advising
FOR ACADEMIC ADVISING:
For example, help with selecting POSC and/or Breadth classes, seeing if you're on target for graduation, questions about transfer units, annual check-ins
- If you have already been assigned a specialized advisor (i.e. Athletics, EOP, EXCEL, GANAS, PIAA, Renaissance, Sankofa, Veterans Affairs, or ADT) meet with them.
- If you have not already been assigned a specialized advisor, contact Dr. Sharla Blank (sharla.blank@csueastbay.edu), our POSC specialist advisor, or other advisors in the CLASS Advising Center (class_ssc@csueastbay.edu).
*To see if you have been assigned any advisors and make appointments with them visit .
*All students are encouraged to meet with their advisor regularly.
FOR CAREER ADVISING:
For example, questions about your POSC major or selecting your major concentration, career and employment advice, graduate school advice, letters of recommendation, etc.
Students are designated a Faculty Advisor based on the first letter of their last name. Students may meet with more than one faculty for any of their current or past professors or general advice or letters of recommendation.
Fall 2025 Advisors are determined by students' last name:
ADVISOR A - F
Dr. Amy Below
Office Phone: 510-885-2231
Office Location: SF 431
email: amy.below@csueastby.edu
ADVISOR G - N
Dr. Maria Ortuoste
Office Phone: 510-885-3840
Office Location: SF 433
email: Maria.Ortuoste@csueastbay.edu
ADVISOR O - Z
Dr. Danvy Le
Office Phone: 510-885-3141
Office Location: SF 430
email: Danvy.Le@csueastbay.edu
**All Students are encouraged to see their advisors regularly
Other Information:
Confused about who your advisor is or who to make an appointment with? Email whoismyadvisor@csueastbay.edu or log onto Bay Advisor and look for your "Success Team."
You can also visit the Academic Advising & Career Education website or the CLASS Student Services Center website for more information.