Advising Essential - December 2023

Advising News

Using Elevate for Advising

Within Starfish, you can find Elevate. Elevate was created to support proactive advising to empower student success. Think of it as a one-stop-shop for information on advising your students. See how often they are engaging, courses and grades for each semester, what they have enrolled in for the next semester, cumulative GPA, how many courses they have late dropped - and so much more - all in one place.

In Starfish, select Overview for your student, at the bottom of the screen, you'll see "Links to Additional Resources" and then a link that says "Link to Elevate." For more information on Elevate, visit https://tlt.psu.edu/elevate/.

We will be holding an Elevate training session for faculty in the spring semester!

General Advising

Withdraw from the University - Students who will not earn a 2.0 term GPA could consider withdrawing from the University to avoid suspension. Students who withdraw from the University will show a W on their transcript for all enrolled courses. Student must re-enroll if they intend to return to the University. For more information on withdrawing from the University: https://www.registrar.psu.edu/enrollment/leaving/withdrawal.cfm
Stay of Suspension - If the student is on Academic Warning and has engaged in academic recovery, and has fewer than 15 recovery points, they can petition a Stay of Academic Suspension. The petition must be submitted by the end of the business day after the last day of final exams. Students will be required to cite and prove extenuating circumstances that affected their academic performance. For more information click here: Stay of Suspension.
Suspension - If a student earns less than a 2.0 term GPA while on academic warning, they will be suspended from taking courses at all Penn State campuses for 2 semesters (this does include summer). For information Academic Warning and Suspension, click here.

Reminders!