Academic Advisor Resources

Advising Enrichment Series Committee

The Advising Enrichment Series (AES) committee is an advisor-led professional development planning committee comprised of full-time undergraduate and graduate advisors at Texas Woman’s University.

The committee is responsible for providing educational opportunities and leadership development to new and experienced advisors to support the professional growth, development, and professionalization of advisors across the university.

Orientation & workshop

The AES committee also coordinates the annual summer orientation training and advisor workshop in May.

This day-long event provides departmental updates from campus partners across the university to prepare advisors for summer orientation, while the afternoon workshop involves small group discussions about popular advising topics between new and experienced academic advisors.

Topics

Previous topics have included:

TSI
Probation and Suspension
Study Abroad/International Students
Advisor self-care
Certification of VA students

Committee members

Dennise Mendez – (Co-Chair) – Program Director and Academic Advisor, School of Health Promotion and Kinesiology, College of Health Sciences
Mollie Patrick – (Co-Chair) – Academic Advisor II, University Academic Advising
Hunter Hancock - Academic Advisor I, College of Arts & Sciences
Sar Fenske – Academic Success Advisor, University Academic Advising
Jessica Chang – Academic Advisor II, College of Arts & Sciences, Doswell School of Aeronautical Sciences

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