Now is a great time to check in with your advisees and get them thinking about fall/summer semesters. Students can create their own course plans or work with you to create course plans for Summer and Fall. Whether the student creates their own plan or meets with you to create one, you'll need to approve it.

Graduation Applications are due on March 14. To learn what you need to do to get a student ready for graduation, please attend the training referenced below! Students can access the graduation application in their Success Hub, located in the Portal. When communicating with students about graduation, feel free to use the snippet in the Advising Hub!

Getting Students Ready for Graduation

March 11

12-1 p.m.

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The deadline to apply for Spring graduation is March 14. In this training, you'll learn how to conduct a graduation audit, let the student know about next steps and approve a graduation application.  

Using the New Developmental Model

April 2

12-1 p.m.

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Starting in Fall 2025, the college will use a new model for developmental classes. Join Dane Peterson as he describes the new model and how it will impact placement of students into developmental classes.

Starting in Fall 2025, Central Carolina will adopt a new model for developmental education with new placement policies. This new system will provide clearer pathways to gateway English and math enrollment. Students who have a 2.6 or higher unweighted high school GPA will be placed directly into a gateway math or English class without developmental coursework. Students who have less than a 2.6 GPA will be placed into a gateway class with a corequisite support course. Any student can be placed directly into ENG110 and MAT110. Corequisite classes will be coded differently than they have in the past. For instance, all the math corequisite classes will be MAT045 with a letter suffix that corresponds with the appropriate gateway math class. All ENG 111 corequisite classes will be ENG045. Just like in our current model, co-requisite sections will be paired with particular non co-requisite sections. Watch this video to learn more about our new developmental education model.

UNCG, UNC-Charlotte, NC State, NC A&T, Fayetteville State, Methodist and Grand Canyon will attend Cougar Madness! If you have students who are interested in any of these schools, please let them know they can get great information at this event!

UNC-Wilmington invites you to join them for an important conversation about partnership between the 2 and 4 year institutions related to career readiness on March 4 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Central Carolina students eligible for Aggie Plus!

Central Carolina students can now apply to North Carolina A&T's Enhanced Transfer Program, Aggie Plus! Students must complete an A.A., A.S. or A.E. degree at CC. Participants will receive NC A&T advising, a tuition fee waiver and an invitation to the Aggie Plus Program visit day on A&T's campus.

Application for C3 now open!

Students can now apply to NC State's Enhanced Transfer Agreement, C3. NC State is looking for low to moderate income North Carolina residents with at least one year of coursework remaining. Students are required to complete an A.A., A.S. or A.E. before transferring. Participants receive NC State advising, guaranteed admission (GPA requirements depend on school) and access to numerous virtual and on-campus events. The application will close on June 1.

Students can apply to C-STEP!

Applications for C-STEP, UNC's Enhanced Transfer Program, will be open until April 1. UNC is looking for first year A.A. or A.S. students who qualify for financial aid. Benefits include UNC advising, numerous opportunities to visit UNC's campus for sporting and cultural events and guaranteed admission (GPA requirements depend on the school).

Pirate Promise Application is open!

The deadline to apply to Pirate Promise is April 1. Students should be in their first year, full-time and enrolled in an associate degree program. Benefits include ECU advising, waived application fee, access to ECU's library and select events.

Second alerts for 16 week classes will go out soon. Consider reaching out to your advisees who received alerts by sending an e-mail. Click on their id number and then their Cougar Mail address. Use the "Advising: Academic Alert" snippet as a starting point and revise as necessary.