Fairfax, Virginia30+ days ago
Academic Advising & Student SupportGuide CDS students on academic policies, procedures, and graduation requirements; Creates a welcoming advising experience that meets students where they are with patience and compassion, equity-minded patience, and respect that encourages student persistence and success; Conducts in-depth, one-on-one advising appointments and provides detailed follow-up communication to support student success while maintaining confidentiality according to all local, state, and federal laws and/or requirements; Monitors student progress, registration activity, and academic standing to proactively address academic challenges; Acts as a liaison for special populations including student-athletes, out-of-state students, and international cohorts (e.g., Mason Korea); Supports students on suspension, returning students, and students on proba. The mission of the Department of Computational and Data Sciences (CDS) at George Mason University is threefold: (a) Deliver high-quality education in Computational and Data Sciences at the undergraduate and graduate levels through its undergraduate, certificate, masters, and two PhD programs - Computational Science and Informatics (CSI) and Computational Social science (CSS); (b) Develop, conduct, and disseminate rigorous cutting-edge externally funded research in a range of application areas in which computational science, data science, modeling, and simulation play a key role.