Updated "Student Planning" launches this weekend

October 25, 2017 

As we mentioned last week, we are launching an updated version of Student Planning this weekend that will give you more of the features you have requested to assist in your advising and teaching. This is the first in a series of updates to Student Planning that will be installed over the next year.

This current update will be launched on Saturday, Oct. 28, beginning at 8 a.m., and should be completed during the afternoon of Sunday, Oct. 29. Please do not try to access Student Planning or WebAdvisor during this window - this includes the "email advisees" and "grant permission to register" functions.

Over the next few issues of INSIGHTS, we will be explaining these changes with updated screenshots. We are also updating the Instruction Manual for Advising & Registration that is available on myBarnard and will let you know when it's completed.

Today, we're providing an overview of the new access to the Course Catalog and improvements that have been made to the calendar function when viewing your Advisees’ planned or registered schedules.

Course Catalog
You can now access the Barnard Course Catalog through the main screen of Student Planning. In the past, you could only access the Course Catalog through an individual student’s advising record. See the screenshot of the new access below:

Full Course Titles on Calendar View
The second change that will be available after this weekend's upgrade is the addition of course titles when viewing your Advisee's planned or registered schedule in the calendar view. In the past, only the course number and section were listed in the calendar. This new version will make it much easier for you to evaluate your Advisee's course selections and not be dependent on remembering course numbers.  Here's the new screenshot:

Resources to share with juniors and seniors

If you are advising juniors or seniors who are interested in continuing their education by going to graduate, medical, dental or other health professional schools, remind them to check on the resources available through the Dean of Studies' office as they begin their journey. Current activities include:

GRADUATE SCHOOL WEEK
GradTalk:  Pathway to the Ph.D.
Wednesday, October 25, 6 p.m., Milbank 328
            Sian Beilock, Ph.D  (Cognitive Psychology) President, Barnard College
            Severin Fowles, Ph.D (Anthropology)
            Abosede George, Ph.D (History)
            Sharon Harrison, Ph.D  (Economics)
            Anne Higonnet, Ph.D (Art History)
            Homa Zarghamee, Ph.D  (Economics)

Graduate Information Sessions
Thursday, October 26, 6 p.m.
Harvard Medical School
Life Sciences Ph.D Programs
Diana Center 203
            Davie VanVactor, Ph.D
            (Co-Sponsored by Barnard Departments of Biology and Chemistry)

Harvard Business School
2+2 MBA Program Admissions Information Session
Diana Center LL 103