Advising and Counseling

ACADEMIC ADVISING 

Clarendon College considers academic advising essential to student success.  The goal is to help students identify their goals, and achieve those goals.  As a returning, current, or prospective student, it's important to build a relationship with an academic advisor.  An advisor can help you create an academic plan by helping you select appropriate courses and create a class schedule for Fall, Spring, or Summer semesters.  An advisor can help you achieve your academic goals.

An advisor can assist you in other ways, as well.  They can help you with the following:

•  Choose the degree, (Associate in Arts or in Science or in Applied Science) or a Certificate offered at Clarendon College that will best meet your goals.
• Plan to transfer to another college or university.
• Learn about other resources to help achieve your academic goal, such as tutoring or study groups.
• Advise on how to raise your GPA if you are on academic probation.
• Assist with employment and career choices.
• Academic advisors are available to meet with you throughout the year- not just at registration time.

Most importantly, during peak advising times (just before and during registration), if possible, it's best to meet with an advisor in-person to review your degree plan and course selection.

If you are an online student and meeting with an advisor is not possible then please e-mail or call your advisor for assistance.

NOTE: Cosmetology and Nursing students progress through their programs as a cohort, therefore all of the students are registered as a group by the advisor. Students within these programs do not need to meet with their advisor each semester to register.

COUNSELING SERVICES

Clarendon College has contracted for a mental health counselor to be onsite on a weekly basis and is also available via telehealth. See our Mental Health Resources page for more information.* In addition, staff members are available to help students make educational and career decisions, select courses, adjust to college life, understand transfer requirements, improve study skills, and develop personally and socially. Information concerning employment opportunities in various fields is available. For the student who intends to pursue a four-year program, online resources are available.  The advisors are available to all students in person as well as via telephone and e-mail. The staff promote student success with a focus on student retention and completion through academic advisement, placement, career guidance, and follow-up services at Clarendon College. Student success is supported by the advising staff in the following areas:

• Academic advisement to examine appropriate choices of courses, educational plans, study skills, and transferability of courses
• Academic success counseling and feedback on areas for personal improvement
• Career assessment and advisement to help students make decisions related to careers
• Providing strategies to ensure a successful pathway from high school to college and to transfer or career pathways
• Information and support for pregnant/ parenting students**
• Information and support for students currently or formerly in foster care***

Student Success Guides and Resources are available online to help students with a variety of academic skills such as notetaking, test-taking, and more. Click here to access them.

* For information about mental health counseling and to see a list of mental health resources, please go to www.clarendoncollege.edu/mentalhealthservices.

**Clarendon College has a designated liaison to help pregnant and/or parenting students identify resources and support. Contact Janean Reish by email at janean.reish@clarendoncollege.edu or by phone at (806) 874-4837.

*** The Clarendon College Foster Care Liaison is Janean Reish. Contact her at janean.reish@clarendoncollege.edu or (806) 874-4837 for assistance identifying resources for students currently or formerly in foster care. For information about the foster care tuition waiver, please contact Leah James in the Financial Aid Office at leah.james@clarendoncollege.edu or (806) 874-4838. Click here for the CC Foster Care Quick Reference Guide. To access resources from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, click here. For a list of basic needs resources in the area, click here.