UO Advising

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for attending the Summer Advising All-Staff Meeting on 6/3. The slides from the meeting are now available on the UO Advising Hub.

In the General Advising Team, you can also find the ARC course list and general information on ARCs. Also attached.

Finally, please fill out the ACAA Professional Development year-end survey. Your feedback, whether or not you engaged with the events, is extremely helpful for planning future events.

Upcoming Advising Events:

June 24: All-Advisor IntroDUCKtion Training in EMU Ballroom. Breakfast at 8:30, event starts at 9:00.

Sept. 15: Advisor All-Staff Meeting in EMU 214 Redwood at 9:00

Best,

Lauren Eichler, PhD

Assistant Director of Advisor Education and Training

Office of Academic Advising | Undergraduate Education and Student Success

University of Oregon

leichler@uoregon.edu | 541-356-3111

(she/her)

ARC Information for Advisors and Faculty

Fall 2025 ARC Course List for Advisors

In March Tara and Shari traveled to Wahington, DC to attend the Annual Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) Policy Seminar where we built community with TRIO programs from across the US and advocated on Capitol Hill for continued TRIO support and funding. Despite this, Trump’s 2026 budget proposal calls for a total elimination of TRIO programs.

In his proposal, Trump states that “college access is not an obstacle for students of limited means” and that TRIO programs are a “relic”.

Trump’s assertions are false! According to 2023 data from the US Census Bureau students from the highest income quartile earn college degrees at 4 times the rate of students from the lowest income quartile.

Eliminating TRIO isn’t just a budget decision; it’s a choice to shut the door on millions of Americans who are ready and able to succeed. It supports students from all racial backgrounds who face barriers not because of ability, but because of income, opportunity, or circumstance.

Many of you have been asking us how you can help ensure that TRIO programs are not eliminated.  COE (our lobbyists in DC) have made it simple for interested people to fight to protect TRIO and the millions of students who count on us by clicking here to send messages directly to your elected officials. Every voice counts and if you are a person who has benefitted from these programs personally definitely tell your story about how #TRIOWORKS.

If you have family or friends who live in red states encourage them to reach out to their government officials too. Their voices will be very impactful.

Thank you to everyone who has been so supportive of TRIO and our students during this uncertain time. We appreciate you so much.

The University of Oregon TRIO Teams

Tara, Christabelle, Natalie, Denise, Katie, Mary Ann, Nora, and Shari

Hi all,

For those of you who ever work with Neuroscience majors, I wanted to alert you to two changes to the major requirements that will go into effect in Fall 2025 and may impact neuroscience majors’ Summer and Fall term registration.

1. HPHY 322 Human Physiology I will no longer be a required course for the Neuroscience major (effective Fall 2025).

• For neuro majors who have already successfully completed HPHY 322, my understanding is this course will still show up as counting towards their Neuroscience major requirements.
• For students who have not taken or successfully completed HPHY 322, this course is no longer required for the Neuroscience major.

2. Neuroscience majors will have the option to take a new, recommended course HPHY 399 Neuroanatomy in Winter 2026 instead of taking HPHY 321 Human Anatomy I in the Summer or Fall.

• The Human Physiology department is creating a new course HPHY 399 Neuroanatomy for Neuroscience majors that will be offered for the first time in Winter 2026.
• This will be the preferred and recommended course for Neuroscience majors in place of HPHY 321 Human Anatomy I.
• The pre-requisites, number of credits, content, and lab experience will be very similar to HPHY 321, but the course is being created with Neuroscience majors in mind.
• HPHY/NEUR double majors should still plan to take HPHY 321; all other NEUR majors are strongly encouraged to take the course designed for their major, HPHY 399 Neuroanatomy.

**Please note that pre-requisites for upper-division HPHY courses that are electives for the Neuroscience major will be adjusted next Winter and Spring to accommodate Neuroscience majors who will no longer be taking HPHY 322 and will be taking HPHY 399 Neuroanatomy in place of HPHY 321.

Thanks,

Nicole

—
Nicole Dudukovic, Ph.D.
Director, Neuroscience Major

Core Faculty, Clark Honors College​

Senior Instructor, Department of Psychology

University of Oregon

Hello campus colleagues,

The Pre-health Advising team frequently meets with students interested in Nursing who come from a variety of different majors and colleges. We appreciate the referrals and please keep them coming! We have been working on making the pre-nursing track easier to understand for prospective and continuing students. One thing we have been making clear with students from the get-go is that UO’s Pre-Nursing track is longer and more science-intensive than what is required by nursing programs.

Anytime you are meeting with a student interested in nursing please point them to our FAQ page, and encourage them to watch the pre-nursing overview video (also linked in FAQ page) as this will detail some of these nuances. It is incredibly helpful when a student comes to their pre-health advising appointment when they have already watched the video.

In these appointments we will discuss….

1. Differences between ASN, BSN, ABSN or Direct Entry Masters or DNP.
2. Pros/cons of doing UO’s science intensive pre-nursing track vs. doing pre-recs at community college.
3. Financial Implications of ABSN degrees and financial implications for taking pre-recs at the Community college (i.e., cost per credit, dual enrollment limitations due to scholarship/pathway Oregon).
4. Develop a graduation plan for students and refer back to major advisors if they are non-stem (we have many PSY, SOC, FHS, and Business pre-nursing students to name a few).

Students can schedule using one of the scheduling options detailed on this page. We will also happily accept e-introductions for warm handoffs.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Thank you!

Kindly,

Sonia Gordillo, MSW (She/Her/Ella)

Academic & Career Advisor

Focus Area: Pre-Health
College of Arts and Sciences Advising | University of Oregon
101E Tykeson Hall  | 541.346.9209 | sgordill@uoregon.edu

Schedule an Appointment with me HERE

Request access to the Pre-Health Canvas Site Here

Dear Advisors,

FIG advanced registration opens Tuesday May 27, at 4:00 pm and will close on Monday, June 16 at noon (sooner if all spaces fill). Eligible First-Year students, along with their family, have been sent emails about this opportunity. Registration will take place via a Qualtrics form again this year. Students will be emailed the link to the Qualtrics Tuesday, and we will post the link on our website as well.

Our website is up to date with our Fall 2025 FIGs – excluding FIGs for majors and specific academic programs where advisor placement is required. Please note the brand new Career Exploration section.

We are excited to introduce these brand new FIGs to you all:

A Sense of Place

Back and Forth: Film History and Literary Adaptation

Beneath the Surface: An Archaeological Encounter

Building Character(s)

Cases and Places

Comics & Visual Cultures

Food Adventures

Forensic Psychology: Criminal Minds vs Reality

Frames of Mind: Disability and the Media

Geography of Wildfire

Mapping Mountains: Adventures in US National Parks

Oregon & Asia: Hidden Histories and Cultural Connections

Public Service: A Call to Action

Road Map: Language and Development in the Amazon

Think Globally, Act Locally

New Chemistry FIGs:

Elements of Success

Elemental Women

The Science of Stuff: What Materials for Which Applications

Your Inner Fish

FIGs that are returning for 2025:

The Mind of the Raven

Tomato, Tomäto

Breaking the Wall

We are looking forward to working with you over the summer!

Best,

Jackie Etchison

Assistant Director

UO FIG Program

107 Oregon Hall

541-346-1241

FYE/FIG Help Desk

http://fyp.uoregon.edu

pronouns: she/her/hers

Hi all,

My wonderful colleague @Daniel Mitchell put together a spreadsheet outlining online core education courses available this summer at LCC and we wanted you all to have access: Lane Community College online core education Summer 2025.xlsx.

Let me know if you have any access issues.

Happy Friday,
Courtney

I also want to add that Lane Community College gives in-state tuition to the states neighboring Oregon (California, Idaho, Nevada, Washington); but they also charge in-state tuition for all online classes at $149 per credit. A potentially cost-effective option for out-of-state students!

LCC Tuition page: https://www.lanecc.edu/costs-admission/tuition-fees-and-payments/credit-fees-and-expenses

Fees appear to be about $100 or less: https://www.lanecc.edu/costs-admission/tuition-fees-and-payments/credit-fees-and-expenses

“The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.”  – Mark Twain

I’ve been told by one of my former colleagues that advisors on campus think that AEIS courses are dead. While the American English Institute, which housed AEIS (Academic English for International Students) is indeed dead as of June 15 (R.I.P.), AEIS courses will be housed in the Yamada Language Center which is part of GSL.

Here is a link to the AEIS information page: https://ylc.uoregon.edu/aeis  Please bookmark this page for easy reference.

As we head into the season of IntroDUCKtion and freshman registration for Fall, please note that some international students will be required to take the AEIS Placement test to see if they need additional English language classes. We can work together on this.

What I am doing:

As the AEIS advisor, I am doing weekly audits of International Admission reports to identify students who need to test and sending their information to the UO Testing Center. I am also identifying students who are exempt but who show AEIS requirements on their degree guide and sending their information to the Registrar’s Office. Since this is a hand audit, I am not always perfect.

What you can do:

If you are advising an international student this summer and are not sure if they need to test, please contact me (aeisinfo@uoregon.edu  or argoing@uoregon.edu) . I will be monitoring my emails this summer and I should be able to respond in short order. It’s very important that students who have additional English requirements complete them in a timely manner. This is a UO Admissions requirement.

Also, if you are advising an international student and they seem to be struggling in their communication, but you see that they do not have AEIS requirements, you can suggest that they take AEIS classes to help support them in their first year. If they think that they want to take a class or two, please email me with their name and ID number and I can give them permission.

The Fall AEIS classes are:

AEIS 101 – Academic Oral Communication

AEIS 110 – Written Discourse 1

If you have any questions, please contact me. I am happy to answer any questions you have.

Good luck with IntroDUCKtion this summer!

Alicia