First Year Academic Advising
The College of Agriculture prides itself on the quality of its academic advising. Each student is assigned a professional academic advisor within the Agriculture Office of Student Services for their first year until they transition to their academic department. If you are a first year student, please contact our staff below to schedule an appointment with a member of the center.
if you are a Transfer Student - you will work with our Student Success Coordinators. Please see below for the list of our academic departments and associated Student Success Coordinator (coming soon).

Mandi McCarthy Rogers
Advising Team Lead
Appointments available in NavMSU
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Drop in hours: Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays 8-9 am, Wednesdays 3-4 pm & Fridays 2-3 pm
Melissa Hill
Academic Advisor
Appointments available in NavMSU
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Drop in hours: Tuesdays 1-2 pm, Friday 10-11:30 am

Patty Kroemer-Spiess
Academic Advisor
Appointments available in NavMSU
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Drop in hours: Monday 2:30 - 4 pm, Wednesday 10 am - 12 pm, Thursday 2 - 3 pm
Dr. Jamie Arndt
Pre-Vet Advisor
Appointments available in NavMSU
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Drop in hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays 1-2 pm
Student Success Coordinators

Haily Griggs
Student Success Coordinator
Animal & Range Sciences

Bailey Ostrum
Student Success Coordinator
Plant Sciences & Plant Patholgy

Margie Berkley
Student Academic Coordinator
Microbiology & Cell Biology

Loren Gray
Graduate Program Manager
Microbiology & Cell Biology

Kari Cargill
Student Academic Coordinator
Microbiology & Cell Biology

Jill Scarson
Student Academic Coordinator
Land Resource & Environmental Sciences

Kellie Christensen
Student Success Coordinator
Agricultural Economics & Economics

Taylor Jones
Administrative Associate
Agriculture and Technology Education
Transfer Student Advising - coming soon!
Finding your advisor
Log into MyInfo and access Degreeworks to find your academic advisor. If an advisor is not specified, please contact your academic department or reach out to the College of Agriculture Advising Center for assistance at agadvising@montana.eduor 406-994-3686.
Your academic advisor will assist with course related questions, meet with you during academic advising season and sign academic forms such as a the change of curriculum form (if you change majors) and add/drop forms.