First-year Advising

• Schedule appointments with your advisor each semester prior to registering and as needed for follow up. Arrive promptly to scheduled appointments.
• Acknowledge a degree requires a minimum of 120 semester credits to finish and pace to completion will vary depending on how many credits are taken each term. Consult with your advisor to create a projected graduation timeline.
• Check WSU email and Blackboard daily.
• Assess the fit of your academic goals with your interests, values, and abilities and evaluate progress towards these goals.
• Actively take part in the advising process through participation in advising meetings and follow-up activities.
• Use tools available to develop and take action towards educational goals.
• Access appropriate campus services and resources to promote academic success.

• Provide personal, meaningful connection and respectful interaction with each student.
• Facilitate student’s problem-solving, decision making and evaluation skills.
• Assist students with clarifying their educational and career goals.
• Evaluate and monitor student academic progress and its impact on achievement of goals, advising on the selection of appropriate courses and other educational experiences.
• Facilitate an appropriate balance between efficient degree and/or program completion and the development of academic interest and intellectual development.
• Provide accurate and timely referrals to other campus and community resources.

Schedule your appointment in the fall, spring, and any other time you’d like to meet with us.

Before your appointment

• Prepare a list of classes that interest you for the next semester by looking at your “What-if Report” in myWSU.
• Check your hold(s) on My Student Center in myWSU and contact appropriate offices for assistance.
• Make a list of questions for your appointment.
• Think about your major and your goals.
• Review the Academic Calendar and University Events online for important dates and deadlines.

During your appointment

• Arrive on time for your appointment.
• Discuss your questions, the current and next term, your major, goals, getting involved, and campus resources.
• Ask follow-up questions.
• Take notes!

After your appointment

• Take action on items discussed.
• Register for the next term on your enrollment date in myWSU.
• Follow up on any questions you may still have via email, phone, or advising appointment.

August

• Review your fall enrollment in myWSU and purchase textbooks.
• Tuition is due on the 1st day of fall term.
• Review academic calendar and know add/drop/withdraw deadlines, scheduled holidays.
• ELCA advisors host drop-in hours the entire first week of term. Stop by with any follow up questions.

September

• Schedule a follow up appointment to discuss further academic and career planning.
• Assess your progress and utilize the academic resources available to you.
• Review Academic Success Skills and Career workshops. Sign up/select ones to attend.

October

• Stop by or call the ELCA front desk to schedule your advising appointment for next term.
• Fill out FAFSA/WASFA online form Oct. 1 for next academic year.
• Check your mid-term grades in myWSU and discuss your academic progress with your advisor.
• Prior to your appointment, review your “what-if report” in myWSU, review spring schedule, and develop and bring your tentative course schedule to your appointment.
• Check any “holds” you may have in myWSU and contact appropriate offices to get your account cleared prior to your enrollment date.

November

• Register for spring term in myWSU on your enrollment date.
• Review your final exam days/times/locations and prepare for final exams.

December

• Final exams
• Check your final grades in myWSU the week after final exams.
• Contact ELCA front desk immediately if your fall semester or cumulative GPA is below 2.0.

January

• Review your spring schedule in myWSU and purchase textbooks.
• Tuition is due on the 1st day of spring term.
• Review academic calendar and know add/drop/withdraw deadlines, scheduled holidays.
• ELCA advisors host drop-in hours the entire first week of term. Stop by with any follow up questions.
• WSU Vancouver and system-wide scholarships application due Jan. 31.

February

• Schedule a follow up appointment to discuss further academic and career planning.
• Assess your progress and utilize the academic resources available to you.
• Review Academic Success Skills and Career workshops. Sign up/select ones to attend.

March

• Stop by or call the ELCA front desk to schedule your advising appointment for next term.
• Check your mid-term grades in myWSU and discuss your academic progress with your advisor.
• Prior to your appointment, review your “what-if report” in myWSU, review spring schedule, and develop and bring your tentative course schedule to your appointment.
• Register for summer/fall term in myWSU on your enrollment date.
• Check any “holds” you may have in myWSU and contact appropriate offices to get your account cleared prior to your enrollment date.

April

Review your final exam days/times/locations and prepare for final exams.

May

• Final exams
• Check your final grades in myWSU the week after final exams.
• Contact the ELCA front desk immediately if your spring semester or cumulative GPA is below 2.0.

May

Summer session I begins. Check the Registrar’s Office website for summer tuition deadline.

June

Summer sessions II and III begin.

July

All summer sessions end. Check your summer grades in myWSU early August.