Advising Support
The Advising Center is not only a resource for students, but also for faculty. We hope that the information on this webpage helps facilitate the important conversations that you have with students surrounding their academic journey. We invite you to contact us for additional support.
Call the Advising Center at 914-251-3990 or email us at advising@purchase.edu to discuss your advising question so we can empower you to guide your students.
Contact Your Advisees
To email to all of your advisees at once, format the email recipient as follows: advisor.firstname.lastname@purchase.edu. For example, advisor.peter.polinski@purchase.edu.
Plan Ahead for Advising Week
1 - Start early. The Course Search goes live approximately two weeks before Advising Week, and Alternate PINs are available in Starfish and from your Advisee Listing in myHeliotrope.
2 - Offer individual and/or group advising sessions virtually or in-person. We strongly encourage you to use Starfish Office Hours (instructions on this page) since many students look for you there. It saves a lot of time and emails! Either way, please do reach out to your advisees so that they know how to meet with you.
3 - Use a Course Planning Worksheet, which you can copy/paste into an email and ask students to send it back with their responses. Here is a worksheet to get you started.
4 - Use us as a resource. When you need additional support from a professional academic advisor, email us at advising@purchase.edu and we can help answer any advising questions you might have. Students do appreciate working directly with you as their faculty advisors, so please try to meet with your advisees before sending them to us.
Advising Week for Fall 2025
Advising Week for continuing students is Monday, April 7-Friday, April 11th.
Course Registration for continuing, matriculated students begins on Monday, April 14th in accordance with the timetable published in the Fall 2025 Registration Guide issued by the Office of the Registrar. We encourage students and faculty to coordinate their meetings prior to Registration Week. Please make every effort to meet with students who cannot make your advising week appointments prior to the end of the semester. Thank you!
For more important dates, such as the course withdrawal deadlines, visit the 2024-25 Academic Calendar.
Faculty Advisor Training
Email advising@purchase.edu any time to request one-on-one training for faculty advisors. One of our staff will be happy to work with you.
See our videos below for additional information:
How to Read a Degree Progress Report (DPR)
Additional Information
Summer/Winter Courses
Summer and winter courses could be a great way for students to “catch up” on credits, improve their GPA after a rocky semester, or propel themselves ahead! Students can view all of the winter session courses on this page and in the MyHeliotrope Course Search, and summer sessions on this page and in the Course Search.
Thank you for the invaluable role that you play for our students!