Academic Advising & Registration

Academic Advising

Academic advisors are staff and faculty mentors to students, helping them to understand the value of academic planning not only as a means of fulfilling degree requirements, but also in the context of setting personal, professional and intellectual goals and bringing them to fruition. Academic planning is a natural part of the liberal arts education, empowering and enabling students to take responsibility for shaping their own lives. Academic advisors may also assist in connecting students to campus resources that support their overall well-being.

All first-year students are assigned a student success coach who assists in registering them the summer before they arrive on campus and serves as their general academic advisor at least until the end of their first year. Major advisors are assigned when a student declares their major. Students may also have additional advisors for second majors, minors and pre-professional areas of interest.

Academic advising is not limited to a specific time. Whenever you have questions about your academic progress, career plans or course selection, make an appointment with your success coach or academic advisor to talk about them.

There are two specific times during the year when you must make an appointment with your advisor: the preregistration periods during fall and spring, when you choose your courses for the following semester. Preregistration for spring classes takes place in mid-October, and preregistration for fall courses and summer classes takes place in early April.

For more information about advising or the registration process, please email [email protected].

Students’ first option should always be meeting with their academic advisor or student success coach to plan schedules, add or drop classes, review major or Compass requirements, and discuss other important advising matters. However, if students are not able to meet with their advisor and have immediate advising needs, the assistant dean for student success can assist with:

• Answering questions about the Compass Curriculum, degree, major and minor requirements
• Providing information about important dates and deadlines — for example, the last day to withdraw from a course, when registration begins for the following term, etc.
• Changing academic advisors
• Explaining academic policies and procedures — for example, academic probation and suspension, withdrawal from the semester or the process for getting approval for taking courses at another institution

Assistant Dean of Student Success
Dr. Jennifer Lewton-Yates
Phone: 601-974-1327
Email: [email protected]
Location: Campbell Student Center 334

Beyond a major or a minor, many Millsaps students spend their four years with us preparing themselves for postgraduate study in a particular field. Our pre-professional advisors can offer assistance planning a course of study that leads to that next successful step, whether it’s immediately following graduation or a few years down the road.

Pre-Engineering
Dr. Yan Wang, Pre-Engineering Adviser
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
Phone: 601-974-1382
Email: [email protected]

Pre-Health
Dr. Lee Maggio, Director of Pre-Health,
Chair — Department of Physics,
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Phone: 601-974-1409
Email: [email protected]

Pre-Law
Mr. Harvey Fiser, Pre-Law Adviser,
Dean of the Else School of Management
Phone: 601-974-1268
Email: [email protected]

Pre-Ministerial
Rev. Dr. Ricky James, Pre-Ministerial Adviser,
Chaplain and Director of Church Relations
Phone: 601-974-1226
Email: [email protected]

Academic Advising Staff