About COPA

Cohort Onboarding Pipeline for Advisors (COPA)

The goal of the cohort hire program is to centralize recruitment, training, and onboarding efforts of advisors (SSPs) to help fill vacancies over the next two academic years. Onboarded advisors will be in a learning community to work together and gain a panoramic understanding of advising at Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV. COPA learning communities are designed to provide intensive training before advisors are matched and assigned to a specific department. The training is rooted in the growth mindset and all COPA’s read and discussed “mindset” by Carol Dweck in order to apply the teachings and philosophies to both themselves and our students. COPA’s learned the NACADA Core Competencies and developed their own advising philosophies which they applied to three advising theories/philosophies; Trauma Informed, Appreciative Advising, and Asset Based Advising. COPA participants worked through student case studies applying what they learned before finishing their training with university policies and procedures, case management techniques, and were assigned between various advising offices to learn the specifics of each office.

COPA I

Bill Irwin

COPA Lead / Student Success Specialist

 

LD Larkins

Academic Advisor, SEAS

John Benedict Luz Rivera

Academic Engagement Coach, EXCEL

 

Morgan Grana

Academic Advisor, CSCI

Justin Donato

Academic Advisor, CBE

 

COPA II

Erin Quineri

Academic Advisor, CLASS

 

Natalie Nelson

Academic Advisor, CLASS

Fatima Mohammadi

Academic Advisor, CBE

Kailey Jo Palmer

Academic Advisor, CSCI

COPA Alum

Briauna Bailey

COPA II

  

Rayna Young

COPA I

Janae Newsom

COPA I

 

Shea Ashford

COPA I

 

Jocelin Petatan

COPA I