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>> So my name is Alicia Regina and currently I
work at Rutgers University as an office manager

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and academic advisor for the School of
Arts and Sciences Liberal Arts School.

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So I have sort of dual role in my office.

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I'm an office manager and
I also advise students.

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So typically when I come in in the morning it's
making sure that the office running smoothly,

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the schedules for appointments are for all
of the different advisors are going to be ok

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for that day and then making sure my staff is
prepared to handle the students that come in.

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And I also meet with students regularly so
I have to look up their academic records

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and make sure that I'm prepared
for the meetings I have with them.

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Students schedule appointments with our
office to discuss their academic plans,

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figure out their major and minor,
or figure out even what kind

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of courses they'd like to take next semester.

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So we as advisors help students kind
of determine what goals they have

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and how they can reach them academically.

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So depending on where the student is at in their
academics you know sometimes we have a student

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coming in not knowing what they want to
do at all and sometimes we have students

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that know exactly what they want to do, or
seem to know exactly what they want to do.

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And so by meeting with the students and
discussing their either career goals,

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or their academic plans, we can help determine
what kind of courses they would want to take

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that will help get them to a place
where they can have the knowledge

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to pursue their career goals
or their academic goals.

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So we'll sit down and we will discuss
courses that are available and whether

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or not it's appropriate for
the students to take them.

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A lot of times it's determining whether

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or not the student has the appropriate courses
pre-requisite courses and also trying to see

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if the major or minor that they're
choosing is something that they are fit

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to do and can achieve successfully.