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Alum Success

Anthony Pavicic

"The small student to faculty ratio was a real benefit in my preparation towards my teaching career. It enabled me to get to know my professors well and come to them for help with anything I needed."

Anthony Pavicic
Bishop Foley High School
Madison Heights, MI.

Office of Advising and Retention

Accepting Nominations

Students and Alumni: Nominate your faculty advisor for the Excellence in Academic Advising Award

Financial Aid Appeals

How to file an appeal for financial aid

Tuesday, January 12
Deadline for submitting appeal materials
Wednesday, January 13
Financial Aid Appeals Meeting
Thursday, January 14
Committee's decision emailed to student

Scholarships

LSSU Achievement Scholarship

Welcome

New Student Orientation
Academic Standards Table (effective May 2005)
Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act (FERPA) Information
Student Departure Survey

Resources for Faculty and Advisors

Academic Advising Handbook for Academic Advisors
Early Alert Referral Form (an integral part of LSSU's comprehensive Early Alert System)
Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act (FERPA) Information

Academic Advising Today (a quarterly electronic publication by NACADA)

CD Media	Source	Date
Significant Conversations: The Art and Science of Communication in Trnasformational Advising	NACADA	November 6, 2008
Ensuring Advisor Success: Mastering the Art of Advising through the First Year of Advising and Beyond	NACADA	April 17, 2008
Advisors Help Students SOAR to Academic Success: Selection, Organization, Association and Regulation Learning Strategies are the Keys	NACADA	February 29, 2008
DIFS Makes the Difference in Student Motivation: Both Skill and Will are Needed for Student Success	NACADA	February 23, 2009
Vets in the Classroom	PaperClip Communications	2009

*Please contact Karen Johnston (kjohnston@lssu.edu) or Jody Schopp (jschopp@lssu.edu) to check out media resources.

Department Newsletters

April 2009 (pdf)
October 2008 (pdf)

Conference Information

MIACADA
Advising with a Vision: Renewing values and purpose in higher education
May 17, 2010
Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
NACADA
Region 5 Annual Conference
April 14-16, 2010
Niagara Falls, Ontario, CANADA

Graduate School Bound ...

Kim Churchill
Geology

"I've been accepted to Montana Tech's graduate school to pursue a master's degree in geophysical engineering. I have also accepted a full-funded graduate research assistantship to work with the Montana National Guard on developing magnetic techniques to detect unexploded ordinance. My summer internship with Geolex, a company under contract with the Guard, will study acquiring data, performing analysis, and offering interpretation on unexploded ordinance." [ more ]