Sheila Brooks-Ransom

Director - Academic Advising and Career Services

(860) 727-6718 sbrooks@goodwin.edu

Sheila Brooks- Ransom is the Director of Academic Advising and Career Services.  She is also an Adjunct Faculty member in Business Studies. Mrs. Ransom received her Master of Science degree in Business Management from Albertus Magnus College and her Bachelor of Science in Speech Communications from Eastern Michigan University.  She will begin her doctoral studies in Educational Leadership starting in 2009.  Prior to working with Goodwin College, she was an Admissions Counselor.

Frank Ruotolo

Academic Advisor - Academic Advising Center

(860) 727-6717 fruotolo@goodwin.edu

Frank Ruotolo has been an advisor at Goodwin College since 2002.  Over his sixteen year career at Goodwin College Mr. Ruotolo has also served as an instructor, a Cooperative Education Coordinator and in a variety of capacities within the Career Services Department. 

Qiona Woffard

Academic Advisor - Academic Advising Center

(860) 727-6773 qwoffard@goodwin.edu

Qiona Woffard has been with Goodwin College since August of 2006 but has worked in Higher Education for over 10 years. Ms. Woffard has an undergraduate degree in Foreign Language and Communication Media as well as a graduate degree in Adult Education & Distance Learning.

Nichole Olson

Academic Advisor - Academic Advising Center

(860) 727-6719 nolson@goodwin.edu

Nichole Olson joined the Goodwin College Academic Advising team in 2008. She holds a Masters degree in Political Science from the University of Connecticut and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Communication Studies from the University of South Dakota. In addition to serving as a full-time academic advisor Ms. Olson is also an adjunct instructor at UConn and is in the last stages of finishing her Ph.D.

Tyesha Wood

Academic Advisor - Academic Advising Center

(860)727-6716 twood@goodwin.edu

Mrs. Tyesha Wood, newest addition to the academic advising team at Goodwin, received her MS in Counseling in Student Development in Higher Education from CCSU and her BA in Political Science from Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia. She comes to Goodwin with an extensive background in education including having taught middle school classes as well as having served as a high school academic advisor. Tyesha is interested in providing advising and counseling to first generation students/student support services and as such will be working primarily with students who are coming to Goodwin fresh from high school. In addition to her work here Mrs. Wood plans to begin a doctoral program in Educational Leadership in 2009.

Don’t Know Who Your Advisor Is?

All active students can now find out the name of their advisor by clicking here.

Please read the instructions below before clicking.

• Once you click on the link above a long list will appear organized by student ID.

  Every student at Goodwin College has a student ID number.

• Instead of scrolling through the pages to find your ID use the "Find" command.

• To do this move your cursor to the top of the page and select "Edit".

• A list of options will appear - from this list click on "Find".

• A box will pop up - type your Student ID and click "Find Next".

• This will take you directly to your number and your advisor's name.

Goodwin College

Academic Advising Center

745 Burnside Avenue

East Hartford, CT 06106

Phone: (860) 528-4111 Fax: (860) 291-8610