1. There’s a lot to think about.
Your Academic Advisor
can help you
make sense of it all…

2. BU Academic Advising
Helping You Navigate Your Way to Academic and Career Success!
Academic Advising:
One Stop Welcome Center-
Administrative Services Building Who is your advisor? Find out in BRUIN!
Tel: 1-800-756-7920 Option 0
https://bruin.bellevue.edu

3. Ways your Advisor can guide you through college:
 Developing a degree plan
 Understanding your degree requirements
 Interpreting the official Advisement Report
 Monitoring your academic progress
 Providing options for ways to earn credit
 Connecting to campus services and resources
 Navigating the Bellevue Real Time User Interface Network (BRUIN)
 Understanding the Kirkpatrick Signature Series
 Interpreting institutional rules, policies, and procedures
 Clarifying the requirements for degree conferral
 Applying for graduation
 Assist you in determining how your career goals work with your
academic major
 Partner with the Career Coaching Center to ensure you have support
with regard to your academic and career goals

4. Resources to Know
Your academic advisor is here to help, but only you are responsible for
your success. Get to know the following tools at BU…they are very
important:
•Course Catalog •BU Website
• What catalog are you in? • What information can I find here?
• Degree and Major requirements? •Advisement Report
•Registration • How do I read my report?
• How do you register? • How do I check my progress?
•BRUIN
• What can you see there?
• How can you access tutorials?
•BU E-mail
• CRITICAL that you check often.
All correspondence from BU is sent Your Academic Advisor
here. can help you learn
about any of these!
Just ask!

5. Preparing for your Advising Session
•Make an appointment!
•1-800-756-7920 Option 0
•Ensure All Official Transcripts are sent to:
Student Records
Bellevue University
1000 Galvin Road South
Bellevue, NE 68005
•Resolve any registration holds, if applicable
•Review your Advisement Report
(ALL official Transcripts must be submitted first)
•Read the schedule of classes in advance
•Think of any academic or career-related
questions or concerns
•Always register early!