Meet the Advisors:

Kim Collins is the Director of Franklin Pierce University’s Portsmouth Center. Kim provides academic advising and support services to both online and center-based students and is very active in community outreach programs. Kim has a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Boston College and a Master of Business Administration in Management from Bryant University. She has teaching experience in accounting, management and marketing. Kim has an extensive background in banking and small business management. She resides with her husband, Joe, and a menagerie of animals, in Eliot, Maine.

Kim can be reached at (603) 433-2000 or collinsk@franklinpierce.edu

 

Chris Audino is the Director of Franklin Pierce University’s Lebanon campus. Among his roles as Director, Chris advises online and center-based students where he has the opportunity to help students achieve their unique educational and personal goals. Immediately prior to his time at FPU, Chris worked at a college start-up in Concord, NH. He has taught courses in philosophy, religion, public speaking, and ethics. He completed a dual Master’s program in Bioethics and Communication & Culture at Trinity Graduate School, IL. While at TGS he researched issues in medical ethics and taught for an adult education program.

Chris can be reached at (603) 298-5549 or audinoc@franklinpierce.edu

 

Eric Braun is the Director of Student Success for the College of Graduate & Professional Studies. In that role, he serves as the Academic Advisor for undergraduate students affiliated with our Manchester Center. He has twenty-five years of student service experience and a doctorate degree in educational leadership.

Eric can be reached at (603) 647-3504 or braune@franklinpierce.edu
Eric’s mantra is, “You can do it!”

 

 

 

Academic Advising Statement

The Academic Advising program at Franklin Pierce University values learners in all of our programs while respecting the diversity, individual need and developmental level of our student population. As such, the program values

• Fair, equal and readily-accessible services for all students which are responsive to the needs of individuals, special populations and communities.
• Advisors who adhere to the highest of principles of ethical behavior
• A program that works actively to provide and assess quality advising to all students
• Intentional work designed to improve the professional competence and skills of all advisors

 

Franklin Pierce University Academic Advising Vision
Franklin Pierce University aspires to be recognized as having a high-quality, collaborative academic advising partnership with students that serves to enhance their educational experience and empowers them to develop meaningful educational, career, and life goals.

Franklin Pierce University Academic Advising Mission
The Academic Advising program at Franklin Pierce University is grounded in a close student-advisor relationship intended to aid students in achieving educational, career and life goals through a commitment to the value of collaborative partnerships with institutional and community resources.