Advising Services

Contact Information:

Office: Student Union Building, Room 210
Phone: (208) 769-7821
Fax: (208) 769-3292
Web: nic.edu/advising/
Email: advising@nic.edu

Advising Services teaches and empowers students to be successful in the discernment and achievement of their educational and professional goals. With a focus on providing direct advising for new and returning students and making effective student referrals to faculty advisors, it is Advising Services' mission to provide strategic and operational leadership to ensure institutional fulfillment of the advising mission.

The mission of advising at North Idaho College is to empower and educate students to clarify their academic interests, make informed decisions, and set and achieve goals for lifelong learning and professional success.

Advising at North Idaho College is an intentional, collaborative, and inclusive process. With a holistic approach, faculty and professional advisors partner with students in meeting the essential learning outcomes, supporting academic success, and outlining the steps for achievement of the students' personal, academic, and career goals.

North Idaho College employs a decentralized advising model, with every degree-seeking student assigned at least one advisor aligned with the student's program of study. Professional advisors are located in Advising Services, TRiO, Veteran & Military Family Services, American Indian Student Support, and the Dual Credit Office. Professional advisors are also located in career technical education. Full-time faculty are assigned advisees in their programs of expertise.

Advising is offered at the Sandpoint campus by faculty advisors and an outreach/dual credit professional advisor. Together, the college's professional and faculty advisors support students pursuing the full range of GED, career and technical education, and academic/transfer programs offered by NIC.

Visit the Advising Services webpage, nic.edu/advising, for additional information about advising curriculum and student learning outcomes.