Advising

The Office of the University Registrar works with academic advisors to prepare students for registration. Academic advisors assist students in making course decisions. Specifically, they work to ensure that students complete all degree requirements for graduation. For students in the Schools of Arts & Sciences, Business, Leadership Studies, and Graduate Arts & Sciences, advisors also change their registration status in BannerWeb, which enables them to register for classes. The Academic Advising Resource Center (AARC) does not change the registration status for students except in very rare cases where something unusual has occurred to keep the student from their regular meeting with an advisor. The advising and registration times are well advertised, and most advisors are good about contacting their advisees to remind them about setting up an advising appointment, so students who fail to meet with advisors at the last minute hoping to have their registration status changed by the Registrar's Office or AARC will be disappointed. This policy is in place because of how important the Registrar's Office believes advising is to students and to our University. This process is the best way for us to be sure students have an opportunity to see an advisor before they register each semester.

BannerWeb Instructions for Locating Your Advisee Lists

  1. Select the Faculty/Advisor tab
  2. Select Advising Student Profile
  3. Select the current term from the Term dropdown menu
  4. Select View My Advisee Listing and the advisee list will be populated in a new tab

BannerWeb Instructions for Marking Students as Advised/Not Advised

Once you have advised a student, you must log into BannerWeb and change that
student’s status to “Advised”. If a student’s status is “Not Advised,” that student will not
be permitted to register for classes through BannerWeb during their registration window.


To Manage Advised Status:

  1. Log into BannerWeb and select the Faculty/Advisor tab
  2. Select Manage Advised Status
  3. A list of your advisees for the term will populate
  4. Select the pencil icon next to the student whose status needs to be updated
  5. Select the appropriate status via the drop down
  6. Select Save and their status will now be updated the on list of Advisees

Important FERPA Information for Advisors

Advisors should review FERPA information regarding students' FERPA rights and FERPA waiver information.