Has your student looked at his or her Eprogress lately? Eprogress is a detailed breakdown of core curriculum, departmental and major requirements for each UNM student. University College is encouraging students to become more familiar with Eprogress as it provides key information regarding degree completion.

Students should be on the lookout for Eprogress training sessions in the coming weeks.

HOLDS!! Holds for all University College students will be posted at the beginning of April. Students should be coming in now for academic advisement and removal of holds to avoid the rush. If your student has not come in for advisement, please provide encouragement to do so ASAP. University College has extended hours Wednesdays so we’re open until 6 p.m.

For more information, visit our informative, redesigned UCAC Web site.
Nichelle L. Gilbert is a University College pre-major advisor

Fall semester is winding down and students are gearing up for spring semester registration. University College students will have holds populated to their student account Nov. 1. Holds ensure students come in for advisement and to register for classes that will help them enter degree granting colleges.

Students will also be encouraged to continue English and Math sequences so that they do not lose time and retention of their knowledge by taking a semester off from a specific subject. Students who keep up with their sequences are more successful in reaching graduation and in a timelier manner, said Vanessa Harris, UNM alumna and director of advisement for University College.

ENGLISH AND MATH SEQUENCES

English
Introductory Studies English –ISE 100
English 101
English 102
English 219 or 220 (varies)

Math
Introductory Studies Math –ISM 100
Math 120
Math 121, 129, or Statistics 145
Math 123 and/or Math 150
Math 180 or 162
Math 181 or 163

University College Advisement Center advisors are available to help students with questions and to prepare them to transition to degree granting colleges.

UNM is offering intersession courses during winter break for fall credit. These courses are critical for students who either failed or did not receive credit for a course and need to earn credit hours or improve GPA to maintain a scholarship.

Intersession courses are intensive, meeting for many hours a day throughout the week. Students will receive an e-mail once intersession courses are available and open for registration. For more information, contact University College Advisement Center .

Registration for Summer and Fall 2007 semesters is underway. For students enrolled in UNM’s University College, the college in which students are placed during their first semesters, an advisement session is a necessary first step. In fact, an advisement hold has been placed on UC student accounts.

Any hold can be frustrating because it prevents students from registering. Holds are not hindrances, though, rather they are essential to keeping students on the right track. “Advisers need an opportunity to review students’ course selections to verify that they are applicable and will transfer to a degree granting college,” says University College Advisement Director Vanessa Harris.

A hold ensures the following:

1. Students will seek advisement
2. Students find answers to assist in course selections
3. Students learn when it is time to transfer into a degree granting college
4. Students learn about possible degree options, if still undecided about a major

In addition to general advisers that assist freshmen in University College, a cohort of pre-major advisers assist students who have decided on a major and who have over 26 earned hours. These advisers are experts in particular colleges and majors’ requirements. We have pre-major advisers for the College of Arts and Sciences, Health Sciences Programs, College of Fine Arts, College of Education, and Anderson Schools of Management. A general/pre-major adviser assigned to represent the Ethnic Centers is housed in Mesa Vista Hall.

Reminding your student that advising is an important and necessary part of the academic experience is of help to the college. “It is to the students benefit that they come in for advisement in a timely manner. We look forward to assisting all of the students of University College to ensure that they are successful in their course selection and their academic pursuit,” said Vanessa Harris, advisement center director.

Beginning March 31, 2007, UNM student employees paid less than $6.25 per hour will be raised to that minimum, according to UNM Student Financial Aid Director Ron Martinez.

Student’s wages will further increase when Gov. Bill Richardson signs a new statewide minimum wage bill into law. UNM’s new wage scale is expected to affect all grades and stages in the student system in 2008 and 2009.

More than 30 percent of freshmen hold off-campus jobs and by senior year that number jumps to nearly half the student class.

Staying competitive will help UNM promote on-campus employment, a goal cited in the recently released Graduation Task Force Report. Data shows that those with campus jobs and/or receiving grants are more likely to persist.