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Hello, my name is Julian Parrott,
I'm Assistant Provost at the University and I direct the Campus Center for Advising and Academic Services.
The end goal is to work with the student,
so the student themselves is empowered; that the whole process of learning is a teaching opportunity.
Its absolutely wonderful when you see a student that has really maximized their opportunities on campus.
I remember once I had a long advising relationship with a student,
she wanted to be a doctor...
and ran into some academic difficulties at the end of her freshman year.
We began to meet on a fairly regular basis.
We devised a program where she would be taking a pre-Med holiday.
And we worked out a sort of time frame where she could begin to reintroduce these classes back to her schedule.
So by the time she graduated, she graduated as a very successful U of I student.
she was then able to apply to grad school. And she went to Northwestern and did masters in Public Health at Northwestern.
We actually continued on our life coaching relationship after she'd left.
She'd email me, she'd send me cards and letters telling me how she was doing.
And about a year after she had graduated from Northwestern, she had entered University of Illinois Med school up in Chicago.
To be apart of that, to encourage and mentor, was extraordinarily rewarding. But ultimately the kudos are hers.
So if a student has any questions academically, they should definitely go to their advisor. But if they have questions about connecting on campus...
If they run into life issues: they're homesick,
they're spending twenty hours a week on a part-time job, these are things the advisor needs to be aware of.
because the most successful students we have are not just the students who perform in the classroom,
they're the students that are making the most of the extra and co-curricular opportunities. �