The Department of Advising, Counseling, and Retention Services (ACRS) provides supportive curricular and co-curricular guidance to students to support their educational, career and life goals. The ACRS staff offers individual and group academic and transfer advisement, career development assessments, personal counseling, program of study evaluations, educational support programs and workshops. It is the goal of the Department of Advising, Counseling, and Retention Services to promote and cultivate retention, persistence, and students’ academic and personal success.