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wise XDvice? By Kangi Downing com Courtesy of moviefortwo. Does your academic advi sor advise you in a way that is significant to you? Is your academic advisor your only source of help? Do transfer students need special as sistance? According to the overall fall 2011 advis ing survey of all departments at Fayetteville State University, the department of communication was ranked num ber one for best advisement. On a 100 percent scale they received 97.14 percent, Chancellor James Anderson an nounced at the winter commence ment. The Communi cation Department has six advisors for approximately 150 students. Therefore, each advisor averages 25 students. Many would say, having 25 students per advisor is way too many for suf ficient results, but Dr. Frobish said, “I do think that’s a lot of students to advise, but we must be doing something right because we have the best results with advisement.” Dr. Frobish, chair of the Com munication De partment, over sees advisors by organizing advisor workshops, an swering all neces sary questions and occasionally sitting in during sched uled appointments with other advisors and there stu dents. Transfer stu dents are advised by the Transfer and Advisement Center, until they declare a major and are assigned an advisor within their department. Advisors, who help transfer students, are recommended to do a complete degree audit and check for required courses to ensure good advisement for students. Transfer student John Atkinson, a senior and com munication major said, “he thinks his advisor at FSU is Dr. Almeida,” but his main advisor is Dr. Everett, his previous advi sor from Coastal Carolina Univer sity. How is that possible? Atkin son will transfer back to CCU next semester to gradu ate, so he said Dr. Everett can advise him best. All transfer students have someone in place to advise them at FSU, but if ever in a situation like Atkinson, there are other options as well. Loosing old and gaining new advi sors can be very difficult for stu dents, especially if a relationship is developed. Brooke Vann, a junior and com munication major says she had “four advisors in three years.” However, Vann said she examines her transcripts and program require ments to make sure she is head ing down the path toward graduation. Students can consult with their assigned advisor, other faculty mem bers within their chosen major, department chairs and/or deans for academic advise ment. The Regis trar’s Office web site also contains valuable informa tion and additional resources that can assist the student with having a successful stay at FSU. For students who are about to graduate, a visit to career advise ment services, which offers mock interview sessions, assists in job inter view preparation, resume and cover letter writing might not be a bad idea. Fall 2013 is already approach ing, so the best advice is to be prepared! WUere oU w^Uere Uave rvty crecilts goKe? By Sabina Gurung The credit transfer process, especially for foreign students, can be cumbersome. The lengthy process involves a great deal of effort and paper work. As one of the 16 con stituent institutions under The University of North Carolina, Fayetteville State University follows that state’s guidelines. Under the UNC system, a transfer student has to complete 44 core credits and 80-85 major credits in order to graduate. Even though it explains how credits are trans ferred from institutions from within the US, it is vague in regard to trans ferring foreign credits. “ We do have books and catalogs which we can reference to when calculating credits for transfer for students from certain countries. But we do not have a catalog of every country,” said La’Vette Fairley, student service specialist for FSU’s Registrar’s office. Transferring foreign credits can be a confusing process because each for eign country has its own education system that may not necessarily coor dinate with the American education system. There are many inter national students at FSU that have a bachelor’s de gree from their respective countries but must study two to three more years in order to earn a second degree from FSU. FSU student Emilia Boudhu already has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from a university in Africa. She could only transfer 30 credits to FSU, result ing in an additional three more years to complete her bachelors at FSU. “I have already studied most of the subjects that I am taking this semester,” Boudhu said. “But I have to study them again be cause those credits could not be transferred.” FSU student Naamdi Hill is a biology major who has to repeat eight courses because he could not get credit for most of the science courses. “ We have students from countries where the medium of instruction is not English and it is very hard for us to deter mine where such stu dents fit when they come here to the US,” Fairley said. Without a better way of credits from foreign universities, students can lose valuable time and money repeating courses that they have already studied. -Courtesj^themusoilostopt-^i^lf net
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