Academic Advisors for First Year College Student-Athletes

• Assist students in the registration process for the following semester.
• Provide information to students about intracampus transfer requirements as they explore different majors and move to matriculation.
• Provide information to students about North Carolina State University's academic policies and procedures.
• Provide information to students about the NCAA rules and regulations impacting their eligibility.

Act as Supplemental Advisors for Student-Athletes in a Major

• Pre-advise students during the registration process to be sure they are prepared to meet with their major advisor and are aware of their practice and travel schedules .
• Review class schedules once approved by the student's major advisor for practice conflicts and to be sure that missed class time due to travel is minimized.
• Provide information to students about the NCAA rules and regulations impacting their eligibility.

College Liaisons

• An ASPSA staff member is assigned to each college in an attempt to improve communication between the colleges and the program. With this effort, ASPSA staff members attend departmental meetings to gather information to share with the staff about curriculum changes, and intracampus transfer policy changes or updates.
• During the registration advising period, the ASPSA liaisons contact the specific departments for guidelines to pass along to the student-athletes with regard to early advising appointments.
• Liaisons provide a consistent point of contact for each college if they have any issues/concerns they would like to address.

Priority Registration / Hotlist

• Academic Coordinators meet with their teams prior to the registration advising period to provide information about priority registration and the registration process within each college.
• Each semester, the ASPSA monitors the "hotlist" to be sure that there are no more than 25% student-athletes in any section of any class. In the event that the percentage is over 25%, a member of the ASPSA staff makes contact with the appropriate department to discuss the situation. In addition to reviewing the numbers of student-athletes, the staff looks at the different personalities of the students enrolled in each section to be proactive in avoiding any potential situations.

Reconnect Program

• ASPSA attempts to inform former student-athletes who have not completed degree requirements of the different options to get back into the university and make progress toward their degrees. In addition, ASPSA helps to connect students with the appropriate advisor in their degree programs.
• A member of the ASPSA staff is responsible for working with students who leave the university prior to graduation and then return to the University in order to continue to make progress toward their degree.