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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 2023-24, advisors are assigned as follows:

  • FRESHMAN and SOPHOMORE Mathematics Majors: Lara Pudwell
  • JUNIOR and SENIOR Mathematics Majors: Paul Drube
  • FRESHMAN and SOPHOMORE Statistics Majors and Data Science Majors: Jon Beagley
  • JUNIOR and SENIOR Statistics Majors and Data Science Majors: Hugh Gong
  • All Actuarial Science Majors: Patrick Sullivan
  • All Analytics and Modeling (M.S.) Students: Hugh Gong

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:

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.