Your Honors Advisor: Your Reliable Advocate
You receive an Honors advisor assignment when you enter the Honors College. You will typically work with this advisor until graduation unless you request a change. The Honors advisor is available to discuss both academic and personal concerns as well as assist you with referrals to appropriate faculty and/ or campus services. 

Who is my Honors advisor?

If you are unsure of your assigned Honors College advisor, please contact the Honors College at (330) 672-2312.

How does my Honors advisor help me?
Academic advising sessions are essential for pre-registration planning. Your advisor will review your Honors status, provide information about Honors scholarships and Honors College experiences, and initiate or recommend contacts with appropriate department and collegial faculty/advisors.  Your advisor will also encourage and support you and initiate referrals if appropriate. Over the course of your undergraduate career, Honors advising sessions should contribute to the resolution of immediate academic concerns as well as engage you in exploring long-range academic and career choices.

Honors Advising Appointment: Planning for graduation from the first meeting.
As an Honors student, you have priority registration privileges. The privilege of registering for Honors experiences is contingent upon your meeting with your Honors advisor. You are also expected to meet with your primary and faculty advisors on a regular basis. Honors advisors are a supplement to, not a replacement for, major advisors.

Prepare for your Honors pre-registration advising appointment by completing these simple steps.

• Make an appointment with your Honors advisor using the Web Scheduler, which is accessed through the Honors College website (www.kent.edu/honors; click on current students; click on advising). If you do not remember the name of your Honors advisor, look on the Advisor Assignments link. Phone calls for appointments are not accepted during the registration-advising period. Make your appointment early.
  
• Gather the information needed to prepare for your advising appointment.
  

  -from the Honors website: Choices: The Honors Schedule of Classes (limited hard copies are also available for use in the Honors office).
  -from kent.edu/gps: one copy of the Roadmap outlining your program requirements.

• Review the possible Honors College Experiences available to you.
  
• Prepare for the advising appointment by reading the materials that are relevant to your situation, including the Undergraduate Catalog and the Schedule of Classes for the upcoming semester (both available online).
  
• Review your program requirements and personal interests and construct a tentative course schedule.
  
• Consult with your primary or major advisor.
  
• Meet with your Honors advisor, and be prepared to ask questions and answer questions. Your advisor may ask you for your rationale in making decisions.
  Please be on time for your appointment, and call in advance if you are unable to keep your appointment.
  
• Register via FlashLine on the priority date.

Campus Advising Offices

Academic advising is a key component of the academic mission of Kent State University. It is important for all students at all points in the educational process. Students are assigned to a primary advisor in a college, school, or advising unit based upon their stated interest, academic record, and selection procedures for some programs. Students who are admitted to the Honors College also maintain a membership in one of the degree-granting colleges/schools. To schedule an appointment with your primary college advisor, click here.