About Academic Advisors
Students may be connected to one or two individuals that serve as an advisor to the student. Advisors can be informational and displayed to students and others. The advisor can also be used as part of the process to restrict registration until advisor approval occurs. The labels can be changed. For example, your institution may want Advisor 1 to displayed as Academic Advisor and Advisor 2 to be displayed as Athletic Advisor. Refer to changing the academic advisor label documentation.
Indicate an Individual is an Advisor
Individuals who serve as advisors must be in the Campus Cafe system within the faculty/staff module.
Indicate an individual is an advisor
Navigate to the person who will serve as an advisor
Navigate to main menu > Person Selected > Faculty Info
Check the Is Advisor box
Click Save
Refresh the cache by navigating to Admin > Refresh Data Cache > reload data
Assign Advisor to a Student
The labels may be different depending on how your institution has configured the advisor labels.
Navigate to the student
Navigate to main menu > Person Selected > Student Codes (Permission 931 Enables the Student Codes Link)
In the Lookup Primary Advisor box enter the ID number of the advisor OR click Lookup Primary Advisor to launch a search for the advisor. The primary advisor will show on the advisor's Student Services dashboard.
Optionally, in the Advisor 2, Advisor 3, and Advisor 4 boxes, enter the ID number of the advisor OR click Lookup button associated with the advisor to launch a search for the advisor.
Click Save
Approve Courses for a Student
Approval of advisors can be required prior to students registering for classes. See related documentation.
