Role at the Center:

Mary Stuart Hunter has a broad background in student development administration, counseling, academic advising, and teaching. After advising undecided students early in her career, continuing her advising work through the training of faculty and staff academic advisers, and teaching at the University of South Carolina, she is currently Assistant Vice Provost and Executive Director of University 101 Program and the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. Her commitment to the special needs of first-year students guides her in her work with students and educators nationally and internationally.

Since 1978 she has taught University 101, the University of South Carolina's first-year seminar. She has developed an adaptation of the original course for students undecided as to academic major/career direction. She is a designer and facilitator for the faculty development workshops of the University 101 Program and facilitates workshops at many of the Center's conferences and in other settings on the topic of First-Year Seminar instructor training and development and peer leader programs.

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