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I had expanded the way I experience professional community here at Cornell. I feel so much more connected, understood, seen, and supported. I leave here with a sense that I can go to any person in this room (and even feel more comfortable going to those not in this room) for nearly any type of support - personal or professional - and be seen, heard, and respected.
2023-2024 participant
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This course has really strengthened my identity as an advisor and my feelings of connectedness within the advising community. I am profoundly grateful for this experience, as I feel much more capable/likely to reach out to advisors in other units, and more likely to try out new collaborative efforts.
2023-2024 participant
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I realize that even in these short appointments, I have so many tools at my fingertips to get to a deeper place of understanding with my students.
2023-2024 participant
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This course has helped become more aware about how my colleagues think, the challenges that they experience with their students/units and how I might be able to support. I have also gained support from colleagues and opportunities for collaboration.
2023-2024 participant
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[This course has impacted me as an advisor by] Really thinking about students as whole complex humans and prioritizing dialogue so interactions go beyond answering questions to being more more meaningful and truly impactful.
2021-2022 participant
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Relationships have always been the key of my advising philosophy and the skills shared in this course are helping me develop even deeper relationships with students, my team, and other advisors on campus. Increasing the depth of relationships with other advisors on campus allows me to be more impactful in my daily advising work.
2023-2024 participant
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While much of my focus has been critically focused on myself I've also gained a wider perspective to critically analyze some of the policies, procedures, and practices of my unit. I can now more clearly identify practices that are not necessarily equitable and feel much more confident bringing them up for discussion with my supervisor or team when appropriate.
2019-2020 participant
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This course has profoundly influenced the way I see my role as an academic advisor. Most broadly, learning about and practicing actual dialogue, generative listening, and strategic questioning have shifted the axis from which I do my work – namely, by highlighting specific ways (abstractly and concretely) in which we can and must place students as central agents and partners in our advising relationships.
2020-2021 participant
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I've really been challenged to be more intentional about the actions I take and the conversations I have. I think it has changed how I want to start advising appointments in order to have students be able to drive the conversation where they want it to go.
2020-2021 participant
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This course has helped me to see my role as part of a larger community of advisors, who can work together to make positive changes at the University... It has been particularly helpful to have the CDP tools and the structure of the class to make connections with other advisors, develop common language and understanding, and make an action plan…
2020-2021 participant