UF Online Academic Advisors
Same degree. Same faculty. Specialized advising.
The professional academic advisors who guide and nurture UF Online and PaCE students towards their goals are the cornerstone of student success in all of our programs. As active members of the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA), these dedicated individuals enact evidence-based best practices for student development, persistence, and ultimately success, across all UF Online programs in more than a dozen UF colleges.
In 2024, UF Online is proud to report a student to advisor ratio of approximately 165 to 1 across all programs, enabling our advisors to offer in-depth and personalized support to each and every student.
UF Online Advising Circle
Academic advisors working with UF Online and PaCE students are supported by a community of practice of peers numbering more than thirty professionals across over a dozen UF colleges in 2024. The UF Online team assists in facilitating and nurturing the UF Online Advising Circle in collaboration with you, our deeply valued advisors.
Any UF academic advisor who supports UF Online or PaCE students should participate in regular meetings as well as the private Teams channel for this community within the UF Online Forum.
Support for Advisors
UF Online cares deeply about supporting the well-being and success of our academic advising teams. We are always open to suggestions, feedback, and requests for help if you, as an advisor, are not getting what you need to help you support students to the best of your ability. Reach out to us anytime in the Advising Circle channel in the UF Online Forum linked above or at academics@ufonline.ufl.edu.
Helping you Support Students
As you advise students in your major(s), remember that UF Online offers a wide range of centralized supports. From free online tutoring to Keep Chompin’ emergency funds, we’ve got your students’ backs when their needs go beyond your scope of practice. The UF Online team has a dedicated crew ready to step in and do their best, so call on them when you need to at studentsuccess@ufonline.ufl.edu. Please direct your students to the resources and opportunities on the UF Online website.
Advising Circle
Monthly Meetings
All UF Online and PaCE advisors are encouraged to attend
Connect in TeamsAdvising Principles
UF Online’s approach to individualized academic advising for online students
Principles & Practice PDFMy advisor is the foundation of what makes it possible to succeed at UF.
– UF Online Student, comment from annual survey
Helpful Forms
Guidance and Resources for Advisors
UF Online is your go-to team for student- and program-related support; it is critical that we are aware of what is happening with UF Online and PaCE students, course enrollments, advising challenges, and more.
- About UF Online: who we are and what we do
- About UF Online: how we work
- UF Online reports and publications
- Resources for faculty and programs
Connecting with UF Online
The Advising Circle Teams channel can be found within the UF Online Forum and contains information and supports shared privately with this community. Advisors should participate in regular meetings to share information with each other and with UF Online, and to receive updates in all directions.
Key resources in the Advising Circle channel:
- Marketing and Operational (data) request forms that connect directly to UF Online staff,
- Access to Professional Development funding requests,
- UF Online’s Keep Chompin’ Fund eligibility criteria and application for students experiencing hardship,
- Meeting minutes,
- Updates and support from UF Online, Enrollment Management, and your peer community.
In late 2024 and early 2025, plan to collaborate with the UF Online team to establish an internal Sharepoint site to hold policy guidance and instructions that will help you easily access forms and information you need!
Hot Topics for Students in 2024
UF Online Plaza (re-launch)
We’ve given the UF Online Plaza a complete redesign with significantly enhanced functionality and usability. As of Fall 2024, all UF Online and PaCE students should be reminded and encouraged to access the Plaza regularly – our goal is that this social community resource will become the primary support structure for student connection with each other, with you as their advisors, and with their own success. Join the Plaza if you haven’t already.
Tutoring
UF Online continues to fund free access to Knack tutoring for students enrolled in UF Online sections of specific courses that are assessed as highly challenging. Students can join Knack to receive tutoring and/or to become paid tutors.
UF Online students currently enrolled in one or more of the eligible courses, will have access to free tutoring for the following 33 courses: ACG 2021, ACG 2071, APK 2100C, BCH 4024, BSC 2010, BSC 2011, BUL 4310, CHM 1025, CHM 2045, CHM 2046, CHM 2046L, COP 3502, COP 3503, COP 3530, ECO 2013, ECO 2023, FIN 3403, MAC 1105, MAC 1140, MAC 1147, MAC 2233, MAC 2311, MAC 2312, MAC 2313, MAN 3025, MAR 3023, MCB 3020, PHY 2053, PHY 2054, PSY 2012, QMB 3250, SPN 1130, STA 2023.
Keep Chompin’ Fund
UF Online has created a resource, the Keep Chompin’ Fund, for students experiencing unexpected hardship and struggling to pay educational expenses that are causing an academic impact. Awards are limited to $2000 per academic year; detailed eligibility criteria are described on the first page of the application form.
Gator Get-Together
This year’s Gator Get-Together is being held on Friday, September 27 from 9am-4pm. We’ve added several new activities and showcases this year and are excited to announce those soon – watch for invitations. Academic advisors are expected to attend if at all possible. Please encourage and personally invite your UF Online and PaCE students to join us for a great day of connection, sharing, free food, giveaways, and activities.
Data at Your Fingertips
UF Online provides academic advisors with up-to-date reports and information on your students and programs through our Operations Team’s SQL reporting server (login required).
UF Online Plaza
The UF Online Plaza mobile app and online social community is a low-stakes way to meet and connect with your UF Online and PaCE students.
Encourage your students to take advantage of the engagement and connection opportunities and join them there for virtual events, chats, and more when you are able.
Go to the PlazaShare Stories
We would love to hear from you about student, faculty, course, or advisor stories that you think we should share with a larger audience! More information is available on the submission form.
