The Office of Undergraduate Advising supports the University of Connecticut’s mission to help every undergraduate student grow intellectually and become a contributing member of the state, national, and world communities.

The Office of Undergraduate Advising supports this mission by: 

• providing leadership, advocacy, and strategic planning for UConn’s undergraduate advising community
• ensuring effective, equitable, and culturally competent advising practices
• sharing critical communications, resources, and support with undergraduates as well as the academic advising community, delivering robust advisor onboarding, training, and professional development
• facilitating connections and collaboration between academic advisors and campus partners

The Office of Undergraduate Advising actively promotes and enhances holistic undergraduate student success, retention, and graduation. Through innovative and inclusive advising, a culture of collaboration, and data-driven decision making, we are transforming UConn’s campus climate and building a welcoming and anti-racist community.

We are student-centered in all we do, seeking to remove barriers and regularly reevaluate policies and practices that do not serve the best interest of students or promote student success, retention, and/or graduation.

We seek to remove all barriers to success for both students and advisors, providing them the tools, education, and connections they need to be successful in their work.

We embrace regular communication and collaboration in our work with the advising community and campus partners. We will constantly encourage information and data sharing across UConn.

We seek to be a strategic and essential partner at UConn, allowing us to collaborate across the institution as we seek to achieve our goals.

We are data-driven in our approach, but balance this with a holistic approach to decision-making. We will use data to educate the advising community, as well as to challenge and support policies and decisions that advocate for the success of our students and advisors.

We engage in regular benchmarking and research regarding best practices in the advising community, in order to stay abreast of advances in our field.

We exhibit professionalism in all we do, setting the bar for professional, collaborative relationships.

We commit to creating an equitable and inclusive advising experience for all undergraduate students.