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Become an Advisor

New advisors must complete the following workshops/trainings:

  1. Advising Across Campus and FERPA in-person training provided by the Academic Success Center and the Office of the University Registrar
    • Fall 2025 Workshop Dates
      • September 30th, Lee Hall, room 213 @ 10:00 AM
      • October 1st, Lee Hall, room 213 @ 2:00 PM
  2. provided by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness
  3. Student Success Manager Training provided by the Systems Analyst of the Academic Success Center

Once your training is complete, please fill out the Banner Request form provided by the Academic Success Center and email it to success@louisiana.edu.

Raising the B.A.R.

Advisors interested in expanding their advising toolbox can join us for our semesterly series, Raising the B.A.R. (Basic Advising Resources).  This series will review advising styles, best practices, and campus resources to help advisors build a collaborative advising relationship with their students. 

Fall 2025

Advising Student Athletes Across Campus

  • Tuesday, October 7th, at 2:00 pm, in Lee Hall, room 208.
  • Austin Knight from Student-Athlete Academic Services will provide insight into the advising process from the student-athlete perspective. Topics covered will include an overview of the Student-Athlete Academic Services team, common misconceptions about student-athlete academics, NCAA continuing eligibility requirements, and the eligibility certification process.

ADVANCE Student Research Pathways Updates

  • Wednesday, October 8th, at 2:00 pm, in the Edith Dupre Library, room 102.
  • The ADVANCE team will share with academic advisors the designated Pathways and how to incorporate this important initiative in teaching, research, scholarly activities, and advising. 

Spring 2025

Topics to be announced

Advising Through ULink

Advising information is available on . You can email your students to announce the beginning of the advising season, send out advising reminders, and clarify expectations for new and continuing students.

All new students are assigned a departmental academic advisor by the beginning of October and March. This is a good time to contact your advisees about at-risk alerts, tutoring resources, drop deadlines, the two-week advising season, and the procedures for scheduling an advising appointment.

Advising Quick Links Tab

During an advising session, you should have access to the Student Profile (on ULink on the Advising Quick Links card), the Catalog, the blue advising forms or remote advising forms, and any departmental information about your student’s major.

As an advisor, you must remove students’ advising holds so they can register for classes, which can be done during the advising session. While on the Student Profile under Holds, click Release the Advising Hold.