Advising
Advisors provide quality academic advising to assist students in transitioning to their best-fit major and work with you to:
- Create an academic pathway aligned with your personal and career interests.
- Provide aid in choosing classes that encourage exploration but also make forward degree progress
- Empower students to explore curricular and co-curricular options to make informed decisions about academic and career goals
- Guide students in navigating university systems and processes
- Connect you with a career advisor
- Help open up new opportunities for discovery and exploring
Are you a current PES student looking to connect with your PES advising team?
Schedule an individual advising appointment
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Join us for drop-in advising
- Dec. 2-13: 1-3 p.m. (offered in-person only)
- Dec. 25-Jan 1: CAMPUS IS CLOSED
To access drop-in advising:
- Virtual: Log in to Buff Portal Advising, click on the Program in Exploratory Studies tile with the explorer icon on the left side of your screen. Select the virtual drop-in advising session you wish to attend to obtain the link to our PES Drop-In Zoom waiting room (and Zoom Meeting ID if ). An advisor will admit you from the Zoom waiting room once they are available to meet with you. You will be admitted to the main room and moved by an advisor into a breakout room. Please have your student ID ready.
- In-Person: Please come to the PES Advising Lobby located in the CASE building, east wing, 2nd (main) floor and check-in at the kiosk next to our front desk. An advisor will come get you when they are available to meet.
How to make an advising appointment
Step 1
Log into your
Step 2
On the left side, select Classes & Registration
Step 3
Scroll down and click Academic Advising
Step 4
Click Schedule an appointment
Step 5
Click on your your advisor's picture and it pulls up their schedule for you to book an appointment
Important note:
A hold prevents you from taking some kind of action, whether that's registering for classes, getting proof of enrollment, receiving a financial aid refund, ordering a transcript or receiving a diploma. Make sure to check Buff Portal for details on how to get holds resolved. Contact your advisor if you have additional questions.
With more than 85 majors, minors and certificates there are many academic paths at 桃色视频 and finding the one that fits you best is what we鈥檙e here for. Exploration happens both in and out of the classroom, so remember to take advantage of the opportunities and experiences available to you. You never know where you might discover the path that鈥檚 right for you!
Our office has a set of peer mentors who are available to help you. Peer mentors are current and former PES students. You can ask them questions and get a peer鈥檚 perspective. They have personal insight with the IUT process and discovering the major that was right for them. They work at the front desk of the UEAC and are available to help with any simple questions you may have.