Advising FAQs
- After an advising session select the student you have just advised: TopNet > Advisors & Student Data Entry > Advisees Eligible to Register > Select student
- Click on the “Advisors & Student Data Entry” tab again > Click “Holds Update” under “Student Info/Maintenance”
- Change “not advised” to “advised” under the “see advisor” registration hold type
- After an advising session select the student you have just advised: TopNet > Advisors & Student Data Entry > Advisees Eligible to Register > Select student
- Click on the “Advisors & Student Data Entry” tab again > select General Student Comments under the “Advising/Administrative Tasks” section
- Select > Overall Follow-Up
- If it’s for one of your classes, view the instruction starting on page18: https://www.wku.edu/its/topnet/documents/topnet7-faculty.pdf
- If it’s for another class, you can email that person with the relevant information or ask your advisee to contact them
- Top for Transfers: https://www.wku.edu/top/index.php
- Transfer Center: https://www.wku.edu/transfer
- Credit Transfer Check (for existing agreement)
- Petition for Transfer Credit Equivalencies (to set up new transfer credits not listed)
- Guide to Student Complaints at WKU: https://www.wku.edu/academicaffairs/documents/guide_for_student_complaints.pdf
- Grade Complaints: https://www.wku.edu/academicaffairs/documents/student_complaint_procedure.pdf
- Ombuds Office (https://www.wku.edu/academicaffairs/student_ombuds.php)
- It is your responsibility to communicate with your advisees regarding the new student advising portal
- Please include a link to it in all your communications with them
- https://www.wku.edu/ogden/advising-student.php
Some of the links on this page may require additional software to view.