Academic, major and career advising are critical components to your progress toward graduation from the College of Health and Human Services at Western Michigan University. Advisors answer questions, offer guidance and ensure you fulfill all of the requirements for your chosen area of study.
Here's a checklist for families to help prepare new students for their college experience.
Call (269) 387-2656 to schedule an appointment with an academic advisor.
Advising Office hours (by appointment):
- Monday through Friday - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Walk-in advising:
- Friday - 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m.
Please call ahead to check advisor availability. With recruiting events, not all advisors are available every Friday.
The advising office is located in Room 2125 of the Health and Human Services Building. Please see our directions to the building page.
Undergraduate program advisors
- Interdisciplinary health services: Mandy Cox
- Nursing: Tracy Corstange
- Occupational therapy, pre-physical therapy: Sarah Anderson
- Pre-nursing and pre-social work: Sheena Bolton
- Pre-physician assistant: Mandy Cox
- Public health: Robert Bensley
- Speech pathology and audiology, social work, health informatics and information management: Jill Hamilton
Graduate program advisors
- Audiology: Mary Peterson
- Blindness and low vision studies
- Interdisciplinary health sciences Ph.D.: Kieran Fogarty
- Nursing: Tracy Corstange
- Occupational therapy, physical therapy: Sarah Anderson
- Physician assistant: Melinda Lockett
- Public health: Mark Kelley or Robert Bensley
- Social work: Jennifer Klauth
- Speech pathology: sppa_info@wmich.edu, (269) 387-8045
- Graduate certificate in gerontology: Janet Hahn
- Graduate certificates in integrative holistic health and wellness or specialty program in alcohol and drug addiction: Sheena Bolton