About advising

The School of Journalism and Mass Communication employs part-time advisors who actively work in the professional field.

The J-School advisors, Heather Lee Schroeder and Robert Schwoch, are known for their skill helping students balance professional and academic goals. Advisors provide both career and academic counseling for the school’s prospective and current majors.

Services offered

• General career counseling
• Academic progress review
• Advice on course selection
• Job and internship listings and matching
• Resume, cover letter and application packet review
• Advice to prospective students on admission
• Seminars and workshops

J-School advisors

Robert Schwoch
Undergraduate Advisor
5060 Vilas Hall

Heather Lee Schroeder
Student Services Coordinator/Advisor
5134 Vilas Hall

Contacting the advisors

PLEASE NOTE OUR REVISED OFFICE HOURS FOR SPRING 2008: The J-School has drop-in advising nearly every day from 9 a.m. to 1pm. Please call (608) 263-4898 for that week's walk-in hours. No appointment is necessary; students are advised on a first-come, first-serve basis. If one advisor is out or busy, please feel free to seek the other. To make an afternoon appointment, call (608) 263-4898, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Messages requesting an advising appointment will not be returned. Please only leave voice mails if you need to cancel an existing appointment.

FIRST-TIME APPLICANT ADVISNG POLICY: Please note we have recently changed our advising policy for first-time applicants. This semester the advisors will only see first-time applicants beginning the week of April 21 who have attended a "How to apply" workshop. These will be 15 minute appointments only so please come prepared with specific questions to ask!

ADVISNG POLICY FOR NON-JOURNALISM/MASS COMM MAJORS: The advisors will not take appointments with non-majors or prospective applicants unless you have been pre-approved to do so. The advisors will only provide course/registration advising to students already admitted to the major. Students not admitted need to see their cross-college or L&S advisor for course/registration advising needs.