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Virtual Academic Advising and Course Registration

Welcome to Virtual Academic Advising and Course Registration for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences! Below are directions for students entering in the Fall. 

  • May 6: First-year and Transfer students received an email from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences with details on next steps and information to watch for in the coming days.
  • May 20: First-year and Transfer students will receive an additional email about scheduling a virtual academic advising and course registration appointment with your major.
  • Beginning June 12: First-year and Transfer students attend a mandatory virtual academic advising appointment for your major, dates may vary by major.

Tips and Tools to prepare for this meeting

  • Download Hokies On Track app to stay informed about upcoming events and information.
  • Download Zoom prior to your meeting with your major.

ALEKS Placement 

Take the placement assessment as soon as possible, one assessment is used to qualify students for eligibility in these courses. Access to ALEKS is available now and is offered free of charge for Virginia Tech students. All College of Science majors (except psychology majors) should complete the ALEKS assessment, regardless of anticipated AP, IB, CLEP, Cambridge, or other transfer credits.

Before you begin registering for courses 

  1. CREATE YOUR VIRGINIA TECH USER ID: This will be your Virginia Tech username and email address. (Allow 24 hours before completing the remainder of this checklist)
  2. ENROLL in the 2-Factor Authentication with Duo.
  3. DOWNLOAD the DUO Mobile App on your personal smartphone and enroll your device.
  4. ACCESS, READ, USE your VT Email daily. Your VT Email is how the college, and your academic advisor will communicate with you.
  5. ADD your VT email to your personal smartphone that you will be using.
  6. SIGN UP to receive VT Alerts for your phone.

Click on the department or school that your major is under for detailed instructions,

AAEC

Majors: Agribusiness, Community Economic Development, Environmental Economics Management and Policy, Food & Health Systems Economics,  and International Trade and Development

Welcome to the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics! We look forward to working with you as you begin your journey at Virginia Tech! In order to ensure you are ready for summer advising and course registration between June 13-July 12, please see the information below:

  1. You will receive an email in early June to fill out a pre-orientation advising survey and instructions on how to schedule your orientation advising appointment.
  2. Advising appointments will be virtual over Zoom - each advising session will be an individual appointment. Your appointment will be approximately 45 minutes and we will finalize your fall classes during this appointment.
  3. Please make sure you are checking your VT email daily for updates. 

If you have any questions, please email Normand at nadams10@vt.edu or Mike at mebrock@vt.edu. We look forward to meeting you this summer!
Mike Ellerbrock and Normand Adams

 

Sunset

Welcome to the Department of Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education! We look forward to working with you as you begin your journey at Virginia Tech! In order to ensure you are ready for summer advising and course registration between June 12-14 or June 20-21, please see the information below:

  1. You will receive an email from your Academic Advisor, in early June to fill out a pre-orientation advising survey and instructions on how to schedule your orientation advising appointment.
  2. Advising appointments will be virtual over Zoom - each advising session will be an individual appointment. Your appointment will be approximately 45 minutes and we will finalize your fall classes during this time.
  3. Please make sure you are checking your VT email daily for updates.

If you have any questions, please email Michelle Greaud at mgreaud@vt.edu. We look forward to meeting you this summer!

 

APSC farm photo

Welcome to the Animal and Poultry Sciences major! We are excited to have you join our major and look forward to meeting you in person this fall. In the meantime, we invite you to attend our virtual Welcome Session to learn more about our program, the timeline for summer advising, and what to expect this fall. Families are welcome! The welcome sessions will be held in late May and early June. Summer advising and course registration will occur between July 8- 12 or July 15-16. To help us advise you during course registration, you will be receiving a pre-advising survey and additional instructions via your VT email address so be sure to watch for emails from ansci@vt.edu. If you need to get in touch with us prior to your advising appointment, please send an email to ansci@vt.edu. All the best for a wonderful summer!
Undergraduate Education Office
Dr. Jessica Bedore
Morgan Brokken
Dr. Rebecca Cockrum
Dr. Benjamin Corl
Kathy Tarter Duncan
Dr. Dan Eversole
Dr. Katie Heiderscheit
Dr. Cindy Wood

Beakers

Welcome to the Biochemistry major! We are excited you are joining our program and look forward to meeting with you for summer advising and course registration between June 12-27 or July 9-19. Here is what to expect:

  1. You will receive an email from us in early June to fill out a pre-summer advising survey and to make an advising appointment (please fill out the survey a week before your appointment).
  2. Advising appointments will be over Zoom - at the beginning you will be with a group of incoming students to go over information about your major and ask general questions. Then you will meet individually with one of our advisors to go over your fall schedule and answer any specific questions.
  3. After your advising meeting, you will receive a satisfaction survey.
  4. Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.

See you this summer!
Amy Rasor (arasor@vt.edu) and Amanda Villar (avillar@vt.edu)
Biochemistry Academic and Student Support Advisors

Hokie Bird kissing a cow

Welcome to the Dairy Science major! We are excited to have you join our major and look forward to meeting you in person this fall. In the meantime, we invite you to attend our virtual Welcome Session to learn more about our program, the timeline for summer advising, and what to expect this fall. Families are welcome! The welcome sessions will be held in late May and early June.  

Summer advising and course registration will occur between July 8- 12 or July 15-16.  To help us advise you during course registration, you will be receiving a pre-advising survey and additional instructions via your VT email address so be sure to watch for emails from ansci@vt.edu.
If you need to get in touch with us prior to your advising appointment, please send an email to ansci@vt.edu. All the best for a wonderful summer!

Undergraduate Education Office
Dr. Jessica Bedore
Morgan Brokken
Dr. Rebecca Cockrum
Dr. Benjamin Corl
Kathy Tarter Duncan
Dr. Dan Eversole
Dr. Katie Heiderscheit
Dr. Cindy Wood

Welcome to Exploring Life Sciences! Our program is designed for students who know they have an interest in the life sciences but haven’t quite identified that perfect-fit major. The Exploring Life Sciences program is a great first step to explore majors within agriculture and life sciences or other areas of studies. I will be your advisor for the program and look forward to working with you to offer guidance tailored to your individual goals.

So that I may best assist you during your one-on-one orientation advising session, please complete and submit the following survey: Exploring Life Sciences First Year Student Survey

Once I receive your survey, you will receive a link via your Virginia Tech email address with instructions on signing up for an advising appointment. You will have an opportunity then to choose a date from my advising blocks for summer advising and course registration between June 12-21 or July 8-12.

I am excited to welcome you to the program and look forward to working with you!

Jennifer Carr
jjc@vt.edu

Welcome to Food Science and Technology!
I am excited that you will be joining us in the fall. In order to get you ready, we have a few things we need to do. Here’s your checklist:

  1. Complete the FST Incoming Student Survey.  You will need to log into Google using your VT email address and PW to access the form. Please list all AP, IB Scores & Dual Enrollment Credit, even if you have not received your score. The personal questions are there to introduce you to your fellow classmates as I will create a webpage for you on the FST Student Site.
  2. View FST Student Site. Again, you must be logged into your VT Google Account to view this site. I have orientation information listed here and as we meet this summer, we will step through the information. Also, you can see your fellow classmates and get to know a bit about them before we all meet in the First-Year Experience seminar this fall.
  3. Consider an option for your major before we meet this summer (you may change it later). See FST student flyer.pdf (linked below)
  4. Make an appointment with your advisor.  Summer advising and course registration will occur between June 12-30. 

That’s me, Herbert (they call me Bruce) Bruce. You can make appointments are through Navigate (appointments will be available starting June 1) and select Make an Appointment. We will schedule our meeting for 90 minutes though most often we will be in done in about an hour. Any questions? Email me at brucehr@vt.edu. Can’t wait to meet you!

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FST Student Flyer Update 10-2023.pdf FST Flyer
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Welcome to Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise! We are excited to have you in the HNFE family and can't wait to get started! Next steps:

  1. Sign up for a New Student Meeting: HNFE New Student Meeting sign-up
  2. Check your VT email regulary. You will recieve a New Student Information email with a pre-registration survey where you can choose your major, tell us your interests, and let us know what credits you might be transferring.
  3. Schedule a summer course registration advising appointment. You will receive an email in June from your academic advisor with instructions to sign up for an appointment.  Summer advising and course registration will occur between June 12-14, June 20-21, June 24-25, or July 1-3.
  4. You will be added to the HNFE Advising Canvas site on June 1st.

 

Majors: Ecological Restoration, Environmental Science, Crop and Soil Sciences, Environmental Horticulture, Integrated Agriculture Technologies, Landscape Design and Turfgrass Science, and Plant Science

Welcome to the School of Plant and Environmental Sciences! We look forward to working with you this summer as you begin your journey at Virginia Tech! In order to ensure you are ready for summer advising and course registration which will occur between June 12- July 18, please see the information below:

  1. You will receive an email in early June to join the SPES Summer 2024 Academic Advising Canvas Course that can be accessed with your VT email address.
  2. Detailed information will be posted in the Canvas Course page of your next steps which includes completing a pre-orientation advising survey and instructions on how to schedule your orientation advising appointment.
  3. Beginning in mid-June all advising appointments will be over Zoom. You will meet individually with one of our advisors to go over your fall schedule and answer any specific questions.
  4. Please make sure you are checking your VT email daily for updates.

If you have any questions, please email Karen Drake-Whitney at kdrake@vt.edu. We look forward to meeting you this summer!
Karen Drake-Whitney, SPES Undergraduate Student Coordinator

During move-in week after you drop off your student, drop by and enjoy a snack and meet some faculty and staff that will be working with your student during their time at VT.  We will be offering drop-in hours for families on Tuesday, August 20-Thursday, August 22. Additional details coming soon!

Welcome to the Agricultural Technology family! We look forward to working with you over the next two years as you prepare to be a leader in your field! We will discuss how to use Hokie Scheduler, along with other pertinent informaiton during our online academic advising   and course registration sessions which will occur on either June 14 or June 21. Check out our website, www.agtech.vt.edu, and check your VT email daily for updates. Email Stephanie Slocum (agtech@vt.edu) with any questions.

Advising Appointment Dates: Sessions will be online using Zoom. 

How to send information about transfer credit: 

  • To view transferable credits pleaase visit: https://www.registrar.vt.edu/Transferable-Credit.html
  • Transfer students need to send their high school transcript if they completed 2 years of a single foreign language in high school.
  •  Dual Enrollment must be sent by the institution through which you completed the courses. The official transcripts for dual enrollment courses or courses taken at other universities to Virginia Tech’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Virginia Tech will not process transfer credit for dual enrollment courses on high school transcripts; we must receive official copies from the community college or university where the course was taken.
  • Official high school, college, and university transcripts 


All transcripts should be sent to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions through electronic transfer (i.e., Parchment) or through mail to the address below.

Office of Undergraduate Admissions, Virginia Tech 
925 Prices Fork Road 
Blacksburg, VA 24061

AP, IB, CLEP, and Cambridge Scores:

To view equivalencies for courses you wish to transfer, please visit those guides at

AP, IB, CLEP, and Cambridge scores to Virginia Tech’s Office of the University Registrar. AP & CLEP must be sent to VT from CollegeBoard (they will not process copies of scores). Use School Code #5859

Virginia Tech Registrar
Student Services Bldg., Suite 250
800 Washington Street
Blacksburg, VA 24061

  • August 20-22: CALS Family Drop -Details coming soon - Litton Reaves Student Lounge
  • Friday, August 23: College Social from 2:00 – 4:00 on the Litton-Reaves Lawn (This will be the final event for the Weeks of Welcome so please come out and meet your Academic Dean, Faculty, Staff, and Students in CALS)
  • Wednesday, September 4: CALSFest - Undergraduate Social and CALS Clubs.  Watch for details in the Student Weekly Email you will be receiving soon!

Families as Partners - https://students.vt.edu/transition.html  

Weeks of Welcome - https://students.vt.edu/transition/welcome.html

Click here to go to the CALS Family webpage