Andrew Vargas

This module further emphasized the importance of having a resource notebook and the continued importance of staying current in your industry. Luckily our institutions also have routine meetings to update us all about and changes that could affect or day to day. Knowing the importance of staying current, it gives more meaning to making the time and documenting what is shared in meetings. It also further clarified that every process or procedure, although different from one institution to another, must have clear parameters on how they do things such as credit transfers. 

This module was a great read, it reminds us to be sponges and learn as much as we can about our institution, this includes the various departments, roles, and programs available. It also suggests we take further steps to sit in class, attend a webinar, and converse with our colleagues in different departments as well as the students who have lived through the classes/internships, and who's made it to the field. 

The more informed, the better we are as advisors. 

I felt this module served as a reminder of the importance that the enrollment agreement can have, and our responsibility to each student to properly go through the steps including the financial aspects to ensure that are aware and informed every step of the way. At our institution, we are fortunate to have support from various departments but it helps to have a uniformed approach

This was a good refresher of the definitions associated with the admissions process, as for the notebook, I feel maintaining it up-to-date it the most important so as to assure that the information we give in admissions/enrollment is accurate to the students.