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Advising staff, Virginia Tech

Our team is tasked with providing support, new ideas, and professional development opportunities for the advising community at-large. Each individual on the team helps support academic advising at Virginia Tech, whether it is through advising technology, such as Navigate, working to bridge the gap between Virginia Community Colleges and VT to assist our transfer students, or increasing professional development opportunities for advisors. The Academic Advising Initiatives team looks forward to assisting the advising community while implementing new initiatives.

Lauren Thomas, Assistant Director for Academic Advising Initiatives

Lauren Thomas

Director for Academic Advising Initiatives
lwthomas@vt.edu

Nasim Schwab, Assistant Director for Academic Advising Initiatives

Nasim Schwab

Associate Director for Academic Advising Initiatives
nschwab@vt.edu

Allison Silknetter

Allison Silknetter

Assistant Director of Transfer Student Initiatives

asilknetter@vt.edu

John Ray Roberts

Assistant Director for Academic Advising Initiatives
johnray@vt.edu

Alicia Pierce

Office Services Specialist/Receptionist
alicp13@vt.edu