CC Advisers: Have You Met Your Gateway Liaison?

By Megan McConnell, Academic Counselor, UAA Advising

The Undergraduate Gateway Center at the University of Washington is home to a cadre of academic counselors who primarily serve undeclared or undecided students. We are also the host of Transfer Thursday, where prospective students come to find out more about programs of interest at the UW as well as admission procedures.

One of each adviser’s many responsibilities is serving as a liaison with one or more community colleges around the state. Our goal is to visit each community college in the state once a year, if possible, and even if a visit is not possible, to establish a working relationship with advisers and faculty at the assigned college(s) to provide advising information.

Some of the things your liaison may do:

Visit your college during the College Tour or another time.
Set up a meeting with advisers and faculty to discuss web resources for exploring majors, finding out transfer equivalencies, and graduation requirements; to help you help students prepare to come to Transfer Thursday; to provide statistics on community college enrollments at UW campuses; and to provide any updates on prerequisite changes or new program developments.
Offer a student information session on “Preparing for Majors at the UW.”
Answer via phone or email any questions that may arise about UW majors and policies (recognizing that we will refer any admissions-related questions to Admissions).
Meet with you if you come to the annual UW/Community College Advising Conference.

So, if you are a community college adviser and you don’t know who your current liaison is, here’s the skinny:

Bellevue	Donna Sharpe	On BCC campus
Big Bend	Laura Avila	206-543-2598 or lavila@u.washington.edu
Cascadia	Peg Cheng	206-616-3452 or pcheng@u.washington.edu
Centralia	Jim Scott	206-221-6064 or jimscott@u.washington.edu
Clark	Laura Avila	206-543-2598 or lavila@u.washington.edu
Columbia Basin	Laura Avila	206-543-2598 or lavila@u.washington.edu
Edmonds	Nancy Hennes	206-543-4883 or nhennes@u.washington.edu
Everett	Kay Balston	206-543-7194 or kbalston@u.washington.edu
Gray’s Harbor	Jim Scott	206-221-6064 or jimscott@u.washington.edu
Green River	Peg Cheng	206-616-3452 or pcheng@u.washington.edu
Highline	Kay Balston	206-543-7194 or kbalston@u.washington.edu
Lower Columbia	Laura Avila	206-543-2598 or lavila@u.washington.edu
North Seattle	Nancy Hennes	206-543-4883 or nhennes@u.washington.edu
Olympic	Jim Scott	206-221-6064 or jimscott@u.washington.edu
Peninsula	Laura Avila	206-543-2598 or lavila@u.washington.edu
Pierce (both campuses)	Dave Sayrs	206-616-7302 or dsayrs@u.washington.edu
Seattle Central	Laura Avila	206-543-2598 or lavila@u.washington.edu
Shoreline	Joyce Fagel	On Shoreline campus
Skagit Valley	Clay Schwenn	206-543-4871 or cschwenn@u.washington.edu
South Puget Sound	Ann Trail	206-685-2777 or trail@u.washington.edu
South Seattle	Heather Clineschmidt	206-543-7547 or hcline@u.washington.edu
Spokane Falls	Dave Sayrs	206-616-7302 or dsayrs@u.washington.edu
Spokane	Dave Sayrs	206-616-7302 or dsayrs@u.washington.edu
Tacoma	Ann Trail	206-685-2777 or trail@u.washington.edu
Walla Walla	Laura Avila	206-543-2598 or lavila@u.washington.edu
Wenatchee	Laura Avila	206-543-2598 or lavila@u.washington.edu
Whatcom	Clay Schwenn	206-543-4871 or cschwenn@u.washington.edu
Yakima Valley	Heather Clineschmidt	206-543-7547 or hcline@u.washington.edu

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