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Academic Counseling

Office of the Associate Dean for Student Success

Contact: Elaine DeBrine Howell, MA, LPCC

Associate Dean for Student Success

Email: Elaine.debrinehowell@nmt.edu, 575.835.5208, Speare 132

The Office of the Associate Dean for Student Success provides many services to assist students in achieving their academic goals at New Mexico Tech, including:

Academic Success Planning: Academic counseling with a focus on identification of academic strengths, learning style preference, and navigating university policies and procedures.

Degree planning: assistance with degree audits, understanding degree requirements and departmental policies, academic advising.

Grade Extension Agreements: At the instructor’s discretion and in the case of extenuating circumstances, additional time may be given to a student to complete additional work and/or exams in a course after the final grade is submitted. The grade extension agreements are monitored by the Associate Dean for Student Success.

Early Intervention: An Academic Referral Program designed to identify students who are experiencing academic difficulty with the aim to assist them with those emerging problems before they become insurmountable. The teaching faculty is asked to refer students to the Associate Dean for Student Success at the beginning of the 3rd week of the semester, if not earlier. Interventions continue throughout the semester. Typical issues of concern include:

  • Absences/lateness

  • Missed homework, quizzes or tests

  • Poor performance on homework, quizzes or tests

  • Inappropriate classroom behavior

  • Change in behavior

  • Any other concerns

Academic Warning Program: the program allows all undergraduate students whose cumulative or semester GPA falls below 2.0 the opportunity to identify and rectify obstacles to their academic success. Students on warning work with their academic advisor to complete an Academic Success plan that is reviewed and approved by the Academic Standards and Admissions Committee. A registration hold remains on the students’ account for the duration of the warning semester to help ensure that the student is following through on their academic plan. Academic Warning is not an official Academic Standing and does not appear on the transcript.

Additional Support:

  • Academic Advising for Dual Credit and Non-degree Undergraduate students

  • New Faculty Advisor Training

  • TA training

  • Macey Scholars Program Advisor

  • Fulbright Scholar Program Advisor