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John Louis Bolch

Academic Advisor I
  • Recruit and advises undergraduate students concerning their career goals and academic requirements
  • Advise or refer students and prospective students in areas concerning student services, degree programs and educational goals
  • Foster retention of identified groups of students through mentoring activities and support services
  • Assists students with academic schedules through careful course planning and selection
  • Coordinate departmental outreach functions

Advising Philosophy:

I believe that every individual’s past directly influences their future.  The student who sits before me as a freshman will not be the man or woman I watch walk across the stage at graduation.  As humans we learn by experience, by specific instances that shape the outcomes of our lives.  These experiences are directed by the people we meet along life’s journey and by achieving personal goals.

The experiences at the University level will dramatically change a student’s vision and scope in life.  So advising, like teaching, is a process of dissemination, listening and learning – on both sides of the desk.  Advising is more than helping to navigate the complicated waters of the university experience. It is guiding students towards becoming the captains of their own vessels, rather than an empty passenger on a void and stormy sea.

Advising means allowing students to explore, adapt, fail, and achieve, as they have never done before.  My philosophy is that advising is an adventure saga that you just can’t put down – full of thrills and agonies – love and hate – happiness and disappointment.  A journey of immeasurable development allowing those experiences that influence and shape a student to directly impact the life they will lead beyond my office and the walls of their classrooms.

Activities, Awards and Recognition:

  • University Advisors and Counselors Member
  • Corps Academic Mentor for company L-1
  • ATMentor
  • Aggie ALLY
  • National Academic Advising Association Member
  • Member of various departmental and college committees