Aimee Stright

Experience

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  College of William and Mary

  Jun 2012 - Sept 2013

  As the Orientation Graduate Assistant, I supervised, advised, and mentored 10 paid Orientation Area Directors, where I was the lead on advising, hiring, training, and evaluating these individuals. Additionally, I led weekly meetings to discuss leadership skills, initiatives, and reflection based ways to reinvent the Orientation program. I supervised three student workers where I helped them manage projects through weekly meetings and arrange responsibilities including survey analysis, website design, four hiring cycles with over 600 students, and assessment. Show less During the course of my internship, I led group advising sessions utilizing Adobe Connect to introduce transfer students to academic policies, registration procedures, major declaration information, and positive course selection techniques (approximately 40 students). Additionally, I participated in the creation of new Blackboard learning tool designed to introduce all new students to the liberal arts perspective, academic advising basics, and registration basics. The presentations I developed can be seen below. Show less

  • Academic Advisor

    May 2013 - Sept 2013

  • Graduate Assistant for Orientation/Dean of Students Office

    Jun 2011 - May 2013

  • Graduate Intern

    Jun 2012 - Aug 2012
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  North Carolina State University

  Dec 2013 - May 2016

  Academic Advisor

  In Exploratory Studies, I worked with students one on one and in the classroom to ease their transition into higher education. I taught four sections of USC 101 and 102, a year long course to help my advisees successfully transition to NC State and explore themselves as well as majors of interest. Lastly, I served as the Poole College of Management Liaison to facilitate communication, understanding, and information between the two programs.

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  James Madison University

  May 2016 - now

  Coordinate academic advising for first-year students in partnership with Director of University Advising, including advisor assignments and collegiate collaborations. Maintain effective partnerships with colleagues and represent University Advising through campus committees, meetings, and initiatives. Develop accessible advising resources and professional development for academic advisors at JMU. Assist in communication for advisors across campus.Develop and lead academic advising assessment efforts for University Advising. Manage, analyze, and share advising data to inform decisions and practices. Supervise team of 3 exploratory advisors who provide strong academic advising for Exploratory students and students across campus. Show less Coordinate and provide guidance on academic advising for first-year students, including advisor assignments and collegiate collaborations. Maintain effective partnerships with colleagues and represent University Advising through campus committees, meetings, and initiatives. Contribute to academic advisor training, resources, professional development, and communication across campus.Develop and lead academic advising assessment efforts. Manage, analyze, and share advising data to inform decisions and practices. Supervise and coordinate Madison Advising Peers (MAP) program comprised of a strong team of undergraduate peer advisors who provide supplemental academic advising to fellow JMU students. Lead training for and assessment of MAP program. Show less Coordinate and provide guidance on academic advising for first-year students, including advisor assignments and collegiate collaborations. Maintain effective partnerships with colleagues and represent University Advising through campus committees, meetings, and initiatives. Collaborate with campus partners to host academic advisor training, develop resources and professional development, as well as facilitate communication across campus.Supervise Exploratory Advising Team of 3 Academic Advisors and 1 Administrative Assistant. Track student engagement, team projects and student satisfaction with office. Coordinate and train 21 Madison Advising Peers (MAP), comprised of a strong team of undergraduate peer advisors who provide supplemental academic advising to fellow JMU students. Supervise graduate assistant for Madison Advising Peers Program. Show less Career Development Liaison:Responsible for the creation and implementation of a comprehensive career readiness plan for five academic programs within the College of Integrated Science and Engineering. Develop and nurture meaningful interactions with department heads, faculty, and students regarding career related topics. Generate academic content for professors to utilize when teaching career related topics. Perform customized and on-demand career counseling to students through weekly walk-in office hours. Present at various departmental functions and classes on university career resource and strategies.Academic Advisor:Advise 70+ undeclared first year students on topics such as college, career and personal transitions as well as university policy. Help students create and follow an academic instructional plan. Maintain a Canvas advising site to make major and career exploration resources readily available to students. Teach students in one on one appointments and UNST 102 course to identify and clarify their personal values, interests, and abilities as they relate to career and academic choices through inventory and assessment measures.Assessment: Coordinate the assessment processes in Career and Academic Planning to ensure effective use of office resources. Supervise the Assessment Graduate Student and co-develop assessment plan for the office. Show less

  • Associate Director of University Advising

    Jul 2022 - now

  • Assistant Director of University Advising

    Jul 2020 - Aug 2022

  • Interim Associate Director of University Advising

    May 2021 - Jul 2022

  • Career and Academic Advisor

    May 2016 - Jul 2020