle McCurley
Coordinator, Second Year Advising - Mayrose Acob
Coordinator, Student Services and Training - Jason Molay
Office Manager - Rusty Slabinski
Office Coordinator - James Tan
Orientation Staff
Assistant Director and Coordinator, Orientation - Mary Shepherd
Orientation Office Manager - Cindy Brandon
Coordinator, First Year Orientation - Shawn Ryan
Student Services Center
Customer Services Specialist - Veronica Rasul
Customer Services Specialist - Hans Rickers
Lead Customer Services Specialist - Gino Platina
Faculty Advisors
Arts and Letters - Maria Mayberry
Engineering and Computer Science - Estelle Eke
Health and Human Services - Maureen Smith
Natural Sciences and Mathematics - Christine Kirvan
Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies - Mridula Udayagiri
Front Desk Student Assistants
Ermias Negash
Rachel Rodarte
Meghann Van Vliet
Vicky Rohrer
Dannica Odom
Mayra Villarreal
Oleg Ryabokorovka
Student Orientation Coordinators
Maricela Aguayo Luviano
Hewayda Ahmed
Chantel Banus
Landon Benado
Antonio Castro
Leslia Valdivia
Amanda Proschold
Contact Us
916.278.6351 (T)
916.278.7842 (F)
If you reach our voicemail, please call back. Our phone is answered during our open hours.advising@csus.edu
Spring Hours
Monday - Friday from 9 am to 5 pm
Summer Hours
Beginning May 28, 2013:
Monday - Friday from 8 am to 4 pm
Holidays (Office Closed):
May 27, 2013 - Memorial Day
July 4, 2013 - Fourth of July
September 2, 2013 - Labor Day
Location & Directions
Lassen Hall 1013
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