I wanted to update all of our students on a few changes on the Ugrad advising team.
- Before we get to that, just a quick note that this week on Tuesday we will be very short staffed, so please note there will be a longer than normal wait at Quick Questions (QQ’s) on that day. We’ll have the same QQ schedule this year of Monday mornings, Tues-Wed-Thurs afternoons and Friday mornings. Check the advising calendar for dates and times.
- We will have a new process for graduation appointments this year, please stay tuned for more information on that process in the next few days. Please do NOT come to QQ’s for graduation appointments this week.
- Overload process is the same as previous quarters: sign up on UW’s notify tool and watch for open space. Contact advising if you are in need of a course to graduate or something else extraordinary.
Now on to the staffing changes/updates:
First, Lacey one of our ugrad advisers from last year, was on a temporary contract position through August and decided to pursue other adventures. We are grateful for the time she spent on our team and wish her well in her future endeavors.
This week we are super excited to welcome TWO new ugrad advisers onto our team!!
- Leslie Ikeda joins us as an academic adviser. She will work with prospective students in the beginning and will eventually add in current students as well. She has worked on campus previously and just graduated from Seattle University with a masters degree.
- Kim Nguyen, graduated in 2012 from our CS program, worked at Microsoft for 5 years in both program manager and recruiter positions, and will be joining our team as an adviser focused on career counseling but also doing some academic counseling. Kim will be available to start taking appointments soon, so stay tuned for how to schedule those on Acuity. She will also be available during some of our quick questions as well.
- With over 1300 total current students and over 1000 prospective students, we are very appreciative of the Allen School leadership supporting these additional positions.
We will also have a staff of 7 peer advisers from the ranks of your CSE classmates helping the ugrad team this year:
- Daniel Barnes
- Mitali Palekar
- Alison Ng
- Savanna Yee
- Maegan Nevalsky
- Josephine Lee
- Suzanne Kaltenbach
Jenifer, Maggie, Chloe, Pim and I are still here to help you all out as well, in addition to graduate advisers Elise, Dave and Garrett. Raven and Jeremy are also still here heading up our Diversity and Outreach team.
We are excited for the year to begin and look forward to seeing you all back this Wed.
Sincerely,
Crystal Eney and the CSE Advising Team