{"id":1715,"date":"2022-09-07T08:31:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T13:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/?page_id=1715"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:03:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T16:03:34","slug":"program-advising","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/program-advising\/","title":{"rendered":"Program Advising"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper \">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content c-tile\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Each semester program offered by the Smith Center has a faculty program advisor. The role of a\u00a0<span class=\"il\">program<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">advisor<\/span>\u00a0is to:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>promote the <span class=\"il\">program<\/span>\/answer questions at our annual study abroad\/away fair (90 minutes, each October\/November)<\/li>\n<li>learn about the <span class=\"il\" style=\"font-size: 18px;\">program<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"> and advise students who are interested in applying to participate (student advising contacts scattered between October and February)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>review applications and select participants (generally 1-5 applicants per year)<\/li>\n<li>offer an orientation session (up to 2 hours, together with returned students, in September and April)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">meet with returned students to gather feedback on their experience (45 minutes, once each semester in September and February)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">The time commitment is about 10-15 hours spread across the year.\u00a0 Let us know if you are interested in serving as a program advisor!<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper \">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"site-section__header\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title site-section__title--center h3\" id=\"quick-helpful-links\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Quick Helpful Links<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content c-tile\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul style=\"margin: 1em 0px 2em 1em; padding: 0px 3em 0px 0px; font-size: 18px;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/welcome-to-saa\/academics\/\">Credits and Transcripts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1cMkDD4PGUfBNF2i5X5hrX6WdQZqQiZHY\/copy\">Course Projection Sheet for Academic Planning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/smith-center-events\/\">Smith Center Events Calendar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/equity-resources\/\">Equity Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/by-area-of-interest\/\">Study Abroad\/Away by Major and Area of Interest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/welcome-to-saa\/financing-your-experience\/\">Financial Planning Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/cancellation-and-refund-policies\/\">Cancellation Fees, Policies, and Dates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/stay-involved\/\">Contests for Returned Students<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":371,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1715","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/371"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1715"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9944,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1715\/revisions\/9944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}