Academic and Advising Updates

The Summer BOOST Program is designed to give students the opportunity to improve their academic standing by taking summer courses at WVU and providing incentives for academic success.

Early Alerts connect struggling students to their faculty and campus resources early in the semester.  Faculty who are concerned about a student's performance in their class issue an alert through Navigate.  Once the alert is issued, students will receive an automated email encouraging them to visit their instructor's office hours and/or connect to other campus resources. Advisers can see the alert under the Reports/Notes tab and then under Alerts Section. We have asked faculty to use the following reason for their alert: See instructor to discuss progression in this course. The deadline to submit the alert is February 7th. REACH Student Success will follow up with students that receive an alert via two-way texting.

Members of NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising recently received an invitation to participate in elections for the Region 3 Steering Committee. For the first time in our state’s history, West Virginia has three candidates running for critical leadership positions in the region. The nominees include: 

West Virginia residents or graduates of West Virginia institutions of higher education are eligible to apply for the Hazel Ruby Mcquain Graduate Scholarship. 

Advisers are encouraged to share input on various services and transfer related issues within the next two weeks. Please use this anonymous survey link to offer your feedback: https://wvu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9BvFsnBzEWv5gMd