About Us
The Academic Advising Center staff strives to ease your transition into college life and help you succeed as a student. We offer the following services:
- Answering your advising questions
- Providing Degree Program Advising Sheets (Please click on the link to the left of this page)
- Assembling your "Learning Plan"
- Connecting you with other campus services
- Helping you select classes
- Eeasing you through academic difficulties
Our service mission is to treat all students with respect and positive regard. By recognizing individual differences, we meet students' needs and expectations in a timely and appropriate manner. We assist individual students in developing self-directed behavior in order for them to make the best possible decisions concerning their educational goals and to achieve academic success. We adhere to the following service behavior/standards:
- Build rapport with students
- Acknowledge students in a prompt and service-oriented manner
- Go the extra mile for the student
- Identify student needs and expectations
- Ensure personalized interactions
- Follow-up and follow-through for the individual
- Explain policy, procedures and timelines to customers
- Ensure confidentiality
IU East Advisors
David Silberstein, Director
Academic Advising
Whitewater Hall 112
(765) 973-8306
dsilbers@indiana.edu
Advises students majoring in Behavioral and Social Sciences,
and Humanities and Fine Arts.
Bob Lang, Academic Advisor
Academic Advising
Whitewater Hall 112
(765) 973-8249
rlang@indiana.edu
Advises students majoring in General Studies, Business,
and Natural Science and Mathematics.
Belinda Wyss, Director of Career Services
Career Services
Whitewater Hall 263
(765)973-8258
bwyss@indiana.edu
Advises students who have not yet declared a major.
Bonnie Hestand, Academic Advisor
Nursing Dept.
Hayes Hall 201
(765)973-8353
bhestand@indiana.edu
Advises Pre-Nursing students and students
majoring in the Allied Health areas.
Brenda Buckner, Faculty Advisor
Education Dept.
Middlefork Hall 358
(765)973-8581
bjbuckne@indiana.edu
Advises Education students.
Thomas Avery, Coordinator
TLC/Academic Advising
Whitewater Hall 112
765-973-8312
thavery@indiana.edu
Distance Education Courses & Choices @ IU East
*If you are majoring in Social Work or Criminal Justice you need to contact that department directly.