Bridget O'Neill
Academic Advisor
Hartford, CT bridget.oneill@example.com +1 (555) 002-1128 bridgetoneill.example
Profile
Academic advisor who helps students pick a path they can finish. Degree audits, hold-clearing, and conversations that name tradeoffs instead of cheerleading.
Experience
Academic Advisor
2019 – Present
Horizon Learning · Hartford, CT
- Advised a caseload of 280 students and kept first-year persistence 6 points above the campus average.
- Built a degree-map handout that cut “am I on track?” emails in half.
- Ran probation outreach that returned 41 of 60 students to good standing within a term.
Advising Assistant
2016 – 2019
River College Center · Hartford, CT
- Staffed drop-in hours and learned to read a transcript quickly.
- Updated catalog notes when a required course changed numbers.
Skills
Advising · Degree audits · Outreach · FERPA · Workshops · Student information systems
Education
M.Ed. Higher Education
2016
Connecticut River College
Projects
Degree Map
Term-by-term sample plan with alternate courses if a class is full.