ACT NOW Program Update

I would be interested to see if anyone has any comments or critiques on the ACT NOW Program that I am currently working on. The goal of the program is to let students know that we care about their academic performance and that someone is looking out for them as individuals.

The website gives students a checklist of things that need to be completed, requires them to make a mandatory advisement appointment and also compels them to attend a workshop. I conducted the program on my own last year and now I have the assistance of two phenomenal staff members. We don't have much hard and fast data on the program outcomes, but I want to know what other schools do to reach out to their AT-RISK population that is innovative and different.

Revision to the Mandatory Advisement Process

Mandatory Advisement Important Information Sheet
Student Name:
Registration Date:

Review of courses from current semester.
Resignation?

Courses for __________________(semester):

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Web Registration Tutorial: http://advising.buffalo.edu/help/webreg/undergrad/index.html (Add/Drop/Resign)

Phone (BIRD-645-7800) Registration: http://src.buffalo.edu/bird/registration.shtml (Link to Worksheet)

Registration Workshops: Academic Planning & Course Registration
This workshop will focus on the tools that will be used in the process of registering for courses for the upcoming semester. We will show how to use the Undergraduate Catalog and DARS as planning tools; the Class Schedule to find courses; and Web Registration. We will also look at SRC Calendars to find when this semester’s grades will be posted, and discuss why schedules should be adjusted based on grades.
Date Time Location Contact
November 4 4–4:50 p.m. Norton 111 Jerry Godwin

November 12 1–1:50 p.m. Norton 111 Jerry Godwin

November 20 4–4:50 p.m. Norton 111 Jerry Godwin


Advisement Assignment:

Email 3 tentative schedules to Jillian at jreading@buffalo.edu and a paragraph describing where you are as a student right now and where you want to eventually be by ________________.

Contact Information:
Jillian Reading
Academic Advisor/Graduate Assistant
107B Norton Hall
(716)645-6484
jreading@buffalo.edu Reading, 10/24/2008