Who We Are
Housed within the Office of Undergraduate Education, UAARE serves undergraduate academic advisors across MSU's colleges and pathway programs.
Our MissionGrounded in Appreciative Administration and aligned with NACADA competencies, UAARE serves as a catalyst for advising excellence through professional development, community, collaboration, and data-informed innovation. | Our VisionAn advising community where professionals thrive, advising practice continually strengthens, and every advisor is equipped to advance equitable student success. | Our RoleWe convene, design, assess, recognize, connect, advocate, and build shared capacity across the institution |
What We Are Working Toward
Thriving ProfessionalsKnowledge, confidence, well-being, community, and pathways for growth. | Stronger PracticeConsistent, responsive, equity-minded, student-centered advising. | Continuous ImprovementEvidence that shapes programs, partnerships, systems, and priorities. |
Our Advising Learning Ecosystem
Advisor development is not a collection of isolated events. Each element reinforces the others and turns individual learning into organizational improvement.
What Informs Our Work
Our work is shaped by what we hear, what we learn, and what matters most.
UAARE’s priorities don’t exist in isolation. We look across multiple sources of information, from advisor feedback and assessment findings to institutional priorities, to understand where advisors and students need support and where opportunities for improvement exist. We then use those insights to shape our professional learning, resources, partnerships, and programming.
Meet Our Team
Housed within the Office of Undergraduate Education, Dr. Q and Katie Peterson are committed to supporting undergraduate academic advisors through comprehensive training and professional growth opportunities. Each year, we are joined by two full-time academic advisors who serve as Advising Fellows. These fellows play a vital role in enhancing professional development efforts and strengthening engagement within the advising community.
Grounded in Appreciative Administration and aligned with NACADA competencies, UAARE serves as a catalyst for advising excellence by empowering academic advisors through professional development, community, collaboration, and data-informed innovation. We partner across the institution to cultivate thriving professionals, strengthen advising practice, and lead continuous improvement that advances equitable student success.
From onboarding new advisors to delivering systems training and hosting networking events, we are committed to:
- Support undergraduate academic advisors to explore, thrive, and promote.
- Design and implement professional development programs for advising staff.
- Foster collaboration with other institutional departments and stakeholders.
- Identify potential career opportunities or advancements.
- Gain insights into industry trends and best practices.
- Foster innovation in advising approaches and services.
- Advocate for the importance and impact of academic advising within the institution.
We’re happy to help! Reach out anytime with questions or concerns.