Become an Advisor

New advisors must complete the following workshops/trainings:

Advising Across Campus and FERPA in-person training provided by the Academic Success Center and The Office of the University Registrar
- Spring 2025 Workshop Dates
  - February 25th, Lee Hall, room 208 @ 10:00 AM
  - February 26th, Lee Hall, room 208 @ 2:00 PM
- Register for new advisor training.
Degree Works Training provided by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness
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 BAR

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

Spring 2025
- Topics and times to be decided

Advising Through ULink

Advising information is available on ULink. 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 Session

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.