Advising Resources

The Importance of Advising

National research has shown that consistent and effective advising can lead to improvements in retention, graduation and overall satisfaction with the college experience. Resources on this webpage are made available to assist UW faculty, staff and professional advisors alike in providing a uniform and consistent advising experience across campus. Obviously, there will be variations within each college and department in how they provide specific advising to their students; however, it is important to have as much uniformity as possible to ensure each student at UW has a positive advising experience.

Each advisor develops his or her personal style for conducting appointments with students. The National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) has many resources related to advising that may be useful for faculty, staff and professional advisors to review. The Advising • Career • Exploratory Studies Center (ACES) recommends developing a professional relationship with a clear understanding of the responsibilities of both student and advisor in the advising process. In the words of NACADA “I Advise…You Decide!”

Archives:

Advising Conversations Archive*

Professional Development Event Archive*

Both of these resources are linked to OneDrive, please reach out to aces@uwyo.edu if you are having trouble accessing these resources.

Upcoming Events:

Minor Madness
- Wednesday, February 28th, 2024 | 12pm - 2pm
- Location: Union Yellowstone Ballroom
Advising Conversations
- Thursday, March 7th, 2024 | 10am - 11:30am
- Location: BU 123
Major/Minor Updates features College of Business & FCSC
- Thursday, March 21st, 2024 | 10am - 11:30am
- Location: TBD
SOAR Into Experiential Learning
- Thursday, April 11th, 2024 | 10am - 11am
- Location: TBD
Probation/Suspension Info Session
- Thursday, May 9th, 2024 | 10am - 11am
- Location: BU 123

Past Events:

Event	Date	Link to Archives
Navigating Navigate 2.0	February 8th, 2024
Webinar: Navigate360 Refresher	February 1st, 2024
Presenting the Honors Major	December 14th, 2023
Fall 2023 Advising Conversations	November 9th, 2023
Pre-Professional Advising	October 12th, 2023

Event	Date	Link to Archives
Navigating Navigate	September 14th, 2023
2023 Advising Conference	August 10th, 2023
Demystifying Math	May 11th, 2023	Demystifying Math 5.11.2023
Disability Support Services Session	March 16th, 2023	Disability Support Services Session 3.16.2023
NACADA Regional Conference Recap	March 8th, 2023	NACADA Regional Conference Recap 3.8.2023
2023 Annual Administrators Institute Recap	February 16th, 2023	2023 Annual Administrators Institute Recap
Block Tuition Info Session	February 21st, 2023	Block Tuition Info Session 2.21.2023
SAP Appeal Info Session	December 12th, 2022	SAP Appeal Info Session
2022 NACADA Annual Recap	November 30th, 2022	2022 NACADA Annual Conference Recap
Career Counseling Interactive Session	November 29th, 2022
Advising Summit	September 22nd, 2022	Advising Summit - September 2022
Advising Social	August 11th, 2022

Event	Date	Link to Archives
NACADA: Building a Trauma-Informed Advising Practice for Racially & Ethnically Diverse Students	June 14th, 2022	NACADA - Building a Trauma Informed Advising Practice
Gatekeeping Trainings	May 18th, 2022 \| June 22nd, 2022 \| July 20th, 2022
May Advising Conversations	May 11th, 2022	May 2022 - 5.11.2022
April Advising Conversations	April 13th, 2022	April 2022 - 4.12.2022
Appreciative Advising	April 7th, 2022	Appreciative Advising 4.7.2022
Exception Request Workshop	March 10th, 2022	Exception Request Workshop 3.10.2022
March Advising Conversations	March 9th, 2022	March 2022 - 3.9.2022
February Advising Conversations	February 9th, 2022	February 2022 - 2.9.2022

UW Training Courses:

To facilitate access, usage, and overall publication of the UW Advisor Training modules we have all the information you need to get started right here! To access the Advisor Training Course follow the below instructions:

Use Firefox or Chrome as your browser for best results.
Go to WyoLearn and click on the UW Training Catalog:
- Click on UW Advisor Training
- Click on Advisor Essentials
Bookmark this page and use it going forward to access the class.
The course goes at your own pace, but takes about ten hours total to complete. There are multiple choice and short-answer knowledge checks at the end of each lesson.
Advisor Essentials covers the basic, day-to-day advising information needed to help most students. Topics include, but are not limited to:
- FERPA
- Understanding and using information in students' files
- Theories and pillars of advising approaches
- Making sense of degree evaluations
Advanced Advisor Training provides more in-depth knowledge about various student populations and more complicated processes used in advising.
Master Advisor Training is the capstone of the advisor training course and requires advisors to create a personal philosophy of advising.
Upon completion of advisor training, advisors will receive a certificate of completion and have this completion noted on their employee transcripts.