Advising: What We Do

For Advising assistance, email phoenixadvise@ucdavis.edu

Grace Landon – Course Administrator and Advising Assistant

Responsible for:

  • Academic Advising for students
  • Administrative approval of course material fees waiver for PLP, ENT, NEM, GDB, ABI
  • Department program reviews
  • Seminar organization and planning
  • Student recruitments and outreach
  • Teaching Committee Support
  • Course material fees processing
  • Course scheduling, room reservations, evaluations, advertisements
  • Managing DESII
  • PTA Numbers and Grade Change petitions
  • Regalia for Fall and Spring Commencement Ceremony
  • Textbook Adoptions and course related copying
  • Coordination of Research Scholars in Insect Biology Program
  • Integrated Curriculum Management System Management
  • Recruit and train peer advisors and organize their projects
  • First Year Aggie Connection Facilitator

Bianca Radut – Undergraduate Academic Advisor supporting Global Disease Biology

Responsible for:

  • Academic Advising for Global Disease Biology Majors
  • Approval of minors: Global Disease Biology
  • Student Advising Support, Academic Difficulty, Referrals, Withdrawal questions
  • Late drop petitions, registration status, academic standing questions
  • Graduation Questions
  •  Degree certifications
  •  Orientations for new students
  •  Student recruitment and outreach
  •  Articulation management
  •  Accreditation management
  • Managing departmental awards and citations
  • Recruit and train peer advisors and organize their projects
  • First Year Aggie Connection Facilitator

Elvira Hack – Undergraduate Academic Advisor supporting Animal Biology

Responsible for:

  • Academic Advising for Animal Biology and Entomology Majors
  • Academic dress, degree certification, departmental awards/citations, exit interviews
  • Accreditation management
  • Approval of Minors: Pest Management, Forensic Entomology, Insect Biology, Insect Ecology and Evolution, Medical-Veterinary Entomology
  • Department program reviews: Animal Biology Major and Entomology Major
  • Articulation Management
  • Coordination of Animal Biology Major and Entomology Major
  • Orientations for new students
  • Recruit and train peer advisors and organize their projects
  • Student recruitments and outreach
  • Major Program Reviews
  • Teaching committee support
  • Student Advising Support, Academic Difficulty, Referrals, Withdrawal questions
  • Late drop petitions, registration status, academic standing questions
  • Degree Certifications
  • Graduation Question

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

Responsible for:

  • Academic Advising for Graduate Students
  • Department program reviews
  • Integrated Curriculum Management System (ICMS) and Articulation management
  • Input financial support for students into Grad Tracks
  • Orientations for new students
  • Permission to Add codes, Registration Issues, Late Enrollment, Late Drop, Variable Unit Changes and Petition and Exception changes and questions
  • Seminar organization and planning
  • Student recruitments and outreach
  • TA Selection, Job Descriptions, Offer Letters and TA Financial Break-down
  • Coordination of Science and Society including the Career Discovery Group
  • Administration approval of course material fees waiver for Career Discovery Group
  • Coordination and management of Science and Society Program
  • Administrative approval of course material fees waiver for Career Discovery Group and Science and Society courses