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Current Available Faculty & Academic Staff Positions

  

Academic Advisor/Counselor - 275a.0809

Department:

Student Support Services

Requirements (Degree/Experience):

  • Baccalaureate degree
  • Experience working with college students who are first-generation, low-income and/or disabled
  • Ability to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends

Responsibilities:

  • Provide support for program students in the areas of academic advising, study skills, leadership development, career planning and financial aid advising
  • Serve as the lead advisor for students in the science, technology, engineering and technology arenas
  • Assess student needs, develop individual student plans of action and monitor student success
  • Maintain detailed and accurate records of student contact
  • Develop, implement and evaluate the SSS Peer mentoring Program
  • Assist in planning, chaperoning and evaluating academic and cultural enrichment events and activities

Preferences:

  • Master's degree
  • Knowledge of Student Support Services and/or TRiO programs

Start Date:

October 1, 2008

Salary:

Competitive

Terms of Appointment:

  • Academic Staff position. Twelve month, 100% time contract with renewal subject to grant funding and based upon performance
  • Student Support Services is funded through a grant with the U.S. Department of Education. The present grand is funded through August 31, 2010

Application Deadline:

Evaluation of applications will begin August 11, 2008 and will continue until the position is filled.

How to Apply:

Send a letter of application, resume, contact information for five references, and transcripts (official or photocopy) to:

Frank Holmes, Student Support Services
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
800 Algoma Blvd.
Oshkosh, WI 54901-8606

(920) 424-1310

holmes@uwosh.edu

Please visit our web site at:
http://www.uwosh.edu

The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh is committed to recruiting, supporting and fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff and students, and is an AA/EEO Employer.

Employment will require a criminal background check. UW Oshkosh complies with the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act with regard to nondiscrimination on the basis of arrest and/or conviction record.

UW Oshkosh is required to provide a list of all nominees and applicants who have not requested in writing that their identity not be revealed. Persons agreeing to be final candidates will have their identity revealed as a final candidate.

The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh is both a major undergraduate campus and a regional graduate center in the statewide University of Wisconsin System. With a student body of 11,000, UW Oshkosh offers bachelor's and master's degrees in the professional colleges of Business, Education and Nursing, and the College of Letters and Science.

A flexible calendar permits faculty and students to plan and use their time creatively. The University features a faculty development program unique in the UW System, that supports research, curriculum development and professional development.

The UW Oshkosh campus is located along the Fox River in a city of 62,000 that is famous for its history and noted for modern commercial and cultural development. Bounded by lakes, rivers and nearby forested recreational areas, Oshkosh is located within easy driving distances of Milwaukee and Madison. Oshkosh is one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the state.
 

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