Advising
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All freshmen and transfer students are advised by our Retention Specialist, Candice van Loveren Geis. During your first year in the Department of Visual Arts you will have a hold placed on your account that requires you to meet with your faculty advisor prior to registration.
This is to help ensure that all students understand the requirements to graduate and have quality time to get their questions answered. Please frequently check your NKU email account for advising information. After your first successful year at the university you will receive a faculty mentor advisor specific to your area of interest in the visual arts.
The Department of Visual Arts regards advising as an evolving process in which advisor and student must work together to address concerns and answer questions. Advising involves much more than informing the student as to what courses to take. It inherently includes:
- Active listening on the part of the advisor and advisee
- Focusing your undivided attention on the advising meeting
- Promoting individual worth and importance for the advisee
- Building a mutually trusting relationship between advisor and advisee
- Assisting the advisee in pursuing his/her goals and making concrete
decisions that will produce desired results
Office Hours
Mondays and Wednesdays: 1:30-4pm
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays: 8am-4pm
Contact
Office: Fine Arts Center 333
Campus Mailbox: Fine Arts Center 312
Phone: (859) 572-1521
Email: vanloverec1@nku.edu