Academic Advisor Professional Development
Request for Professional Development - College of Science Embedded Academic Advisors
The College of Science Dean's Office Advising Team is pleased to hear you are interested in professional development. Submit your professional development request by completing the appropriate form below pertaining to memberships, conferences, webinars, etc.
Your request will be reviewed and you will receive notification of the status of your request within 3-5 business days.
Virginia Tech Advisor Resources
Spring 2025 Professional development Resources
Social Event: Welcome Back Social and Information Session on Steering Committee Elections
Date: February 4, 2025
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Gilbert Place, Room 2124
Plugged into Advising: Student Success Center
Date: February 5, 2025
Time: 1:00-2:00 PM
Location: via Zoom
Description: Did you know the Student Success Center offers more than tutoring? Come learn about the services and programs the Student Success Center offers to Virginia Tech students, including the new offerings such as on-demand tutoring, peer education training, and BMEN's research symposium. In this interactive session, representatives from the Student Success Center will also share ways in which you can refer students to their office and how students can participate in their programs.
Advising Chat: Career Treasure Chest Unlocked: New Virtual Resources Advisors Need to Know
Date: February 13, 2025
Time: 11:00-12:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Speaker(s): Claire Childress, Director, Career Pathways and College Relations and Meredith Gerber, Director of Career Exploration and Access
Description: Join Career and Professional Development (CPD) for an overview of their latest virtual tools that will give students 24/7 access to career-related assistance, including resume reviews, interview prep, career research, course assignments, and more. Through live demonstrations, you'll learn what’s new in CPD and how to integrate these resources into your advising sessions and courses to better support students in achieving their professional goals.
Navigate Feature Webinars: New Feature - NavAI
Date: February 13, 2025
Time: 1:00-2:00 PM
Location: Via Zoom
Description: Discover the possibilities with NavAI, a new feature in Navigate! In this webinar, we’ll demonstrate how NavAI can streamline message content creation and enhance your experience with V3 Reporting. Join us to see how this innovative tool can simplify your work and amplify your impact.
Plugged into Advising: Digital Wellbeing
Date: February 18, 2025
Time: 10:00-11:00 AM
Location: via Zoom
Description: Join Hokie Wellness as we explore digital well-being as advisors. This session will focus on the challenges of setting digital boundaries and the impact of work / life balance. We will discuss meaningful break strategies and digital well-being practices and resources for employees and students.
Plugged into Advising: Wrap-around Support for VT’s Military Dependent and Veteran Students
Date: March 3, 2025
Time: 11:00-12:00 PM
Location: via Zoom
Description: Join representatives from the Registrar’s Office and Office of Veteran Services to learn how these two offices collaborate to support VT’s military dependent and veteran students. This session will provide an overview of the type of resources and support each office provides this student population and how advisors can collaborate with each office to enhance holistic support for this student population. This session will include an interactive Q & A session.
Virginia Tech Advising Matters Conference
Date: March 7, 2025
Time: 8:00-4:15 PM
Location: Inn at Virginia Tech & Skelton Conference Center
Cost: $100
Registration Available from January 6-January 31, 2025
Register Here
Social Event: Mid-Semester Social after Advising Matters Conference
Date: March 7, 2025
Time: 4:30 PM
Location: Continental Divide Lounge, Inn at Virginia Tech
Navigate Feature Webinars: Advanced Search
Date: March 13, 2025
Time: 1:00-2:00 PM
Location: Via Zoom
Description: Unlock the power of Advanced Search in Navigate! In this webinar, we'll break down each information bucket, showing you how to refine your searches and uncover the data you need with ease. Whether you're searching for specific student groups or diving into detailed insights, this session will equip you with practical tips to make Advanced Search work for you.
2025 University of Pittsburgh Mentoring and Advising Summit
Date: March 14, 2025
Time: 9:00-5:00 PM
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free
Registration: https://www.accelevents.com/e/2025summit
Description: During this virtual summit, participants will engage with and learn about specific tools, techniques, theories, and concepts to support undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdocs as they chart goals, develop enduring networks, and sustain their pursuit of success after graduation. These aims are important as together, we work to make our institutions of higher education more dynamic and inclusive places for everyone, most especially for at-promise student populations including first-generation, income-eligible, underrepresented minority, exploratory, transfer, rural, international, and those in need of academic intervention.
Who Should Participate?: Any faculty member, staff member, administrator, graduate student, postdoc, or researcher who advises, mentors, or coaches undergraduate students, graduate students or postdocs.
Plugged into Advising: Academic Advising Strategic Plan
Date: April 10, 2025
Time: 3:00-4:00 PM
Location: via Zoom
Description: This strategic plan will help shape the future of advising at VT and support the experience of undergraduate students at VT. Join the advising community as we review the new 2025-30 Academic Advising Strategic Plan to include new goals and strategies Virginia Tech Advising will be working towards over the next 5 years.
Navigate Feature Webinars: Reporting Workshop
Date: April 15, 2025
Time: 1:00-3:00 PM
Location: In-Person
Register Here
Description: Dive into Navigate V3 Reporting! This interactive, in person workshop will demystify query-building logic and empower undergraduate academic advisors to turn questions into actionable insights. Through group collaboration, we’ll explore real-world scenarios to build meaningful queries—no prior data expertise required. Join us to make reporting practical, approachable, and even a little fun! Registration for this workshop is required. Please register using the Register Now! link by March 15. Room details will be shared with participants upon registration. This workshop will not be recorded.
Advising Chat: The Unique Needs of International Students Navigating Higher Education
Date: April 17, 2025
Time: 10:00-11:00 AM
Location: Zoom
Speaker(s): Lauren Oliver, Director of the Cranwell International Center, Elsie Paredes, Director of the Language and Culture Institute, and Alessandra Rosetti, Global Mentor Program Coordinator.
Description: During this session, we will discuss the unique questions and challenges that may arise when advising international students and share resources available to advisors and students, ideas for new supportive programming, and examples of successes in navigating challenges. Advisors will learn about helpful questions to ask international advisees, resources for international students across campus, and strategies for being inclusive and welcoming to students with different backgrounds.
Social Event: End of Semester Social, sponsored by Property Management at Virginia Tech
Date: May 8, 2025
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: To be announced
Navigate Feature Webinars: Staff Dashboard
Date: May 22, 2025
Time: 1:00-2:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Description: Take control of your Navigate Staff Dashboard! This webinar will guide you through using prebuilt widgets and show you how to customize your dashboard by building your own. Recommended for those who have attended the Reporting & Analytics webinar or workshop, this session will help you access the data you need quickly.