Smart Start

Smart Start Schedule and Resources

Smart Start Information Packet for New Students

What is Smart Start?

Smart Start prepares you to launch into Summer Advising, which begins July 15-26. Sure, there is a lot to learn about Knox, but Smart Start will ease you into it. On Tuesday, July 9, 2024, all new students must attend online informational sessions to help them prepare to meet their academic advisors in the following weeks. 

For international students, Alex Pia will offer a Zoom session from 8:00 am to 10:00 am US Central (Chicago) Time on Wednesday, July 12, 2023.  He will be joined by a representative from the Office of Student Development and Academic Affairs.

• Zoom sessions will be offered from 11:00 AM to 12:00 noon and 7:00 to 8:00 PM, Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Informational sessions will provide an overview of what academic advising is and help you navigate all of the options in front of you. Sessions will include opportunities to learn about:

• What is Academic Advising?
• Pre-Professional Programs: Law, Health, Engineering 
• Course Preferences for Fall Term
• Arrival in Fall and New Student Orientation
• Academic Success Programs

Smart Start will explain how to prepare for your summer advising meetings and assist you in crafting a course preference plan before you meet with your academic advisor for Fall registration. For first-year students, your one-on-one meetings with your advisor will happen sometime between Monday, July 15th, and Friday, July 26th.