Office Hours, Location and Contact Information

We are open Monday - Friday from 9:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Walk-in advising is generally available on this schedule (but not in the summer):

• 9:00-11:30 am Monday-Wednesday, Friday; 9:30-11:30am Thursday
• 1:30-3:30 pm Monday-Friday

In addition, peer advisors may be available during much of the day for consultation.

The office serves as an information and resource center for academic policies and academic counseling. The office staff provide a wide array of academic counseling services, which include:

• Academic schedule advising and course selection.
• Assistance with petitions requests and transfer course equivalencies.
• Help with administrative processes, like the adding and dropping of courses, change of majors, readmission, etc.
• Monitoring academic progress and graduation certification.
  

Undergraduate Counselors

In addition to our counseling staff members, there are three peer advisors. Below you will find our names and a list of reasons why you might want to contact a specific staff member.

Academic Counselors
	Penny Portillo, Director and Senior Academic Counselor For Questions Regarding: Humanities Honors Program Humanities Interdisciplinary major proposal
	Carol A. Thompson, Academic Counselor For Questions Regarding: Majors and minors within Humanities Major and/or minor credit from the Education Abroad & International Opportunities Program Probation/dismissal status
	Lisa Payne-Miller, Academic Counselor For Questions Regarding: Majors and minors within School of Humanities Humanities Peer Mentor Program Humanities participants in the Campus wide Honors Program Student athletes in Humanities How to qualify to change your major to a field within the School Probation/dismissal status
	Raschel Greenberg, Humanities Internship Program Coordinator, Academic Counselor For Questions Regarding: Humanities Internship Program Preparation for transfer to UCI School of Humanities from a California Community College Majors and minors within the School of Humanities
	Brittney Reuter, Academic Counselor For Questions Regarding: Majors and minors within the School of Humanities Transfer advising Humanities Honors Program
	Laura Imai, Academic Counselor For Questions Regarding: Majors and minors within the School of Humanities Administrative procedures such as petitions, proposals, and enrollment changes The Peer Advisor Program in the School of Humanities Humanities Theme House in Arroyo Vista Housing
Front Desk
	Andrea BIshop, Front Desk Coordinator (949) 824-5132 Email: abishop@uci.edu General questions Add/drop/grade change policies Facilitates course enrollment for distance learning Tagalog course
Peer Academic Advisors (2007-08)
	Nicole Morris, Philosophy Email: morrisn@uci.edu
	Kristine Nakanishi, English Email: nakanisk@uci.edu
	Jessica Smith, English Email: jessicls@uci.edu

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