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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.

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Destination 2010

CLICK HERE to download Destination 2010 Plan (pdf)

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Staff

Director - Beth Merritt Miller, Ph.D.
Associate Director - Kathryn Palmieri

Academic Advising Staff
Academic Advisor - Janet Abdelsayed
Academic Advisor - Adan H. Chaidez
Academic Advisor - Tasman Dwyer
Academic Advisor - Marisa Glivings
Academic Advisor - Mary Gocke
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 - Diana Gonzalez

Student Services Center

Coordinator, Student Services Center - Jack Day
Customer Services Specialist - Caesar Lawson
Customer Services Specialist - Veronica Rasul
Customer Services Specialist - Hans Rickers
Lead Customer Services Specialist - Gino Platina

Faculty Advisors

Arts and Letters - Hellen Lee Keller
Education - Jennifer Rayman
Engineering and Computer Science - Estelle Eke
Health and Human Services - Bridget Parsh
Natural Sciences and Mathematics - James Miranda
Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies - Mridula Udayagiri

Student Assistants

Chantel Banus
Daniella Culbert
Kourtney Donley
Audrey Dubin
Kiersten Hansen
Robert Kerr
Lindsay Long
Darlene Mergillano
Oleg Ryabokorvka
Madison Sharpe
Tina Souza
Mayra Villarreal
Bianca Yanuaria

Student Orientation Coordinators

Hewayda Ahmed
Allie Boyd
Charity King
Jason Sumilhig

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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

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Spring Hours

Week of January 16 - 20, 2012

Monday - CLOSED - Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Tuesday - Friday - 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Week of January 23 - 27, 2012

Monday - Thursday - 8:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M.
Friday - 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Beginning Week of January 30, 2012

Monday - Friday - 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Holidays (Office Closed):

Monday, January 16, 2012 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Friday, March 30, 2012 - Cesar Chavez Holiday

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Location & Directions

Lassen Hall 1013

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Campus Map: Click Here

Campus Visitor Center Information: Click Here

 

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