- Schedule or confirm your advising appointment.
- Review Degree Works.
- Prepare questions about courses, internships, career goals, or graduation requirements.
- Check for and address any advising holds before registration.
- Participate in campus engagement activities after meeting with your advisor.
Spring 2026 Advising Day
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Advising Day is a university-wide opportunity to intentionally pause and prioritize meaningful advising conversations. The goal is simple: ensure students are informed, supported, and confident as they prepare for registration and plan upcoming semesters.
Advising will continue before and after March 18. This day simply creates focused time across the university to connect students with advisors and campus resources.
Advising Day is a shared commitment to student success. Take the time to connect, clarify, and plan forward.
What To Do
Students
Helpful Links
Faculty & Advisors
- Reach out to students to schedule advising conversations in advance of March 18.
- Review Degree Works.
- Discuss academic goals, career interests, internships, experiential learning, and co-curricular involvement to help students think beyond course selection and toward long-term planning.
- Encourage students to check for and resolve holds, and emphasize the importance of lifting their advising hold by the first day of registration.
- Utilize the Contact Blitz Directory during advising meetings to connect students with campus offices to address holds.
- Explain the registration timeline and next steps.
- Document advising conversations in the appropriate advising system (e.g. Degree Works) and lift advising hold.
- Provide alternative assignments, if appropriate and aligned with course needs, to support student participation in Advising Day.
Advisor Resources
Course Substitutions
Campus Engagement Activities
Advising Day Programming Board Activities
March 18, 2026 | 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Join your campus Programming Board during Advising Day for interactive activities, giveaways, and opportunities to connect while you meet with your advisor.
| Campus | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|
| California Student Activities Board |
Natali Rotunda |
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| Clarion University Activities Board (UAB) |
Eagle Commons Lobby | Activity: Prize Wheel Students can earn prize entries by sharing their advisor’s name and receiving bonus entries by showing or posting a selfie with their advisor and tagging @ClarionUAB. |
| Edinboro University Programming Board (UPB) |
Baron-Forness Library | Activity: Prize Wheel Win UPB merchandise and enter a raffle for tickets to UPB’s major event this year. Students receive entries by sharing their advisor’s name and can earn a bonus entry by posting about their favorite part of campus while heading to or attending their advising meeting and tagging @edinboroupb. |