Academic Advising Coordinator
- Employer
- Towson University
- Location
- Towson, MD
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- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Academic Advising:
- Coordinate academic advising in the department.Serve as academic advisor to early-career EMF majors, approximately 200 of our 400 undergraduate majors (specifically First-Year-Experience students, sophomores, and new transfer students).Provide training and assistance to faculty advisors.Assign students to faculty advisors in cooperation with the Administrative Assistant.Create, distribute, and update all advising information and forms for students and faculty both online and offline.Maintain up-to-date advising information on the department’s website.Coordinate and lead transfer advising sessions in summer and winter.Manage advising record for all students.Transfer evaluations: Coordinate equivalence evaluations of transfer courses.Work with department chair to make appropriate decisions about pre-requisite waivers and over-enrolling courses when necessary.
Assist department chair in resolving special advising cases.
- Coordinate, help lead, and prepare materials for recruitment events such as Major for A Day, Open House, Admitted Student Days, and Department Tours.Represent the major at any recruitment events, on or off-campus.Meet with prospective students.Maintain up-to-date program information on the department’s website for prospective students.Reach out to continuing students about enrollment and retention when appropriate.Collaborate with Graduation Office, Registrar’s Office, and department chair for graduation clearance. Work with department chair to consider waivers if appropriate.
- Coordinate public events like current end-of-semester screenings, as well as future public events. As we enter a new building in coming years, coordinate gallery exhibition and screening events in the new screen theater and media art gallery facilities. Work with faculty, students, and staff to coordinate the logistics of these events and to publicize them.Work with the College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC) facilities, events, and marketing staff to integrate EMF and COFAC events and marketing efforts.Coordinate events planning, space reservations, and advertising for visiting artists, masterclasses, workshops, networking events, and other departmental events.Coordinate new faculty orientation process as related to advising, graduation plans, and curricular pathways, both full-time and adjunct faculty.
- Create department correspondence and publications in a variety of media for internal and external audiences.Coordinate with marketing on material they produce and handle aspects of marketing and promoting department productions and events that involve online publication and social media.
Qualifications and Skills
Required:
- Bachelor's DegreeTwo or more years of experience in academic advising for undergraduate students. Sensitivity to academic needs of students from diverse backgrounds.Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and file management in a cloud environment.Demonstrated strength in project management, time management, organization, accuracy, and attention to detail.Strength in data management and visual presentation of data.Event planning experience.Punctuality and reliability to work independently without close supervision.Ability to work as a team with the department’s leadership.Excellent communication skills.Familiarity with student resources across campus.Ability to collaborate with multiple organizational units including academic advising, graduation office, admissions office.
- Experience or knowledge of PeopleSoft, Student Success Collaborate, CLSS, or Sales Force.Strength in public speaking.Experience in website/social media content management.Experience in basic graphic design.Academic background or professional experience in electronic media and film or related fields.
Organization: Academic Affairs Division
Primary Location: Main Campus
Job Posting: Nov 20, 2024
Organization
Towson University (TU; www.towson.edu) was founded in 1866, is recognized by U. S. News and World Reports as one of the top public universities in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, and is Baltimore’s largest comprehensive university, and the largest public, comprehensive institution in the University of Maryland System. TU enrolls over 18,000 undergraduates and nearly 4,000 graduate students across six academic colleges (business, education, fine arts, health professions, liberal arts, science & mathematics), has over 865 full-time faculty, and offers more than 65 bachelor’s, 45 master’s, and 5 doctoral programs. Towson University offers many cultural, educational and athletics programs and events that are open to the public ranging from concerts and lecturers to Division I college sports.
Our centrally located campus sits on 330 rolling green acres and is 10 miles north of Baltimore, 45 miles north of Washington D.C., and 95 miles south of Philadelphia. The town of Towson, MD. has a population of approximately 52,000, with tree-lined streets, shops, restaurants, movies, bookstores, a county library branch, live music venues, and is in walking distance of the TU campus. Towson was established in 1750 and is the seat of Baltimore County government.
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