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Travis Eide, a senior business
major, delayed his graduation to have
time to address anything on his senior
check.
“It’s ridiculous,” Eide said. “I
applied in July and they said they won’t
even get to it until December”
Because seniors graduating in May
must register for their last semester in
die middle of October, the senior check
helps litde, Eide said.
“As seniors we have to register
right away to get the classes we need,”
Eide said. “If we find out later that we
need something else we’re out of luck.”
To check a student’s records, clerics
go through records by hand to find out
whether all the requirements for grad
uation have been met, Pence said.
However, a few complications can
delay senior checks.
There are five checkers for all the
students in the university’s nine under
graduate colleges.
More than 2,500 senior checks
from the College of Arts and Sciences
will cross Pence’s desk this year, but
she is responsible for the College of
Fine and Performing Arts, too.
Though the senior check alone are
enough to keep them busy, the check
ers have other duties.
Checkmate
In addition to senior checks, stu
dents must have a final check done
when they apply for a degree.
In the final check, the clerks make
sure students have completed any
requirements lacking on their senior
checks, Pence said.
But because final checks must be
done before graduation, clerks must
stop doing senior checks for about a
month every semester to do final
checks, Pence said.
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Pence said.
Also, all senior and final checks
are processed based on graduation
date, not application date.
In too deep
Students should apply for senior
checks when thev have twn semesters
of course work left. This way they will
have time to correct any deficiencies
before graduation, Pence said.
By applying early students have
time to complete anything listed in the
check.
my check back, but I did it early
enough that I had time to confect any
problems,” said David Maloley, a
senior educational science major
The records and registration office
is working to improve the checks sys
tem with computers, but the system
won’t be in place until after the year
2000, Assistant Records Director
Rodney Moore said.
Some colleges offer an informal
senior check to students to give them
an idea ofwhat they still need.
“We try to get students to do their
checks early, so they can get the
results,” biology adviser Laurie Homer
said. “We also do unofficial checks to
help students plan.”
The Association of Students of the
University of Nebraska is considering
investigating the senior checks.
“Wfe haven’t decided to take action
yet. We are still gathering informa
tion,” ASUN senator Erik Hoegemeyer
said
Although it may take a while to see
results, clerics want students to know
they are not forgotten.
“We’re not ignoring you, we’re just
buried,” Pence said.
Deans, professors:
Use your advisers
By Josh Funk
Assignment Reporter
Students need good advice to
plan their way through the univer
sity to graduation.
The University of Nebraska
Lincoln’s advising system leaves
some students searching for
answers, but advising only works
if students go to their advisers,
some UNL registration officials
say.
“Your adviser should be your
new best friend at college,”
Registration and Records office
clerk Linda Pence said.
On their own
Some students don’t go to see
their adviser because they think
they already know the course
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“I haven’t seen my adviser in
quite awhile, but I have a good
idea of what classes to take,”
junior biology major Jason
- Chrisman said.
Easy access to registration
through NRoll also has made
many students think they don’t
need to see advisers, Rick
Alloway, the voice of NRoll and
journalism adviser, said.
“The problem is when stu
dents make mistakes in their regis
tration,’ Alloway said. “Advisers
can help students avoid mistakes.”
Successful advising can only
happen if students see their advi
. sors. ' -v:-i •' - ■
“I got really good advice once I
started seeing my adviser,” senior
educational science major David
Maloley said. “He helped me get
everything lined up to graduate.”
Device for advice
Advising is one of the most
important functions at the univer
sity, said Will Norton, dean of the
College of Journalism and Mass
Communications.
“Faculty can really get to know
students, and students get good
advice,” Norton said. _
Advising is difficult for stu
dents and faculty because “it is
tough to know all the require
ments for graduation,” Norton
said. t * .•
Deans and advisors agree that
students and faculty need to know
the requirements. Faculty mem
bers must be experts in their
fields, and experts in the ever
changing graduation require
•- ments.“It is increasingly difficult
to keep up with the changing
requirements,” Alloway said.
The Association of Students of
the University of Nebraska is con
ducting a survey to find out how
effective advising is at UNDs col
leges, ASUN senator Erik
Hoegemeyer said.
Hoegemeyer, who is in charge
of the survey, said he hopes to pre
sent his findings to ASUN by
early next semester and then the
university.
Advising HQ
To combat this problem, some
colleges have created undergradu
ate advising centers staffed with
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The problem
is when
students make
mistakes in their
registration. ”
RickAlloway
voice of NRoll
full-time advisers to help students.
In the School of Biological
Sciences’ advising center, stu
dents are counseled by advisers
with a master’s degree in counsel
ing.
“We’re trained to advise,”
Laurie Homer, chief academic
adviser, said. “We make sure stu
dents get the answers to their
questions.”
In the arts and sciences col
lege, students can get help from
auvismg specialists.
“We feel that students get
good advising almost without
exception,” said Brian Foster,
dean of the College of Arts and
Sciences.
Advising centers also help
non-major students with ques
tions about a college’s classes,
Foster said. In the case of arts and
sciences, its faculty teach 60 per
cent of the undergraduate credits
for all students, Foster said.
The business college also uses
an advising center, but it is staffed
with a combination of student and
full-time advisers.
“We try to do a thorough job
and answer all their questions,”
Amy Horrum, a sophomore, part
time business adviser, said.
Wondering years
According to the Institutional
Research department, many UNL
students do not graduate in four
years.
About 15 percent of the stu
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Nebraska-Lincoln in a given year
leave with a degree four years
later, according to Institutional
Research.
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ror rive-year degrees, the per
centage jumps to 40 percent of
students graduating.
“That graduation rate surpris
es me, but it doesn’t surprise me
that people are delaying gradua
tion more,” Alloway said.
Students prolong college to
defer costs, Alloway said.
“I’ve never been in a hurry to
get students graduated,” Alloway
said.
- Students shouldn’t rush
through the college experience,
Alloway said. It is a part of life
that cai’f be recaptured.
“You should want to get the
most for your money while you’re
here,” Alloway said. “Take the
best classes, not the easiest ones.”
Despite problems with the
advising and senior check systems,
students and faculty will have to
deal with them, Alloway said.
“Right now it is the best we’ve
got.”
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