On October 22nd the staff of the CCPS Undergraduate Advising Center made contact with nearly 260 CCPS students who received a university midterm grade report. These reports are made available in myBanner to every student who has earned less than 25 college credits or is on academic review. Our contact is to prompt students to review their midterm grades, provide information about our advising services and workshops, inform them of policies and deadlines, and to provide general outreach for those students who may be struggling academically at this point in the semester.

College of Community & Public Service Midterm Grades (Aggregate)

102 students had 3.00 or better
72 students had 2.50-2.99
40 students had 2.00-2.49
43 students had below a 2.00

Faculty and Staff from CCPS units joined with representatives from across the university at GVSU's 10th Annual Academic Majors Fair. The Majors Fair offers an opportunity for students to explore major choice options with faculty from various departments across the University. This event also provides an informal way for students to engage with faculty members and alumni to discuss major choices and future career opportunities.

Thank you to all of the CCPS faculty, staff, and alums who helped make this event a success!

Staff from the CCPS-UAC were able to share with other GVSU faculty and staff at the 1st Annual Academic Advising Conference held at the Holland-Meijer Campus on Friday, November 13th.

Anne London, Senior Academic Advisor and Megan Coburn, first year Graduate Assistant (pictured right) presented on the restructuring of gradaute assistant training materials to focus on diverse learning preferences, timing of information, and sustainability. This was done through a conversion to Live Binder which is an interactive/electronic platform.

Kathryn Timm, second year Graduate Assistant presented with several colleagues about the role of academic and career advisors in promoting the high impact learning practice of study abroad opportunities.

Thank you all for sharing your experiences with your colleagues at this fantastic new event!

Kathryn Timm (far right) and colleagues

December 10th
11:30am-1:30pm
321C DeVos Center
(Pew Campus)

The CCPS Undergraduate Advising Center cordially invites you to our 8th Annual Holiday Extravaganza held in our office. Please join the staff of the advising center for an abundance of food and friendship as the semester comes to an end!

More information coming soon - watch  your email box for a virtually engraved invitation!

As part of our annual holiday extravaganza tradition we will also be collecting donations for a worthy cause. See more information below about how you can help us with this!

We shared with you in August how our team supported the Family Support Services arm of the Pregnancy Resource Center to sort and organize clothing for their storefront which provides needed clothing and items for parents and children.

We are continuing our support of this organization by selecting them to receive the donations collected during our holiday extravaganza. Although not required, we ask for those attending our holiday extravaganza to consider bringing donations from the urgent needs list:

• Enfamil milk-based OR generic milk-based brands
• Gentlease OR generic gentle milk-based brand
• So-Bee or generic soy brands

or the ongoing needs list available on their registry at BabysRUs

or items to be used for pampering gift bags to support mothers who may not have anything extra to give themselves. These items could include

• Personal care items: make up, lipstick, nail polish, deodorant, lotions, etc.
• Stretch mark cream
• Chocolate and treats
• Bubble bath and shower gels
• Gift cards: Target, Kohl’s, Meijer

December 14th, 15th, & 16th
10:00am-4:00pm daily
321C DeVos Center
(Pew Campus)

Exam week can be stressful for both students and faculty! CCPS faculty, staff, and students are invited to take a refreshing walk over to the CCPS Undergraduate Advising Center for a snack, a beverage, and a break with fun toys and games. The last of the very popular and highly sought after CCPS-UAC stress pencils will be available while supplies last each day! Our new giveaway item may make an appearance as well.