Thursday - 10/22/15
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
DeVos Place Convention Center
303 Monroe Ave NW,
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
 

The Career Fair is an excellent place to kick off your job or internship search and start networking with organizations looking to hire Grand Valley students and alumni of all majors! Over 200 employers with THOUSANDS of immediate openings are expected to attend.  Students should attend the Career Fair to:

- meet face-to-face with employers to discuss full-time positions.
- learn about available internships and co-ops.
- connect with organizations conducting on-campus interviews.
- build your professional network and expand your job search.

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Did you know that the "advisee listing" in myBanner is the list of ALL of the students assigned to you. This could include students who are not enrolled this semester, have graduated, or have been academically dismissed. A better method to reach out to your advisees who are enrolled this semester can be found in the "Additional Student Information" page. The CCPS Undergraduate Advising Center has created an easy to follow tool for you to use to connect with your advisees. We recommend you connect with your students each semester to let them know when you have office hours or how best to reach you. If you have any questions please contact us. MORE INFORMATION

The new Student Success Collaborative tool is an even easier way to connect with your advisees! Connect with your advising liaison in the CCPS-UAC for more details about how to get access to this tool.

Anne London, Senior Academic Advisor in the CCPS-UAC has been elected to the Michigan Academic Advising Association Board of Directors into the position of Member-At-Large.  This is a two year appointment which will begin October 1, 2015 and go until September 30, 2017.

MIACADA was founded in 2004 and is an allied state organization of the National Academic Advising Association. This organization serves over 400 advising professional members in the state of Michigan and provides professional development and learning opportunities through conferences and programming. More Information

Congratulations to Anne for serving a fantastic representative for CCPS and GVSU within MIACADA!

November 4th 11am-2pm
Grand River Room-Kirkhof Center
(Allendale Campus)

Faculty and Staff from CCPS units will join with representatives from across the university at GVSU's 10th Annual Academic Majors Fair. Faculty, staff, students and alumni from every academic department will be on hand to talk about their program, experiences, and careers with undecided students, students transitioning from other programs, and those looking to add another major or minor. MORE INFORMATION

October 1st marks the start of LGBT history month and October 11th is National Coming Out Day.

The Chronicle of Higher Education recently asked LGBT college students what they wanted their professors to know. What resulted was a very powerful video. If you haven't seen it, you can watch it here.

If you would like to learn more about resources at GVSU please check out the Milton E. Ford LGBT Resource Center including GVSU's preferred name policy for transgender students:

Students whose preferred names do not match their state-issued identification may have their preferred name on the following items:
• GVSU ID card
• name associated with student email account
• Blackboard

If you are interested in Ally training, there are upcoming sessions in October and November. More Information

On September 24th, Jennifer L. McCaul, Director of the CCPS-UAC successfully defended her dissertation research titled "Closing the Loop: A Study of How the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) is Used for Decision-making and Planning in Student Affairs"  from Western Michigan University's Educational Leadership, Research and Technology department. Formal hooding for the Ph.D degree will occur at the December commencement ceremony.

Pictured (L to R): Dr. Ramona Lewis, Dr. Andrea Beach, Dr. Jennifer L. McCaul and Dr. Wendy Wenner