Advising & Academic Support
My friends and I attended my professor’s office hours so regularly that we started calling it our weekly math party.
Cecilia LaCroix ’16
Students in Valpo mathematics and statistics courses have rich resources to enhance academic success. Valpo mathematics and statistics professors maintain open office hours and a friendly department atmosphere that encourages students to engage professors in conversation and to seek their help and guidance. A strong advising program helps students identify their strengths and interests.
Major Advisors
Student advisors are arranged by cohort, so that the student-advisor relationship can be maintained throughout the course of study. For academic year 2022-23, advisors are assigned as follows:
- FRESHMAN Mathematics Majors: Lara Pudwell
- SOPHOMORE and JUNIOR Mathematics Majors: Paul Drube
- SENIOR Mathematics Majors: Melissa Desjarlais
- FRESHMAN Statistics Majors and Data Science Majors: Jon Beagley
- SOPHOMORE and JUNIOR Statistics Majors and Data Science Majors: Hugh Gong
- SENIOR Statistics Majors and Data Science Majors: Tiffany Kolba
- All Actuarial Science Majors: Patrick Sullivan
- All Analytics and Modeling (M.S.) Students: Tiffany Kolba
Minor Advisors
While the university does not officially track advisors for minor programs, students seeking a minor to go along with their major are encouraged to reach out for information as follows:
- Minor in Mathematics: Daniel Maxin
- Minor in Actuarial Science: Patrick Sullivan
- Minor in Applied Statistics: Tiffany Kolba
- Minor in Data Science: Tiffany Kolba
Tutoring Resources
The department offers weekly help sessions to students in most 100-level and 200-level mathematics and statistics courses. More information about these sessions is available here.
In addition, engineering students in need of further support may contact the Hesse Learning Resource Center.
Non-engineering students in need of further support may request individual or small group peer tutoring through the Academic Success Center.