Whitman School Appoints New Academic Advisor for Master’s Programs

The Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University announces the appointment of Gary Cole to the position of academic advisor effective March 7, 2022.

Cole will oversee academic advising for full-time master’s students, including those in the MBA program and the six specialty master’s programs. He is joining Whitman from SUNY Morrisville’s campus-wide Advising Office, where he advised students on degree completion requirements and procedures. He also was the administrator of the Starfish Early Alert System, which is the underlying system for Orange SUccess. Prior to SUNY Morrisville, he was an academic advisor for RIT’s College of Health Sciences and Technology, where he won a Provost’s Award for Excellence in Academic Advising.

“With over 10 years of advising experience and a “students first” approach, Gary will support our students well by understanding their goals and interests and connecting them to the resources they need to be successful,” says Amy McHale, assistant dean for master’s programs.

Cole has a degree in communication and a master’s in student personnel administration from SUNY Buffalo.

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Amy McHale

As assistant dean for master's programs, Amy McHale is responsible for working with the Whitman School's senior management team to develop and execute a strategy for the masters programs. She joined the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University as the director of experiential learning in April 2008. She has led the Whitman School’s efforts to provide academically rigorous experiential learning opportunities for MBA students, including developing internship and co-op experiences and other practical outside-the-classroom applications. Previously she spent twenty-six years at Eastman Kodak Company. McHale holds a bachelors degree in chemistry from St. Lawrence University and an MBA from the Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester.