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Training & Events Calendar

View and register to attend upcoming Academic Advisor Training & Professional Development Events.

Spring 2024

This will session will provide an overview for the semester of all the intervention tasks and how EAB/technology can enhance and support the advisor driven outreach.

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Students’ sense of belonging has long been identified as a key factor in student retention and success. This training will address how advisors can contribute to student belonging at USC. Topics include: examining sense of belonging in the context of academic advising, inclusive advising strategies, and advisor resources at USC. 

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UAAs will send messaging to identified students about their “at-risk” status in identified courses, and why success in the course is important. This session will cover how advisors can use the messaging to encourage students to to discuss options and potential referrals for the “at-risk” course.

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This session provides best practice strategies on how to strategically and efficiently build advising appointment workflow and provide guidelines for entering appointment notes.

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This session will bring representatives from the Dodie Anderson Academic Enrichment Center for Student-Athletes at USC to discuss current trends and requirements for student-athletes. Attendees will gain a greater understanding of the student-athlete population and their unique academic needs as it relates to advising and student support.

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This session will allow representatives from the Student Disability Resource Center to discuss common accommodations, the SDRC registration process, policies and procedures for implementing accommodations, and strategies for effectively supporting students with disabilities. 

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This session will provide an overview of the four technology systems used in advising at USC: EAB Navigate, DegreeWorks, Self Service Carolina, and the My USC Experience transcript.

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The Office of Pre-Professional and Graduate Advising is the next step in students' path towards their professional career.  Along with their academic advisor, OPPA wants to ensure that students are doing everything necessary, in and out of the classroom, to have a competitive application for professional school.

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An introduction to transfer students from a national and USC perspective.

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This in-person workshop will walk advisors through the process of setting up a Messaging Campaign in EAB Navigate, with the specific focus of preparing advisors to use this platform for Global Communications.

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This virtual workshop will walk advisors through the process of setting up a Messaging Campaign in EAB Navigate, with the specific focus of preparing advisors to use this platform for Global Communications.

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This virtual workshop will walk advisors through the process of setting up a Messaging Campaign in EAB Navigate, with the specific focus of preparing advisors to use this platform for Global Communications.

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A review of processes and procedures of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and the Office of the Registrar.

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SDRC and the Advising Students with Disabilities Community of Practice are bringing a deeper dive into some pieces and parts to help our students succeed. Temporary disabilities are applicable to all, and, after Spring Break, more people than ever need them. Come learn more about what we can do as advisors to guide these students and how the SDRC helps us.

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Learn more about the My USC Experience initiative & how to incorporate it into advising conversations as it provides a more holistic view of a student’s college experience. **(Please bring a laptop to this presentation if you are able)**

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In this interactive workshop, participants will be introduced to the purpose and process of drafting an advising philosophy. Participants will have time to formulate an informal version of their personal philosophy of advising.

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Students’ sense of belonging has long been identified as a key factor in student retention and success. This training will address how advisors can contribute to student belonging at USC. Topics include: examining sense of belonging in the context of academic advising, inclusive advising strategies, and advisor resources at USC. 

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The Minor Spotlight is intended to provide advisors with an overview of different academic minors at USC. This spotlight will be held virtually via Microsoft Teams.

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This session is focused on testing accommodations, reduced course load, and priority registrations for students registered with SDRC.

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This session is focused on foreign language accommodations and considerations for Orientation for students with registered disabilities.

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ISSS wants advisors to better understand how we serve incoming international students during New Student Orientation. Who are international students? What is the Citizenship Verification hold? Why can’t my students register until a certain date? We will answer these questions and more.

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This session will cover how to review student records to ensure degree-applicable credit and foster discussion of considerations and strategies to be used in this initiative.

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Intentional Advisement of Transfers. Participants will provide feedback regarding common issues when advising transfer students, and develop an action plan for transfer advising.

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This session provides best practice strategies and guidelines for providing student interventions, making referrals to campus partners, and appropriate follow-up with students.  

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This session will provide a 'how to' on the non-registered intervention.

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In partnership with the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships, academic advisors reach out to students who are at risk of losing their LIFE Scholarship, Palmetto Fellows Scholarship, or General University Scholarships. This session will cover the logistics of this initiative and offer participants an opportunity to ask questions and brainstorm effective strategies.

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This virtual training will provide an overview of the foreign language requirements and foreign language placement exam at USC.

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This in-person workshop will focus on providing an overview of this exciting movement within the academic advising community called Appreciative Advising. The presentation is based on the book titled, The Appreciative Advising Revolution. The six phases of Appreciative Advising – Disarm, Discover, Dream, Design, Deliver, and Don't Settle – will be defined. Participants will not only learn what each phase means, but they will also have the opportunity to learn how to implement each of these phases.

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* 'New Advisor Series' training


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