About Us
Mission and Goals
The Academic Advising Center offers new student orientation, mandatory freshman 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 (pdf)
Staff
Director - Beth Merritt Miller
Associate Director - Kathryn Palmieri
Academic Advisor - Mayrose Acob
Academic Advisor - Adan H. Chaidez
Academic Advisor - Marisa Glivings
Academic Advisor - Kerri Hatfield
Academic Advisor - Brandon MacLeod
Academic Advisor - Garrett Platanitis
Academic Advisor - Osvaldo Ramirez Vidales
Coordinator, First-Year Advising - Heidi van Beek
Coordinator, First-Year Programs - Rod Santos
Coordinator, Orientation - Mary Shepherd
Coordinator, Probation, Disqualification, and Dismissal - Noelle McCurley
Coordinator, Student Services Counter - Jack Day
Customer Services Specialist - Caesar Lawson
Customer Services Specialist - Veronica Rasul
Customer Services Specialist - Hans Rickers
Lead Customer Services Specialist - Gino Platina
Office Manager - Rusty Slabinski
Orientation Office Manager - Cindy Brandon
Faculty Advisors
Arts and Letters - Christina Bellon
Education - Kim Bancroft
Engineering and Computer Science - Mary Jane Lee
Health and Human Services - Greg Shaw
Natural Sciences and Mathematics - Mary McCarthy Hintz
Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies - Cindi Sturtz Sreetharan
Student Advisor
Leanna Madolora
Kasie Sinopoli
Anthony Vasquez
Student Assistants
John Arndt
Troy Bailey
Rey Castellanos
Daniella Culbert
Mania Doucette
Tina Souza
Ivonne Velasquez-Moreno
Student Orientation Coordinators
Larry Kay
Amanda Proschold
Jason Sumilhig
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
Hours
Fall 2009 Service Hours:
Beginning Week of September 14, 2009:
Monday - Friday - 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
FURLOUGH DAYS (OFFICE CLOSED)
PLEASE NOTE: Due to unprecedented budget cuts in the CSU, the Academic Advising Center will be closed for furlough days on:
Friday, September 18
Friday, October 16
Friday, November 27
Monday – Thursday, December 21-24.
Location & Directions
Lassen Hall 1013
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