Academic Advisement and Counseling Center
The Academic Advisement and Counseling Center is located in the Robert McLaughlin College Center, room 302, and offers academic advising, as well as, personal, career and transfer counseling.
Academic Advisement
The Academic Advisement Center is responsible for assigning faculty advisors to students, assisting students with the curriculum change process, and assisting new students with placement score interpretation and initial course registration. The Advisement Center is also responsible for coordinating the First Year Student Seminar program. The Advisement Center is home to over 400 advisees, but also assists non-advisees when faculty advisors are unavailable during winter and summer breaks. Such assistance includes course selection, schedule adjustments, curriculum changes, referrals and counseling on the impact of each academic decision. The Advisement Center educates student advisees on the self-registration process and how to be responsible consumers of their education through one-on-one appointments, publications and workshops.
Personal Counseling
Counseling services provide students with the opportunity to speak one-on-one with a counselor about problems which could interfere with personal growth and academic achievement. Reasons to seek out counseling could include concerns with family, roommates, relationships, stress, anxiety, adjustment to college life, academics, substance abuse, sexual assault or depression.
Career Services
A variety of career services are available to Herkimer College students. Individual career counseling (including assessments) can help a student confirm their current major, identify a transfer major, and help to identify potential career paths. Workshops are offered each semester to teach skills to help students to transition into the workforce. Students can also have their resume critiqued and participate in a mock interview. In addition to the annual Career Fair, employers with specific hiring needs are brought to campus to recruit future employees. Students can also learn about on-campus and community based employment opportunities by visiting Career Services or www.herkimer.edu/jobs
Transfer Counseling
Services include individual assistance with the transfer counselor (i.e. selection of courses for transfer to specific colleges or majors), transfer assistance workshops, Transfer College Days, individual on-campus visits by various four-year colleges, a transfer resource library, information on transfer agreements and transfer scholarships and computer assisted transfer college search.