Advising Community on Advising Graduate & Professional Students

This community comprises professionals who advise post-baccalaureate students. We welcome all who work with traditional graduate students, professional degree seekers, adults returning for advanced degrees or certificates, and alternatively delivered and structured graduate and professional programs in any modality. Small in size but great in commitment, our Community provides a mutually supportive context for discussion of issues particular to serving these student populations.

Welcome

We are excited you are exploring our Advising Community which supports the professionals that support graduate and professional student populations. The advising needs of post-baccalaureate students are no less complex than that of undergraduate learners and these needs are underpinned by an expansive body of adult learning theory and literature ripe for application. The field of graduate, doctoral, and professional student advising and support is growing rapidly. Thus, the need for this professional community is never more needed.

Amanda Lager Gleason Graduate & Professional Studies Chair 2023-2025 Colorado State University

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About Working with Grad & Professional Students

The advising needs of post-baccalaureate students are no less complex than that of undergraduate learners and these needs are underpinned by an expansive body of adult learning theory and literature ripe for application.
The field of graduate, doctoral, and professional student advising and support is growing rapidly. Thus, the need for this professional community is never more needed.

Stay Up-to-Date on GPS Activities

The GPS Advising Community has many ongoing initiative such as:

Newsletters and notes
GPS Mentoring Program
GPS Collaboratives
GPS Histories Project
GPS Talk Series

To stay up-to-date on all of these intiatives as more, join our LinkedIn and Listserv

GPS Mentoring: Class of 2023-2024

The Graduate and Professional Student (GPS) Mentor Program, supported by the GPS Advising Community, is accepting applications for the 2023-2024 GPS Mentoring Program Cohort! This one-year Mentor Program is looking for mentees with less than two years of experience and mentors with more than two years of experience. For more information and the application, visit the Mentor Program webpage.

Mentor and Mentee applications are now open and due Friday, May 26, 2023.

Supporting Graduate Students Podcasts

Adventures in Advising

Listen to an Adventures in Advising podcast all about supporting graduate students and featuring some members of our Community. See JULY 6, 2020 | SEASON 1 | EPISODE 15

Get Online...Podcast Series

The Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance (Great Plains IDEA) has launched a three-part series that is part of its “Get Online…” podcast. The podcast series includes the following three episodes:

Episode 1: Academic Advising: Removing Barriers for Online Graduate Students (Guest Expert: Holli Fergus, Director of Academic Advising at American Public University System)
Episode 2: Academic Advising: Building Community for Online Graduate Students (Guest Expert: Jamie Heck, Director of Academic Affairs at the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing)
Episode 3: Academic Advising: Incorporating Career Advising (Guest Expert: Kimberly Smith, Assistant Provost of Academic Advising Initiatives at Virginia Tech University)

The podcasts are available at www.gpidea.org/podcast. Listeners can also find “Get Online...” at most podcast directories.