GDB Advising Information - Winter 2025 

Starting January 6, 2025

Virtual Drop-in Advising

Hours:
Virtual Drop In Advising occurs every Monday from 11am to 2pm and every Wednesday from 12pm to 3pm with Grace and the GDB Peer Advisors.

Zoom Link: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/3629779393 Meeting ID: 362 977 9393

If you're unable to attend drop in advising, please email gdb-advise@ucdavis.edu to schedule an appointment.

 

Peer Advisors

  • Schedule checks
  • Peer experience with classes
  • Peer experience with practicum
  • RE list check
  • GDB minor advising

Academic Advisor Grace

  • Schedule checks
  • Degree checks (may require longer meeting as follow up)
  • Study abroad questions
  • Forms and petitions questions
  • Practicum questions
Advising AppointmentsAdvising appointments are 30-minute meetings for more in-depth advising. If you have several questions and/or wish to spend more time working with an advisor, please schedule an appointment with the appropriate type of advisor

Peer Advisors

  • Change of major
  • General academic planning
  • Practicum planning and tips
  • RE questions
  • Questions about peer experience
  • GDB minor advising

Peer advising appointments will be remote (on Zoom). You will receive a link for the Zoom meeting in an automated OASIS email.

Academic Advisor Grace

  • Yearly check-ins
  • Specific practicum issues or delays
  • Graduation delays
  • Academic standing
  • Planning study abroad
  • Readmission and withdrawal
  • PELP/Cancellation
  • Career planning
  • Any other special situations

Appointments with Grace may be remote (on Zoom), over the phone, or in-person in Hutchinson 152 (LIMITED).

 

How to Schedule an Appointment

Please note that we only schedule advising appointments at least 24 hours in advance.

If you need to cancel or reschedule, please email gdb-advise@ucdavis.edu at least two hours before your scheduled appointment.

To make an appointment with a Peer Advisor:

  1. See peer advising hours below.
  2. Request an appointment by sending an email to gdb-advise@ucdavis.edu with your name, SID, advising question, and several days and times of availability based on current advising hours.

To make an appointment with Academic Advisor Grace:

  1. Visit appointments.ucdavis.edu.
  2. Click "Get Scheduled."
  3.  Select "Plant Pathology, Nematology and Entomology Advising Center."
  4. Choose your major (i.e., "Global Disease Biology")
  5. Enter your contact information.
  6. Select a day, time, and type of appointment (remote, phone, or in-person).

If you do not see any availability on the appointments system, please email gdb-advise@ucdavis.edu with your name, SID, advising question, and several options for your availability.

Academic Advisor Grace's Weekly Office Hours

Hours:
Grace's Office Hours are every Tuesday from 9am to 11am, both on Zoom (link below) and in person in 152 Hutchison Hall.

Zoom Link: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/3629779393 Meeting ID: 362 977 9393

If you're unable to attend Grace' office hours, please visit appointments.ucdavis.edu to schedule an appointment with Grace, or email gdb-advise@ucdavis.edu to schedule an appointment with a peer advisor.

  

Winter 2025 GDB Advising Hours

Winter 2025 Advising Hours