ADVANTAGE STUDENT ORIENTATION

Dr. Carolyn Stubbs

Advantage Program Academic Coordinator

• Phone: 918.495.6186
• Email: castubbs@oru.edu; advantageacademics@oru.edu 

Chrissie Belyeu

Advantage Program Academic Coach

• Phone: 918.495.7081

• Email: chrbelyeu@oru.edu; advantageacademics@oru.edu

Katie Hesser

Advantage Program Enrollment Manager

• Phone: 918.495.6670
• Email: khesser@oru.edu 

IT Support

• Phone: 918.495.6321 (IT Help Desk)
• Email: helpdesk@oru.edu 

Brenna Walker

Advantage Program Support Specialist

• Phone: 918.495.6670
• Email: bwalker@oru.edu; advantage@oru.edu 

Advantage Office Locations

• Academics: 5th floor GC; College of Education Office
• Enrollment: Welcome Center

The Advantage Program Plagiarism Policy

The Advantage Program does not tolerate cheating and/or plagiarism in any form and adheres to ORU’s plagiarism policy. See ORU’s plagiarism policy.

What is Plagiarism?

• Using AI without faculty permission; follow the professor’s AI policy.
• Submitting another's work as one's own or colluding with someone else and submitting that work as though it were his or hers;
• Failing to meet group assignment or project requirements while claiming to have done so;
• Failing to cite sources used in a paper;
• Creating results for experiments, observations, interviews, or projects that were not done;
• Submitting a paper or part of a work from another class for a current class assignment;
• Receiving or giving unauthorized help on assignments.

Why Avoid Plagiarism?

• Using text generated by an artificial intelligence program as your own (e.g., entering a prompt into an AI tool such as ChatGPT and copy/pasting the exact output into your paper) is also considered plagiarism.
• Solely AI-generated papers will not be accepted. Faculty will require students to follow their AI policy.
• Faculty can deal with instances of cheating/plagiarism within the course in accordance with ORU’s plagiarism policy.
• Penalties for plagiarism may include failing the assignment, failing the course, academic probation, suspension, or expulsion from the program. Disciplinary action is determined by the faculty in conjunction with the Advantage Program Coordinator.

Academic Calendar & Refund Schedule: Online Students

FERPA

In order for your parents to be permitted to receive information regarding your performance in the Advantage program, your FERPA status must be listed as Dependent in our system. Please verify your status by completing the following steps: 

• Go to vision.oru.edu 
• Sign in using your username and password
• Select Personal Information
• Select Independent/Dependent Status
• Click on the box next to the status of your choice

To set up virtual or in-person tutoring, please contact us at advantageacademics@oru.edu.