| COUNSELING SERVICES
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Counselors are professionals who are available to assist you
in your educational career and life planning. They can help you
to make effective decisions and to deal with problems that you
may be facing while in attendance at the College. Interviews
with counselors are confidential. Referral information is available
for persons requiring professional assistance beyond the scope
and training of the counselors.
A counselor can help you explore and develop career goals and
plan your education to help meet those goals. If you want to
enroll in a degree or certificate curriculum, and if you did
not indicate a choice of curriculum on your Application for
Admission, it is suggested that you meet with a counselor
to select a major.
This may mean planning a developmental program to gain the
necessary skills in certain areas to meet the entrance requirements
for
a curriculum. It may mean planning a program to take the right
courses for transfer to a four?year college or university when
you leave NVCC. It may mean selecting the occupational/technical
program best suited to your abilities. The counseling service
on each campus provides a testing program to help you better
understand your abilities, interests, skills, and values. Tests
and inventories are administered and interpreted at a nominal
charge to students.
During your first semester at NVCC, the counselor may refer
you to a faculty advisor who will assist you in planning
your second
semester and the rest of your program.
Counseling services are open to you throughout your enrollment
at the College. You are encouraged to continue to visit your
counselor for whatever reason you may have. Any change of
curriculum must be made through your counselor.
Counselors assist you with such information as financial
aid, self-assessment inventories, career opportunities,
volunteer service placement, and job counseling. Special
group programs
are also available in career planning, personal exploration,
and other skill-building topics.
The Counseling Services Center on each campus also has
information available about national testing programs,
such as the Test
of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and the College
Level Examination
Program (CLEP).
For students requiring special services or accommodations, see
the “Disabilities Services for Students” section
for more information.
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