Academic Advising
Guiding TRiO SSS students from orientation to graduation
TRiO SSS offers an array of academic support to eligible students. All services are free of charge and available for the duration of each student's college career. TRiO SSS employs three academic advisors: Darlene Samson, Janet Zupan, and Tammy Freimund. Because they spend the majority of their time answering an array of academic, financial, and personal questions, TRiO SSS students receive perhaps the highest quality of advising found on the UM campus.
How do TRiO SSS students benefit from our advising?
- Time and attention are two of the biggest benefits you'll find when working with TRiO SSS advisors. Students can meet with TRiO SSS advisors by appointment, or by walk-in, when available. Students are not limited to the amount of time they can spend discussing issues of special concern. Many students will meet one-on-one with an advisor several times over the semester until their concerns are satisfactorily answered.
- Confidentiality: TRiO SSS students can remain secure in the fact that all advising contact is kept in strict confidentiality by all TRiO SSS staff. We believe that in order to truly help a student, that student must feel comfortable to address all of their circumstances.
- In the advising loop: TRiO SSS is just one floor below the Undergraduate Advising Center, UM's central advising office. Our close proximity to UAC benefits students in that the latest advising information is constantly circulating among staff. TRiO SSS students can be sure that they'll receive accurate advice because the staff are knowledgeable of current changes in advising policy.
