Happy Holidays!

Wake Tech is closed December 24 through January 4 for winter break and will reopen January 5. Prospective students can still apply for enrollment online during the break, and continuing students can register for Spring semester classes, which start January 7.

Student Support

Academic Advising

Public Safety Advising Team

The team provides specialized advising and coaching support for Associate in Applied Science degree students enrolled in the following programs:

  • Criminal Justice
  • Criminal Justice Technology - Forensic Science
  • Emergency Medical Science
  • Public Safety Administration

Each student is assigned to an academic advisor within his or her care team. To find your advisor, go to Self-Service, click "Student Planning," then "Plan and Schedule and then the "Advising" tab.

During the winter break, you can have a virtual drop-in on December 26, December 29-30 or January 2.

Care Team members

Blair Turpin
Blair Turpin
Director/Advisor

~ Contact Info ~

Southern Wake Campus
Building L - 121

919-866-5423 (office)

Kimberly Smalls-McDougal
Kimberly Smalls-McDougal
Public Safety Education Campus advisor

~ Contact Info ~

Western Wake Campus
- Room 257

919-335-1050 (office)

John Walston
John Walston
Advisor

~ Contact Info ~

Scott Northern Wake Campus
Building B - 252

Ashley Wheeler
Ashley Wheeler
Student Success Coach

~ Contact Info ~

Southern Wake Campus
Building L - 128

919-866-5502 (office)

Wake Tech Staff
Quentin Tatum
Career Coach

~ Contact Info ~

Public Safety Education Campus
- Room 1619

919-866-5695 (office)