Faculty Advising
In the spring, the residential colleges nominate members of the college fellowships to the Yale College Dean's Office for appointment as freshman faculty advisers for the coming academic year. Since in most colleges some attempt is made to match freshmen with advisers in a field in which the freshmen have declared a special interest, you may wish to suggest to the college dean suitable members of the department from the college's fellowship for these appointments. In some departments, the DUS designates members of the fellowship to serve as departmental representatives in the various residential colleges to advise majors and prospective majors in those colleges. The names of these departmental representatives should be reported to the college deans if they have not already been published in the YCPS. If the fellowship of a particular college lacks a member of the faculty from a department, the DUS or chair might wish to suggest to the college master the names of colleagues who have not yet joined a fellowship and who would make good advisers.
