Your academic, professional, and personal success is our priority. Each Dornsife student is assigned to a professional academic advisor, and graduate students are also provided with a faculty mentor. To ensure timely completion of the curriculum, students should meet with their academic advisor and faculty mentor at least quarterly or whenever questions about the plan of study arise. For general inquiries, please email dsphadvising@drexel.edu.
Academic Advising Relationship
The DSPH Student Success team is comprised of academic advisors that have specialized training on the school’s academic programs and school and university academic policies. Academic advisors focus on empowering students to make informed decisions and collaborate with student services and student success partners across the school to maximize student learning outcomes. They also can connect students to the rich academic support services available in the school and university to support student success. You can find your primary academic advisor in the table below.
Academic Advisor Responsibilities
You can expect your academic advisor to:
- Understand and effectively communicate the curriculum, graduation requirements, and university and college policies and procedures.
- Have regular times for walk-ins and appointments throughout the year.
- Respond to you within 48 hours during the work week, Monday through Friday, by email or phone.
- Treat you with courtesy and respect, listening carefully to your questions and concerns, maintaining privacy when possible.
- Encourage and guide you as you define and develop realistic academic goals.
- Provide you with information about and strategies for utilizing the available resources and services on campus, including your professors.
- Provide referrals to tutoring and other academic support tools.
- Monitor and accurately document your progress toward meeting your academic goals.
- Assist you in assuming responsibility for your educational plans and achievements as you think through your academic program and overall goals for your Drexel education.
Advisee Responsibilities
In order to be a successful advisee, you should:
- Understand and monitor your academic progress via your DegreeWorks record several times during each term, and contact your advisor with any questions or concerns raised by the audit.
- Make regular contact with your advisor every quarter, and schedule appointments if you begin to experience academic difficulty.
- Know and understand the University’s academic policies and procedures, deadlines, and your graduation requirements as outlined on the Provost’s Office webpage, the Drexel Central webpage, and your DegreeWorks record.
- Attend all scheduled appointments on time, or call/email/use the Advisor Calendar tool to cancel, preferably 24 hours in advance.
- Read and respond to your Drexel University email, in order to maintain efficient communication with your advisor and other members of the campus community.
- Be an active learner by participating fully in the advising meetings, including asking questions, keeping notes, and bringing materials from previous advising sessions to each appointment.
- Follow through with all instructions from your advisor.
- Take responsibility for your academic decisions.
Meet Your Advisors
| Advisor | Key Programs | Contact Information |
 Erin Durkin, Exec. Dir. of Student Events & Engagement Learn more about Erin. |
| Email: eed57@drexel.edu Phone: 267.359.6043 Schedule an appointment |
 Rachel Benjamin-Bannett, Academic Advisor Learn more about Rachel. |
| Email: rb3383@drexel.edu Phone: 267.359.6229 Schedule an appointment |
 Olivia Hamilton, Academic Advisor Learn more about Olivia. |
| Email: osh26@drexel.edu Phone: 267.359.6120 Schedule an appointment |
 Jessica Tortu, Academic Advisor Learn more about Jessica. |
| Email: jmt453@drexel.edu Phone: 267.359.6127 Schedule an appointment |
 Ariel Varghese, Academic Advisor Learn more about Ariel. |
| Email: ars536@drexel.edu Phone: 267.359.6041 Schedule an appointment |
Resources
For academic resources such as Drexel’s academic calendar, course catalogs, or the term master schedule, visit the Classes and Registration page.
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