School of Informatics IGM, IST, and NSSA departments

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School of InformaticsIGM, IST, and NSSA
departments

• Academic Advising Session
• WELCOME!!

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Clickers Test Question

• Is your Clicker on?
• Yes
• No

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What has been your favorite experience at RIT so
far?

• A) Tiger Walk
• B) Convocation
• C) Meeting your OA
• D) Eating at Gracies
• E) Other

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Agenda

• School Structure
• Introductions
• What is academic advising
• General announcements
• Split into program groups
• Review program requirements
• Your questions

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School of Informatics

• 3 Departments (6 Undergraduate Degrees)
• Information Sciences Technologies (IST)
• Information Technology (IT)
• Medical Informatics (MI)
• Interactive Games Media (IGM)
• Game Design Development (GDD)
• New Media Interactive Development (NMID)
• Networking, Security, Systems Administration
  (NSSA)
• Applied Networking Systems Administration
  (ANSA)
• Information Security Forensics (ISF)

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Introductions

• Professor Luther Troell, Director of Informatics
• Department Chairs
• Professor Andrew Phelps, IGM
• Professor Jeffrey Lasky, IST
• Professor Sylvia Perez-Hardy, NSSA
• Professor Nicolas Thireos, Director of Medical
  Informatics
• Academic Advisors Rita Dean, Betty Hillman, Jenn
  Hinton, Bethany Johnson
• Staff Assistants Megan Fritts, Theresa Pozzi

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Academic Advising

• Who were are Advisors by Department
• Academic Advisor Role
• YOUR Role
• Faculty Advisor vs. Academic Advisor
• Walk-in schedule what is a walk-in?
• How to make an appointment
• Visit our blog http//advisors.it.rit.edu

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Which one of these would you NOT see your
academic advisor for?

• Course Scheduling
• Career related questions
• Academic difficulty
• Academic resources/referrals

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Student Services Academic Advising Center

• Main service point
• Course Registration Assistance
• Main source of department communication
• Co-op related questions
• Processing of forms

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Fall Course Schedule

• Program specific
• No changes to times or days
• Advanced Placement or transfer credit missing?
• Be sure to check your worksheet
• Use SIS to check your schedule!

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What do you like the most about your course
schedule?

• I have a class at 800 AM
• Im taking a course in my program
• I can sleep in
• No class one day per week

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Information Access Center

• Infocenter

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Communication

• E-mail RIT account
• Announcements on Blog
• US Mail
• Mail folder
• Bulletin boards
• Computer Account

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Communication

• E-mail Main RIT account
• Access online or calling ITS help desk
• 585-475-HELP (4357)
• Important to Check Daily
• Announcements on Blog
• http//advisors.it.rit.edu/
• Bookmark it or connect to your Google reader
• Be sure to check it weekly

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How many blogs do you read on a regular basis?

• None
• 1-2
• 4-6
• 7 or more

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Communication

• US Mail
• Correspondence sent to both home and local
  address
• Local Home Address Form for the School of
  Informatics database (different from Registrars
  office updates through SIS)

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Communication

• Mail folder
• Hallway by Student Services Academic Advising
  Center
• Check on a regular basis
• Bulletin boards
• Departmental and student use
• Check on a regular basis

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Computer Account

• For the Labs Instructions in your folders
• Any questions or problems accessing the Labs,
  Visit Open Lab 70-2670 for assistance

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Questions
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What are you most looking forward to?

• Attending hockey games
• LAN parties
• Class work/study/research
• Meeting friends and/or dating
• Joining the Anime club

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Thank you!

• Have a great fall quarter
• and first year!!!

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Breakouts

• GDD - Group A 70-1400
• GDD Group B 70-2400
• NMID Group C Tour
• IST 70-1620
• ANSA Group B Tour (Ann)
• ISF Group C 70-1610 (Bethany)