Academic Services

All undergraduates can utilize Roosevelt Fellows! Roosevelt Fellows proactively outreach to their caseload of new student advisees but are a resource for the entire undergraduate community. 

People often think of the Roosevelt Fellows as a resource for course registration, but they can provide so much more! You can talk to the Roosevelt Fellows about a variety of different topics including:

• academic planning and decision making

• understanding the Brandeis core curriculum, major/minor and pre-health requirements

• understanding academic policies

• exploring departments

• balancing academics and extracurricular's

• difficulty in a class

• building relationships with professors and getting involved in research

• transitioning to college 

• accessing campus resources

• You can usually meet with a Roosevelt Fellow more quickly than an academic advisor, advisors can book out a few weeks in advance.
• Some students prefer to meet with a peer, it can be a more informal conversation.
• Roosevelt Fellows are Brandeis students who have experienced many of the same challenges and successes as the peers they advise, they can provide insight in a way a staff advisor cannot.
• Roosevelt Fellows are trained on when to refer to academic advisors, but they can confidently answer many of the same questions asked of staff advisors. Even in cases where they don't know the exact answer, they can usually point you to the right online or office resource!

Please refer to your Brandeis email where you should have received welcome and outreach messages from your Roosevelt Fellow. You can also contact acserv@brandeis.edu to clarify who you were assigned to. 

All Roosevelt Fellows have extensive training on the Brandeis curriculum and academic policies, regardless of their major or academic interest, so often you will find any Roosevelt Fellow can answer your questions! If you are a new student and would like to speak with a Roosevelt Fellow outside of the one you were assigned, please feel free to review the bios and schedule and contact anyone in the group. If you have very specific departmental questions, Undergraduate Departmental Representatives (UDRs) are another peer resource you can reach out to. The UDR web site has an explanation of the differences between Roosevelt Fellows and UDRs. 

The Roosevelt Fellows post frequent updates on our Instagram and Facebook pages. We also have a general email account. You can also speak with a current Roosevelt Fellow or contact Academic Services.

Our application process is currently closed. Check back for more information in Spring 2023!