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"Empowering YOU to achieve academic and personal success."

Participating in Student Outreach Services provides you with a network of support services that include:

  • Advisors who get to know YOU
  • Creation of individualized academic plans
  • Helping you set goals that you can achieve
  • Teaching helpful time management and study skills
  • Access to student activities and leadership opportunities
  • Community, campus & cultural events
  • Connecting you with others who share your experience of being new to Western

Whether your challenge is choosing a major, personal struggle, or transitioning to the college environment, we are here to help!  Working with students on a one-on-one basis, we will work with you to determine the steps necessary for success.

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Drop-In Advising Support

When you don't have time for appointments, we also have drop-in hours for those quick questions and answers. Come by anytime between 3:00-4:00pm, Monday through Friday, to see a Drop-In Academic Support Coordinator. 

Drop-In advising works great for questions ranging from academics and financial aid to personal issues and beyond.  We encourage scheduled appointments to address more in-depth topics, such as your academic plan of study. Drop-In hours operate on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Our Mission

Student Outreach Services serves first generation, multicultural and non-traditional students and engages students in personalized academic coaching, peer mentoring and specialized programs using a global and multicultural focus to support student persistence and academic achievement.


Student Outreach Services is an integrative unit with the Ethnic Student Center and the LEADS Program.

Blended Model diagram for ESC LEADS SOS

Page Updated 03.04.2013