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PAA Spotlight – Kristin Foringer!

Hello everyone! This week we have a spotlight on Kristin Foringer, a junior at Baker College and an O-week Peer Academic Advisor! With our PAA spotlights, we gather words of wisdom from some of the O-week Peer Academic Advisors you … Continue reading

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June 10, 2013: PAA Updates from the OAA!

Hey everyone! The Student Directors of Peer Academic Advising are currently hard at work preparing materials to make sure that everyone goes smoothly on the academics aspect of O-week 2013. O-week is 50% academic advising and we are making sure … Continue reading

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PAA Information Sessions

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PAA Applications are out!

Interested in making a difference at your college and campus-wide? Become a PAA! Learn more about the position and process here: https://docs.google.com/a/rice.edu/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHNvMzljTjBPbjJaYzVYaWpNa2x6dHc6MA#gid=0  

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Owl Admission Blog spotlights PAAs

“Have you ever wondered how Rice students always seem to know just what class to take? Or maybe you have noticed the exact opposite: Rice students who register for the maximum of 20 credit hours, and then carefully drop down … Continue reading

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PAA Goals

Earlier in May, we asked PAAs to share their goals for involvement to report in the second round of consideration for the NACADA Monograph for Exemplary Practices in Peer Advising.  Thanks to all who contributed! Here’s what some PAAs shared: … Continue reading

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Year-Long PAA Selection

In the past, the Office of Academic Advising alone has handled hundreds of applications from excited PAA prospects. Not only was the selection process extremely time consuming and difficult for the advising staff, but it was not really effective. This … Continue reading

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Apply to be a PAA!

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Swetha Mandaloju named November PAA of the Month!

Congratulations, Swetha, on being named PAA of the Month- November 2011! Swetha Mandaloju Swetha volunteered buying food for the PAA Study Break – not a small feat, as you saw the masses of hungry students that descended upon us. What’s … Continue reading

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Congratulations to our 2012-2013 Student Director of Peer Academic Advising!

The Office of Academic Advising proudly announces Cristina Barrera as Student Director of Peer Academic Advising for 2012-2013. Cristina is a Sid Rich junior majoring in Health Sciences with a minor in Sociology.  She has served as an O-week PAA … Continue reading

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