EDWARDSVILLE - Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Office of First-Year and Transitional Advising (OFTA), formerly known as the Office of Academic Advising, is celebrating success and a recent shift in focus. During the spring semester of 2024, OFTA began developing intentional advisor training grounded in NACADA’s pillars and philosophies to better prepare first-year and transitional students. This restructuring implemented an advising curriculum supported by clearly defined...