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Advisement Services Center Staff
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Suzanne K. Phillips
The Advisement Services Center is an
important resource for you during your years
at UAlbany. The Center is staffed with
professional advisors who are dedicated to
helping you achieve your academic goals. You
will have an assigned advisor in this office
during the time you are charting your
educational path. As you identify your
interests, strengths and abilities, your
advisor will help you to match these with the
resources and opportunities at the University.
Once you decide upon and gain entry to your
major, your official advisor will become
someone in that academic department. However,
the advisors here will continue to be
available to you to answer questions and help
with any changes in your path. We look forward
to getting to know you and participating in
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Linda Scoville,
Ph.D.
Assistant
Director, Pre Law Advisor
I have always believed
that the student is the most important
component here at the University at Albany,
and my advising reflects this. What I am most
interested in is your hopes, dreams, and
plans, and how we can take the steps to make
these into reality. I take the time to really
listen to my students, and am always willing
to help with any of your concerns. An advisor
is a partner in a student's academic career,
and together we can plan for the future.
Linda received the
Outstanding Advising Certificate of Merit from
the National Academic Advising Association,
2003.
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Academic Advisors
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Sesan
Badejo
Academic
Advisor
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My role, as your academic advisor, is to
empower you to make informed decisions about
choosing appropriate majors to accomplish your
goals. I promise to listen attentively to you,
and I will facilitate your access to the
excellent resources and opportunities that the
university provides to enable you achieve
academic success.
Individual students have unique abilities and
interests. As you continue to grow
intellectually and personally, I will work in
partnership with you as you identify, explore,
and enhance your strengths with the help of
university resources. I am here to support you
in your quest for a successful
educational experience, and a bright future.
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Vanessa
Borum
Academic
Advisor
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As an academic advisor my role begins with
creating an environment where students feel
comfortable to ask questions, learn about the
University's resources, and take the steps to
achieve their goals. Together, we will create
plans to achieve your academic goals in
college starting from exploring and declaring
your major, participating in student groups,
acquiring an internship, and traveling abroad.
I hope our interaction will help broaden your
academic and personal interests in the
classroom and you will participate in the
University community. I look forward to
working with you. My door is open - feel free
to stop by, email, or call.
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Barbara Brown
Program
Coordinator/Academic
Advisor
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I think advising is a
series of moments: crafting a schedule of
classes, discussing plans for academic
success, exploring ideas as your future comes
in to focus. I will serve as your guide, your
mentor, and your advocate as you journey
through your first years of college. My role
is to work with you in shaping your
educational plan and to point you in the
direction of the many other university
resources available here to enrich your
academic experience and your life. I encourage
you to participate in our community. Although
my professional background is in journalism,
public relations, and education, my interests
are diverse. I enjoy sharing ideas and look
forward to getting to know you. My door is
always open.
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Ann
Marie Carrick
Pre
Health Advisor
As an academic advisor, I want to see my
students succeed both inside and outside of
the classroom. My friendly approach to
advising will help you to explore you
interests, likes, and strengths in order to
find a major that will lead you to a happy and
fulfilling life and career.
As the pre-health advisor, I want to see you
advance on to a health career that is a good
fit for you and your talents. I know that your
pre-health coursework is demanding; with a
background in biochemistry, I hope that I can
relate to you and your academic interests. Be
sure to participate in the workshops, guest
speakers, and advising sessions that I hold
each semester so that you are taking full
advantage of our pre-health resources at
UAlbany.
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John Donoghue
Program
Coordinator/Academic
Advisor
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Students come first! This is my personal
philosophy as an academic advisor at the
University at Albany. In working with students
I hope to help them explore their academic
options, help to make them aware of the
various opportunities available at University
at Albany, or just being there to listen.
Hopefully in our time together, students will
be working to develop both short term and long
term goals in the classroom and in life. I
encourage students to contact me at any time
whether through phone, email or dropping by
the office.
John received the Academic Advising Excellence
award from the National Academic Advising
Association, Region 1, 2006.
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Yenisel
Gulatee
Academic Advisor
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As your academic
advisor, with an academic background in
anthropology, history, and futures studies I
invite you to imagine the possibilities and
create your best preferred future (s). College
is a transformative experience where students
gain invaluable, insightful knowledge about
themselves and the world around them.
Creating a path can be difficult and confusing
at times, but one must stay the course by
being patient and persistent. I hope that
through this process you will allow me to
collaborate with you, so that we can best
match your interests and professional goals,
with an academic path that showcases your
talents, abilities and multiple intelligences.
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Anita Rua
Hanson
Academic Advisor
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As your advisor
at this University, I look forward to getting
to know each of your "stories" and talking
with you as often as you make decisions about
your future. I want you to realize that
you are here for your own benefit and that you
are sure to grow when you take on challenges,
even small ones. I hope that while you
are in school you will take advantage of the
innumerable opportunities that are out there
for you to expand your learning. I am
here to answer your questions, help you
clarify your academic goals, and to show you
how to find those opportunities that will best
suit you.
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Kim Kerker
Academic
Advisor
Email I joined the Advisement
Services Center in January 1999 as an academic
advisor. I have worked at the University at
Albany since 1993 as an Assistant Director in
the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. While
at admissions, I enjoyed meeting and advising
prospective Albany students, both freshmen and
transfers. My move to the Advisement Services
Center has been a natural and pleasant
transition since I can combine my knowledge of
the University's academic policies with my
interest in helping students on a continuous
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Peter
Monaco
Academic Advisor
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Aldous Huxley
wrote “Experience is not what happens to you.
It is what you do with what happens to you.”
My role as your academic advisor is to
encourage you to value and intensely engage
each experience you have at the university,
both in coursework and as an integral part of
the academic community. I will work alongside
you to identify and develop your strengths and
interests so you may succeed professionally,
intellectually, and creatively during this
important time in your life. As an educator
and advisor, I consider your progress a
collaborative endeavor; together we will
develop a path that not only ensures your
success at the University at Albany, but also
one that supports your development as a
critical thinker and engaged citizen of the
global community. This will be an exciting and
engaging journey, for as Joe Strummer reminds
us “The future is unwritten.”
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Katerine
Pais
Academic Advisor
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Working with
diverse students over the years has given me
an appreciation of the various academic,
personal and career needs of students. I view
students from a holistic perspective and
assist students in discovering, exploring and
achieving their unique educational, personal
and career goals. My goal is to guide you in
becoming a critical-thinking and self-reliant
individual who can use the indispensable tools
you acquire in college as transferable skills
to use in your personal and professional life.
I hope to serve as your academic liaison to
the many resources on campus as well as to be
a bridge to your academic and professional
goals. My door is always open to students and
I can be reached in whatever form is most
convenient-phone, email or in person.
Katerine received the
Outstanding New Advisor Certificate of Merit
from the National Academic Advising
Association, 2009.
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Luis
Paredes
Academic
Advisor
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“The only thing to do with good advice is pass
it on. It is never any use to oneself.”- Oscar
Wilde
My role as an academic advisor is to guide and
help students achieve their goals, explore
their potentials, interests, and talents and
better develop their academic values. College
is a once in a lifetime experience that will
engage you in many accomplishments and
changes. Those experiences will live forever
through many friendships and relationships.
I believe in understanding the attitudes and
perceptions of every student and analyzing
their caliber. Individual prosperity and
well-being will empower your academic path and
success. My educational background is in
history, literatures and cultural
studies—though, I share many ideas and
perspectives. I look forward to meeting you;
my door is always open.
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Kristen
Swaney
Academic
Advisor
Email College may be
the first time in your life that you get to
choose what you want to learn about, so
take advantage of the opportunity! I am here
to be a resource and advisor to you during
your first few years at Albany, and I want to
help you take ownership of your college
education. I will not make decisions for you,
but I will help you to set short term and long
term goals for your educational career.
Everyone has their own strengths, interests
and life perspectives – and I treat each of my
students as unique individuals. I am
very student-centered and want to help you
make the most of your time in college –
academically, personally and professionally. I
have a BA in Anthropology/Sociology, and a
Master’s degree in College Student Affairs,
and I love working with college students.
Kristen received the Academic Advising
Excellence award from the National Academic
Advising Association, Region 1, 2009.
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