SBS Advising Resource Center (The ARC)

The SBS Advising Resource Center is here to guide you to success throughout your time at UMass and beyond. Our advisors and programs are crafted to help you explore your academic interests, create a curriculum that works for you, articulate and achieve your goals, become an engaged member of your community, and prepare for life after graduation.

128 Thompson Hall
(413) 577-1057 
Hours: 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. during the academic year
Walk in between 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., M-F while classes are in session, to meet with a Peer Advisor.

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	Kelly Gray Assistant Dean and Executive Director of the SBS Advising Resource Center
	Rebecca Bell Associate Director of Career & Professional Development for SBS
	Vanessa Blais Associate Director, Advising Resource Center
	Jackie Brousseau-Pereira ’00 MPA, PhD ’18 Academic Dean, Director of First Year Seminars
	Diane Curtis, J.D. Director of Pre-Law Advising 210 Thompson Hall  |  (413) 577-0396
	Rhys Livingstone Academic Advisor specializing in Exploratory Advising and Global Education Advising
	Aimee Jo Pion Administrative Assistant
	Carol Sharick Director of Career & Professional Development for Undergraduates, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
	Xandria Sotomayor  Assistant Director of Career & Professional Development
	Dominick Usher Assistant Director, Advising Resource Center, specializing in SBS Exploratory Advising and oversight of the Peer Advisor Program
	Flannery Weiss Graduate Advisor specializing in SBS Exploratory Advising