FAQs
Advising Services

What is the difference between faculty advisers and counselors?

A faculty adviser helps with educational planning and provides the PIN (personal identification number) for registration. Students must see a adviser before registering each quarter.

WVC's counselors provide a range of services including educational planning, career counseling, problem solving, facilitating worker retraining, short-term personal counseling and crisis intervention, testing, disability accommodations, Running Start program planning and job search assistance. For more information see the Advising information page, or the Counseling department page.