Charisma Presley, M.A., Director of Retention and Student Success
Georgina Waller, M.Ed., Assistant Director of Retention and Student Success
Stephanie Stefanik, M.A., Retention and Success Specialist
107 St. Augustine Center for Liberal Arts
610-519-7429 or ousretention@villanova.edu
We offer a layer of specialized advising for undergraduate CLAS students to provide a bridge between faculty advisors and campus resources. We work to promote undergraduate student persistence and retention, with an emphasis on factors that may affect a student's academic progress. We offer guidance to students but promote their independence as we encourage them to take responsibility for overcoming any obstacles to their academic success. We provide clarity on university policies related to academic standing, attendance, leaves of absence and degree completion. We actively connect students to our partners around campus including the University Counseling Center, Dean of Student’s Office, Residence Life, Learning Support Services among others.
We strive to support faculty and staff by managing the College's Academic Early Alert Systems, Faculty Feedback Requests, and Attendance Verification processes and forms, all of which are designed to provide feedback on academic performance to advisors and students to enable them to make timely decisions. We provide a case management approach for student Leave of Absence and return to campus requests.