Master Advisor Program
A page within Academic Advising Center & Career Services
About the Master Advisor Certification Program
This professional development opportunity is an intensive training in the concepts, information, and relational process associated with best practices in advising UWL students. Completion of the program will indicate commitment to quality advising to students and colleagues.
May 2025
Canvas Modules: May 14-28
Final In-person Session: May 28, 9:00am-12:00pm, Student Union
Applications now open: https://forms.office.com/r/nXdhkz5P4X
August 2025
Canvas Modules: August 11-22
Final In-person Session: during the week of 8/25, time dependent upon start of semester schedules
The Master Advisor program is offered three times each year in January, May, and August.
Content
The content is based around the NACADA Academic Advising Core Competencies.
- 3 Canvas Modules are completed at one's own pace during a two week period, on average, participants take 8-10 hours to complete these modules
- One three-hour Zoom or in-person meeting at the end of the program allows for case studies, conversation, and sharing of best practices with colleagues.
- A final reflection assignment will be completed in the two weeks following the group meeting
 Master Advisor Certification Profile Badge |
Staff and faculty who complete the Master Advisor Program will receive a certificate, and have the Master Advisor Certification badge applied to their UWL profile. All participants who complete the program will have continued access to the resources and materials covered through a Canvas course in which all who have Master Advisor Certification will be enrolled. |
Continuing Professional Development
Master Advisors must complete two hours of continuing professional development within the following two-year period. Various training opportunities that relate to advising can be considered to count towards this requirement and will be submitted via the Master Advisor Canvas course.
Questions about the content of the Master Advisor Program can be directed to Jamie Schweiger.
Master Advisor Cohorts
January 2021 |
May 2021 |
August 2021 |
| Mehtap Eklund | Connie Arzigian | Recep Pekdemir |
| Lisa Lenarz | Tim McAndrews | Andrew Ives |
| Anne Galbraith | Liz Peacock | Sierra Rooney |
| Todd Weaver | Mike Abler | Brandon Anderson |
| SaraJane Parsons | Marie Moeller | Deanna Maynard |
| Sheida Teimouri | Basudeb Bhattacharyya | Haixia Lan |
| Val Krage | Dan Grilley | Sam Schmidt |
| Matt McParker | Jennifer Butler Modaff | Gita Pai |
| Lindsay Steiner | Brenda Murray | Bonnie Bratina |
| Rachyl Stephenson | Eileen Narcotta-Welp | Dan Bretl |
| Nilakshi Borah | Antonio Gomez | Agatha Hultquist |
| Kenneth Shonk | Lorena Ochoa Campo | Adam Van Liere |
| Stacy Trisler | Penelope Hardy | Lindsey Kirschbaum |
| Kari Johnson | Michael Lazzari | Tommy Means |
| Shelly Lesher | Jennifer Kosiak | |
| Anthony Chergosky | Daniel Schneider | |
| Bianca Basten | Melanie Cary | |
| Ryan McKelley | Joci Newton | |
| Nick Bakken | ||
January 2022 |
May 2022 |
August 2022 |
| Travis Hendrickson | Hayley Moe | David Anderson |
| Mic Nauman | Kyle Herberg | Wylie Jackson |
| Beck Hawkins | Corinne Dillman | Aaron Monte |
| Eric Strauss | Jodi Reider | Sujat Sen |
| Josh Neukom | William Maas | Dipankar Mitra |
| Guy Herling | Peg Maher | James Murray |
| Stephen Mann | Nicole Vidden | Shishir Paudel |
| Sue Bramwell | Mike Petullo | Joan Bunbury |
| TJ Mickschl | Rebekah Fowler | Josh Hertel |
| Melanie Healy | Jacob Caldwell | Nicole Novak |
| Rose Brougham | Ming Tsang | Sam Cocks |
| Hongying Xu | Christine Manno | Jessica Schweigert |
| Katie Wagoner | Xinhui Li | Robyn Beahm |
| Hannah Han | Andreas Eklund | Margaret Henning |
| Ken Graham | Sarah Pember Giannini | Darlene Geiger |
| Huiya Yan | Alex O'Brien | Stewart Eskew |
| Casey Tobin | Laurie Harmon | |
| Brian Kumm-Schaley | Amanda Abrahamson | |
| Tori Svoboda | Mandy Kolbe | |
January 2023 |
May 2023 |
August 2023 |
| Kelly Arnost | David Annino | Nic Barilar |
| Jennifer Bell | Richard Breaux | Gargi Chaudhuri |
| Matthew Chedister | Cord Brundage | Garrett Ewing |
| Leah Davis | Josh Dorster | Katie Fries |
| Enilda Delgado | Randika Eramudugoda | Nicole Gullekson |
| Shanna Felix | Luke Fannin | Daniel Hynson |
| Whitney George | Merideth Garcia | Shuma Iwai |
| Vincent Her | Cordial Gillette | Eddie Kim |
| Bryan Kopp | Kristin Koepke | Laura Lauderdale |
| Brenda Leahy | Lisa Kruse | Amy Nicodemus |
| Tesia Marshik | Terry Lilley | Cooper Shea |
| Brock McMullen | Marc Manke | Amber Strother |
| Britta Osborne | Taylor Cole Miller | Michell Sylvester |
| Jen Pinnow | Ellen Rozek | Amir Tayebi |
| Drew Stapleton | Zachariah Tritz | Sharon Tellier |
| Jenna Stark | Juan Villabona-Monsalve | Darci Thoune |
| Heather Walder | Eugenia Turov | |
| Angela Weiler | ||
| Noona Xiong | ||
| Alder Yu | ||
January 2024 |
August 2024 |
January 2025 |
| Tracie Blumentritt | Macy Carty | Mary Simone Burns |
| Sherwin Cedeno | Adam Driscoll | Jennifer Docktor |
| Anita Davelos | Marissa Eckrote-Nordland | Kate Evans |
| Samantha Foley | Arthur Grupe | Jon Evans |
| Tyler Gabbard-Rocha | Reg Hawkins | Sarah Hines |
| Eric Gansen | Joe Hurley | Kathryn Johnson |
| Angela Geraci | Dany Jacob | Sona Kazemi |
| Patricia Hart | Laurie Kincman | Judy King |
| Gicheol Kim | Maggie McDermott | Amy Lein |
| Haneol Kim | Christina Mehrtens | Sumei Liu |
| Katy Kortenkamp | Katy Morrison | Melina Packer |
| Kate Lavelle | Shane Murphy | Brian Pompeii |
| Ronda Leahy | Anh Phan | Quinn Seston |
| Adrienne Loh | Audrey Seitz | Jordyn Weiks |
| Sarah Mosley | Hugo Vaca Pereira Rocha | |
| Nese Nasif | Noel Wilbur | |
| Dan Osborne | Jackie Wisinski | |
| Jackie Reed | Mao Zheng | |
| Natalia Roberts | Linli Zou | |
| Betsy Schmidt | ||
| Andrew Scott | ||
| Karen Skemp | ||
| Hyojong Sohn | ||
| Ben Trnka | ||
| Sheldon Wagner | ||
| Laura Borshoff | ||
| Chris Helixon | ||
| Sierra Krueger |
Events
Fall 2025 events (free for students)
- Part-Time Job Fair - on the second day of fall classes
Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Student Union - Accounting Career Fair
Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, 3-5 p.m., Student Union - Prep for Career Success - Panel & Resume Reviews
Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, 6-7 p.m., Cameron Hall of Nations, 1300 Centennial Hall - Fall Career & Internship Fair
Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Student Union - WiSER Conference Career & Education Fair (STEM majors)
Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, 1-3 p.m., Student Union