At Valdosta State, you get advised by a success team, including your professional advisor, your faculty mentor, and team members from Career Opportunities, the Academic Success Center, and Financial Aid. Your professional advisor is your partner in planning your progression through your major toward timely graduation. Ultimately, advisors provide guidance and support to advance our students personally and academically. At VSU, advising is a collaborative, mandatory process designed to help students:

  • Succeed academically,
  • Develop an appropriate educational plan leading to graduation,
  • Focus on their life beyond the university, and
  • Play a responsible and proactive role in their own education.

At VSU, you have professionally trained advisors who are motivated and passionate about advising and helping students succeed. Within your college, faculty advisors are experts in their discipline, connecting routinely with our students; in the classroom, the studio, on the stage, in a lab, and beyond. Students can find out who their advisor is by logging into MyVSU.

Your advisor can help connect you with information on:

  • Acceptance/admission questions
  • Registration questions
  • Financial Aid questions
  • Change of major
  • Program of Study Questions
  • Course withdrawals
  • Academic Difficulty and Support Resources
  • Answering the question: How do I ___?
  • Academic Standing
  • Career exploration
  • Professional mentorship & more!

Yes! The VSU Undergraduate Catalog states that all undergraduate and graduate students must meet with their advisor each semester before being allowed to access the registration system and register for classes.

Advisors encourage students to:

  • Explore academic interests and determine an appropriate major
  • Design a program of study meeting individual interests and needs
  • Map out a schedule and prepare for registration
  • Monitor student's academic progress
  • Find activities and opportunities to enhance the academic experience
  • Seek mentorship and career path development
  • Connect with campus support services, such as:

Our goal is for you take an active role in your academic and social success. As a student, you should:

  • Initiate and maintain regular contact with your assigned advisor
  • Schedule and keep advising appointments
  • Monitor current academic progress
  • Read and use VSU's Undergraduate Catalog
  • Know the requirements of the degreed academic program of interest
  • Ask questions, be proactive and engaged!