Charge to the Committee
The Committee on Academic Advising is responsible for all aspects of Colgate’s programs for academic advising. The committee will:
- respond to questions and requests proposed to it by the board;
- review proposed changes in policies and programs affecting academic advising, and;
- review existing academic advising policies and programs and make recommendations to the board as seems desirable to the committee.
Membership will consist of:
- Chair of Academic Advising, a faculty member appointed to a three-year renewable term by the dean of the faculty
- Four faculty members (one each from the Divisions of the Arts and Humanities, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and Social Sciences, and University Studies; elected by the faculty for staggered three-year terms)
- Two students elected by the Student Senate
- The chair of the First-Year Seminar Program
- A representative of the Academic Affairs Board
- Dean of First-Year Students (ex officio)
- Director of Academic Support & Disability Services (ex officio)
- Registrar (ex officio)
Meeting Times
2-3 times per semester. TBD
Resources
Contact the chair of the advising committee for agenda and minutes.
| Members 2025-26 | |
|---|---|
| Doug Johnson, Dean of Academic and Curricular Affairs | |
| Kim Taylor, Dean of the College Representative (Ex Officio) | |
| Evelyn Lester, Executive Director of Disability Services (Ex Officio) | |
| Neil Albert, Assoc Provost for Institutional Analysis; University Registrar (Ex Officio) | |
| TBD | (Appt Chair) |
| *Erin Cooley | 2026 (NS) |
| Masha Hedberg | 2028 (SS) |
| *Ariel Martino | 2027 (AH) |
| Helene Julien | 2027 (US) |
| Xan Karn | Director, FSEM Program |
| AAB Rep | |
| (S) | |
| (S) |
*E. Cooley – replaced by Regina Conti (fall 2025)
*A. Martino – replaced by Nick Albertson (fall 2025)