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Guiding the journey from college to career

The Filene Center for Academic Advising and Career Services helps students form a tight network of support to navigate daily college life and prepare for…

Through the Student Lens – Peer coach connects with students and helps them carve a path to academic success

Who can students turn to if they want to improve their test-prep, notetaking or time-management skills? Meet an academic advising peer coach who draws from…

Updates on Academic Planning for Spring 2021

We are looking forward to your return to Wheaton for the Spring 2021 semester, both in person and virtually.

Supporting the hybrid and remote college academic experience at Wheaton

Unique and effective ways for teaching and learning have been our central focus with the start of the academic year.

Through the Student Lens – An inside view of student life

As students (and families) adjust to an altered Wheaton life, preceptors—student staff trained to assist students in academic life—are now more than ever, one of…

Advising at a Distance – Strategies for Success

Highlighting resources and opportunities for embracing advising at a distance, noting many of the strategies, tools and resources that will enable personalized connections between advisors…

Back to School Means Back to Thinking…About A Lot

It may feel like summer for the next few weeks, but, soon enough, your student will crack open their books, attend classes, meet with faculty,…

Academic and Career Connections

The establishment of connections between academic and career advising has emerged as a recognized best practice in higher education.

Focusing on Student Success

When I was working at another institution, my Vice President once defined “student success” by saying that she wanted our students to “get their degree,…

Meet Gracie Callaghan – Academic Advising Intern and our Scholar of the Week!

Gracie Callaghan is a rising senior at Wheaton College, pursuing an independent major in Social Justice Studies.

College Majors… more than preparing for a career; preparing students for the world!

Students face the unending question of “What’s your major?” from the moment they consider attending college. It seems such a significant decision, as if they…