Group Advising at NSO

NSO Group Advising

• The goal of this session is to allow advisors to share common information with their advisees so you don't have to repeat this same basic information several times.

• This session directly follows their first FYS class meeting, and your room assignment will be sent to you from the Student Success Center at least a week before NSO begins.

• You will meet with your new advisees as a group (either by yourself with your students or in a group with other faculty advisors) and discuss the following topics:

  • The meaning of the liberal arts at Cornell, including our mission and our educational priorities and outcomes

  • Introduce our Ingenuity Core Curriculum to students and discuss how Stellic can help them easily track the completion of Ingenuity core curriculum components. Flock leaders will also discuss Stellic with students, but that conversation is likely after group advising.

  • College expectations: the differences between high school and college, including differences in study habits and the level of academic work

  • Academic survival skills and support services

  • The importance of connecting with professors (through discussions in class, office hours, etc.)

• Explain the job of the academic advisor and the student’s responsibilities.

  • Provide advice on how to prepare for individual advising meetings and for scheduling terms 2-4.

  • Provide information on important registration policies such as adding/dropping courses (online and via paper), 15th day drop policy, health withdrawal policy, etc.

• Provide a brief overview of how to interpret this College Student Inventory report (using sample report) to prepare students for a discussion of their report during individual advising.