University of Georgia

2026-2027

Advising Workshop (suspended)

Purpose: The Advisor Workshop Committee meets several times per semester to consider content and logistics for the spring Advisor Workshop. We determine dates, times, locations, meal options, guest speakers, activities, etc. that will be most convenient, useful, and appealing to the UGA advising community.

Time Commitment: Year-long – begins before the fall semester and ends before the summer of the following year.

  • Chair: Vacant
  • Train Wu
  • Sarah Hall
  • Dina Canup

Other Information: This committee has to be very proactive at the beginning of each academic year, because things like room reservations for 150+ people, requests for money, and coordination of programming and other logistics must be secured in advance.

Assessment Committee

Purpose: This committee’s goal is to assess advising services at UGA. We will do this using multiple forms of assessment, including but not limited to student surveys, advisors surveys, data collection and synthesis, and informal discussion. The committee aims to identify gaps in advising services in order for AACC (and partners / subcommittees / etc…) to find ways to bridge these gaps.

Time Commitment: Academic year.

  • Chair: Kalli Drake
  • Angela Bowlus
  • Victoria Williams
  • Sherese Dantzler
  • Mike Merva
  • Jane Pinson
  • Nance Maiorino
  • Sage Kincaid
  • Jenn Blair
  • Jessica Couch
  • Mac McPherson
  • Jessica Davis
  • Matthew Orsag
  • Sarah Dove
  • Melissa Garber
  • Paris Carter
  • Zach Chamberlin
  • Morgan Mahaffey
  • Ginger Almon
  • Jackie Turk

Advisor Awards

Purpose: To examine the existing structure of the advisor awards and propose any needed updates and changes.

Time Commitment: Committee meets from early fall to early spring (probably 2-3 meetings).

Other Information: Note that this committee is separate from the selection committee. This committee is focused on the advisor awards process, not who wins the award.

Certificates

Purpose: The Academic Advising Certificate Committee oversees the general and advanced certificates in academic advising. This includes: recruiting instructors for certificate courses, assessing the certificate program and courses, and overseeing the capstone proposal process for the Advanced Certificate in Academic Advising.

Time Commitment: Year-long.

  • Co-Chairs: Litashia Carter and Aimee Dowd
  • Deedy Murray
  • Ryan Burke
  • Crystal Cooper
  • Matt Head
  • Lauren Corvino
  • Michele Collier-Thomas
  • Ginger Almon

Advising Newsletter

Purpose: The mission of the Advising Newsletter Committee is to streamline communication across Advising departments within the University of Georgia by providing forums for disseminating information and suggesting changes to improve communication when appropriate.

Time Commitment: Once a month during Fall and Spring semesters.

Advisor Networking

Purpose: This committee is charged with scheduling and promoting a variety of opportunities for advisors to meet, network, and socialize with other advisors throughout the year.

Time Commitment: Academic year.

  • Chairs: Deedy Murray
  • Jenn Letchuk
  • Crystal Cooper
  • Jane Pinson
  • Lise Kalla
  • Emily Shirley
  • Audrey Grigg
  • Michele Collier-Thomas

Lunch and Learn

Purpose: This committee meets to discuss topics relevant to staff development, information on new and current programs, and other matters pertinent to the advising community at UGA, and is charged with developing and presenting Lunch and Learn Sessions throughout the year.

Time Commitment: This is a year-round committee which meets regularly in fall and spring to discuss topics and designate assigned roles for the upcoming semesters.

Mentoring Advising Professionals

Purpose: The purpose of the Mentoring Advising Professionals (MAP) committee is to plan and manage the program, which includes organizing the orientations, events, applications, website & email.

Time Commitment: This has been a continuous program with a yearly program cycle – members may join at any time.

  • Co-Chairs: Ryan Smith and Alex Brock
  • Krysten Lewis
  • Victoria Williams
  • Ryan Burke
  • Elizabeth Fuller
  • Yadiro Castillo-King
  • Emily Shirley
  • Audrey Grigg
  • Lauren Walker
  • Samantha Patillo

Training

Purpose: The purpose of the Training Committee is to develop and maintain modules to be used in training new advisors across the university with basic advising knowledge applicable across all schools and colleges.

Time Commitment: Typically twice a year to review the modules and take into consideration if anything needs changing.

  • Co-Chairs: Melissa Garber and Jennifer Eberhart
  • Ryan Burke
  • Crystal Cooper
  • Mike Merva
  • Rebecca Jeffers
  • Susan Kinnaird
  • Jenn Blair
  • Lauren Corvino
  • Drew Craver
  • Mac McPherson
  • Greg Kline
  • Ali Gerlach
  • Ginger Almon
  • Matt Hinton

Transfer

Purpose: The Transfer Committee’s goal is to create and implement meaningful strategies and standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure transfer students are receiving top-level advising, resources, and connections regardless of their entry point or major at UGA. This committee works to examine the implementation of USG’s core-to-core commitment, core and general transfer advising, as well as identify meaningful transfer resources across advising units and departments on campus.

Time Commitment: Once a month during Fall and Spring semesters.

  • Chair: Emily Crossett Schwarz
  • Debbie Hargrave
  • Krysten Lewis
  • Victoria Williams
  • Crystal Cooper
  • Sherese Dantzler
  • Jane Pinson
  • Nance Maiorino
  • Katherine Field
  • Susan Kinnaird
  • Aimee Dowd
  • Jenn Blair
  • Matt Head
  • Antoinette Jones
  • Marcella Ganut
  • Melissa Garber
  • Mary Formo
  • Ali Gerlach
  • Sara Kirkpatrick
  • Kathryn Veale
  • Jackie Turk
  • Emily Robinson
  • Pete Escamilla

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