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by Matt Cuddihy Thresher staff The Office of Academic Advising will be training one peer academic adviser per college to help with academic advising during Orientation Week. The advisers will help direct students with questions to the proper authorities, Director of Academic Advising John Hutchinson said. Applications for the position will be available by the end of this week and are due March 23. Interviews will begin in April. The O-Week peer academic adviser cannot also be advising at any college. Hutchinson said the idea for a peer academic advising program originated in fall 1999, and the program has been developed over the past year. A one-day training retreat for next year's peer academic advisers is scheduled for April 21, Hutchinson said. Further training sessions will be held sometime during the summer. Gwen Hoben, chair of the Student Association Academics Committee, said the peer advisers will have extensive knowledge of departments and majors. "They're going to have a broad knowledge of requirements and even area majors," Hoben, a Hanszen College senior, said. Hutchinson emphasized that the object of peer academic advisers is not to replace the current divisional or major advisers, but to supplement them. "Lots of students don't know what resources are available to them or who their divisional advisers are," Hoben said. "Peer academic advisers will serve as liaisons between the Office of Academic Advising and the students." Hoben said four more students could be trained as peer academic advisers after O-Week. The peer advisers would continue to serve in their positions throughout the year. Josh Hale, 2001 Wiess College Head Fellow, said the addition of peer academic advisers will strengthen advising for new students. "I've seen a lot of improvement since my freshman year, but I think having more people here to help certainly couldn't hurt," Hale, a Wiess junior, said. "It's hard for a faculty member to answer everyone's questions," Hale said. "That's why fellows, mentors and advisers are so important at colleges. Through the networking we already have set up as advisers, we do a very good job. Obviously, you can always improve something." Hoben said students interested in being peer academic advisers should contact her at gmbhoben@rice.edu for an e-mail application.
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