Advising: What We Do

Contact: phoenixadvise@ucdavis.edu

Nicole Finney – Advising Assistant

Responsible for:

  • Course material fees processing
  • Course scheduling, room reservations, course advertisements
  • PTA Numbers and Grade Change petitions
  • Regalia for Fall and Spring Commencement Ceremony
  • Textbook Adoptions and course related copying 
     

Andrea Guggenbickler – Undergraduate Academic Advisor supporting Global Disease Biology and Entomology

Elvira Hack – Undergraduate Academic Advisor supporting Animal Biology and the Science and Society Program which includes Career Discovery Group and the Contemporary Leadership Minor

Responsible for:

  • Academic Advising for students
  • Academic dress, degree certification, departmental awards/citations, exit interviews
  • Accreditation management
  • Contemporary Leadership Minor (CLM) advising, approval of minors
  • Department program reviews
  • Integrated Curriculum Management System (ICMS) and Articulation management
  • Input financial support for students into Grad Tracks
  • Orientations for new students
  • Recruit and train peer advisors and organize their projects
  • Seminar organization and planning
  • Student recruitments and outreach
  • TA Selection, Job Descriptions, Offer Letters and TA Financial Break-down
  • Teaching committee support
     

Theresa Garcia – Graduate Program Coordinator supporting Entomology and Plant Pathology graduate programs

Responsible for:

  • Academic Advising for students
  • Department program reviews
  • Integrated Curriculum Management System (ICMS) and Articulation management
  • Input financial support for students into Grad Tracks
  • Orientations for new students
  • Seminar organization and planning
  • Student recruitments and outreach
  • TA Selection, Job Descriptions, Offer Letters and TA Financial Break-down