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Academic Advising Office files
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- 1976-1997 (Creation)
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Consists of historical papers about the College's tutorial program and the details of tutorials from 1986-1997. Also included is background material about academic advising for the 1977 and 1988 NCA self-studies, information about the Academic Advising Conferences sponsored by Grinnell College, and files on the Multicultural Task Force. RG-AL Ser. 1.4 contains additional materials on the Multicultural Task Force.
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The Academic Advising Office coordinates the faculty advising system and also provides academic advisising. The director is a liaison to the faculty in academic advising mAtters and serves on the Committee on Academic Standing. The first director of the office was Ray Obermiller (1967-1991). She was succeeded by Jo Calhoun (1991-2000) and Joyce Stern (2000-).