Purdue University
Academic Advisor - Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
🇺🇸 West Lafayette, IN
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Academic Advising
🗓️ August 28th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Contribute to student recruitment and retention programs
- Advise prospective and current students on academic preparation and course registration
- Create a respectful, student-centered advising environment
- Use data to monitor academic progress and conduct degree audits
- Refer students to campus resources when needed and maintain confidentiality of records
- Teach students about university structure, policies, and practices
- Master’s degree required
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with ability to collaborate broadly
- Knowledge of undergraduate recruitment and Purdue’s programs is a plus
Academic Advisor - Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Full Description
- Contributing to a robust student recruitment and retention program
- Advising prospective applicants on necessary academic preparation; appropriateness of program as it pertains to prospective applicant's goals
- Creating an open and respectful environment by utilizing a student-centered practice that emphasized mutual respect, dignity and authenticity
- Centering the student in an asset framed approach where advising differentiates educational guidance to meet students where they are and acknowledges the critical value of each student's unique social capital
- Guiding students in course selection and the process for registering for courses
- Identifying campus activities, and programs opportunities related to students' major
- Maintaining consistent pattern of contact and communications with assigned students
- Using data to provide timely outreach to students on their academic progress and conducting audits on student's degree progress
- Assessing when a student's situation requires referral to campus resources
- Maintaining and ensuring confidentiality of student records
- Teaching students about the university's structure, systems, policies, and practices
What We're Looking For:
- Master’s degree in a relevant field
- Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to collaborate with faculty, staff, current and prospective students, parents, and families
- Ability to problem solve and utilize campus resources for individuals and groups
- Ability and willingness to work in a changing environment
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Knowledge of undergraduate student recruitment and marketing
- Knowledge of programs and majors at Purdue University
- Knowledge of field related to majors advised
What We'd Like You to Know:
- To learn more about Purdue’s benefits summary
- Purdue will not sponsor employment authorization for this position
- A background check will be required for employment in this position
- FLSA: Exempt (Not Eligible For Overtime)
- Retirement Eligibility: Defined Contributions immediately
- Purdue University is an EO/EA University.
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