{"id":784,"date":"2012-02-16T23:58:30","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T23:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/staging-advising\/?page_id=784"},"modified":"2022-07-12T01:10:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T21:10:42","slug":"mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/advising\/mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Advising Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;Advisor Goals and Responsibilities:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Empower the student to devise coherent academic plans that are consistent with his\/her life goals;<\/li><li>Empower the student to determine and follow the necessary steps to achieve those goals;<\/li><li>Empower the student to develop sound academic attitudes and practices that will enable the student to be an autonomous, self-regulated learner;<\/li><li>Empower the student to identify and use resources effectively and to challenge him\/herself in constructive ways.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Student Goals and Responsibilities:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Accept full ownership for all decisions; academic advisors will assist by presenting options.<\/li><li>Make and keep appointments with your advisor when you need assistance.<\/li><li>Arrive at appointments prepared with a sample schedule that includes courses for your major, minor, general education, etc.<\/li><li>Listen to and consider your advisor&#8217;s suggestions &#8211; then make your own decision.<\/li><li>Identify and clarify personal values, abilities, interests, and goals.<\/li><li>Talk with your advisor and faculty members in fields you are interested in.<\/li><li>Take a variety of courses.<\/li><li>Explore out-of-class opportunities such as internships, volunteer opportunities, Cornerstones, study abroad, student exchanges, etc.<\/li><li>Take initiative to become knowledgeable of and adhere to institutional and departmental policies, procedures, and requirements.<\/li><li>Review and understand the contents of the EOU General Catalog.<\/li><li>Refer to your student handbook.<\/li><li>Ask your advisor!<\/li><li>Obtain and follow check-sheets for your major(s) and minor(s).<\/li><li>Know the General Education requirements.<\/li><li>Develop a sound academic attitude that results in understanding the value of your educational experience at EOU and approaching your learning with appropriate diligence and seriousness.<\/li><li>Include academics as a top priority.<\/li><li>Once you have decided upon a major, develop positive working relationships with faculty in your field of study and the appropriate academic advisor.<\/li><li>Understand the value of a liberal arts education, the interrelatedness of coursework and importance of an exposure to a broad range of subjects.<\/li><li>Follow-up on referrals made by your advisor to other campus offices such as Financial Aid, Student Accounts, Residence Life, etc.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-eastern-navy-background-color has-text-color has-background no-border-radius\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/advising\/\">Advising Home<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;Advisor Goals and Responsibilities: Empower the student to devise coherent academic plans that are consistent with his\/her life goals; Empower the student to determine and follow the necessary steps to achieve those goals; Empower the student to develop sound academic attitudes and practices that will enable the student to be an autonomous, self-regulated learner; Empower [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-784","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=784"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5276,"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/784\/revisions\/5276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}