Sunday, February 1, 2015

James Gibson joins school as Director of Advising

James Gibson

James Gibson, former director of the Indiana University 21st Century Scholars Program, has recently joined the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington as the school’s first Director of Advising. Gibson will lead the school’s efforts to provide superior advising services to undergraduate students both during summer orientation and throughout the academic year. Dedicated to facilitating student academic success, he will lead the school’s many undergraduate departmental advisors and also providing academic counseling to students enrolled.

"We are very excited to have Jim join our school. He brings a wealth of experience to the advising component of our student services area. This newly-created position is in response to the increasing number of majors and our continued growth as a School of Public Health-Bloomington. We intend to continually improve advising and career services available to all of our majors," said John Schrader, Assistant Dean for Student Academic Affairs.