Academic Advising
Academic Advising Center
Egan Leadership Center, Suite 200
502-873-4169
advising@spalding.edu
Academic Advising meets the needs of Spalding University's diverse community of learners by supporting the development of the student's educational and vocation goals through collaborative, intentional, and compassionate advising practices consistent with the University and its mission. Undergraduate students are assigned to either a Faculty Advisor within their major concentration, or to an Academic Advisor in the AAC. The following chart will direct you to the correct advisor.
Undergraduate Day Students
Major | Contact for Advising Appointment |
Business and Accounting | Billye Potts, bpotts01@spalding.edu (502) 585-7120, Mansion West 107 |
Communication | Melissa Chastain, mchastain@spalding.edu, |
Creative Writing, Interdisciplinary Humanities, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences | Helen Nelson, hnelson@spalding.edu (502) 873- 4434, Mansion 210 |
Education (accepted into College of Education) | Chris Walsh, cwalsh@spalding.edu,
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Major | Contact for Advising Appointment |
Natural Science | Lori Silaghi, lsilaghi@spalding.edu (502) 873-4448, KCCHNS 104 |
Nursing (accepted into Nursing program) | Pamela Fleck, pfleck@spalding.edu |
Pre-Education (not yet accepted into College of Education), and Psychology
| Cindy Green, cgreen02@spalding.edu |
Pre-Nursing, Traditional (not yet accepted into Nursing program) | Jimmy Rowland, jrowland@spalding.edu |
Pre-Occupational Therapy (not yet accepted into OT program) | Nikki Shedletsky, nshedletsky@spalding.edu |
Pre-Social Work (not yet started on Social Work major courses) | Rob Giesting, rgiesting@spalding.edu |
Occupational Therapy/Health Sciences (accepted into programs) | Joe McCombs, jmccombs@spalding.edu |
Social Work (accepted into Social Work program) | Angela Lucear, (502) 585-7183, Mansion East 212A |
Studio Art (Kentucky College of Art and Design) | Liptrap, Melissa (502) 873-4357 Teilhard Hall 107B |
Undecided/Undeclared (students who have not yet declared a major officially) | Rob Giesting, rgiesting@spalding.edu |
Adult Accelerated Program (AAP) Students
Major | Contact for Advising Appointment |
Accounting (and Accounting minor) | Billye Potts, bpotts01@spalding.edu (502) 585-7120, Mansion West 107 |
Business | Rob Giesting, rgiesting@spalding.edu Academic Advising Center (502) 873-4169, ELC 200 |
Communication | Cindy Green, cgreen02@spalding.edu |
Creative Writing, Interdisciplinary Humanities, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences | Tiffany Thompson, tthompson10@spalding.edu (502) 873-4434, Mansion 210 |
Natural Science | Lori Silaghi, lsilaghi@spalding.edu |
Pre-Education (not yet accepted into College of Education; Education is not an AAP program) | Cindy Green, cgreen02@spalding.edu |
Pre-Nursing, Traditional (not yet accepted into Nursing program; Nursing is not an AAP program) | Jimmy Rowland, jrowland@spalding.edu |
Pre-Occupational Therapy (not yet accepted into OT program; OT is not an AAP program) | Nikki Shedletsky, nshedletsky@spalding.edu |
Pre-Social Work (not yet started on Social Work major courses; Social Work is not an AAP program) | Rob Giesting, rgiesting@spalding.edu |
Psychology | Cindy Green, cgreen02@spalding.edu |
Undecided/Undeclared (students who have not yet declared a major officially) | Rob Giesting, rgiesting@spalding.edu |