Previously the Outstanding Faculty Advising Award
The Outstanding Advising Award recognizes an employee who has contributed substantially to excellence in undergraduate academic advising. The award comes with a $500 prize.
2024 Winner
Luke Alford, Academic Advisor, School of Integrative Physiology and Athletic Training
Who is eligible:
All faculty and professional advisers.
Nominations for this award are evaluated using guidelines developed by the National Academic Advising Association. Advising excellence includes evidence of the following characteristics:
- Current knowledge of university policies
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Demonstration of a caring attitude toward students
- Adequate time devoted to student advising
- Referral of students to appropriate sources of assistance
- Understanding of student concerns from a student point of view
- Provision of long-range educational planning and immediate problem-solving
- Willingness to share advising skills with colleagues
- Continuing to improve the style and substance of the advising role
- Advising for special populations (foreign, minority, undecided, special programs)
- Attendance at and support of adviser development programs
- Number of years as an active academic adviser
Who may nominate:
Any member of the University community
Nomination requirements:
Please use the link below to submit a nomination form
- Nomination letter detailing how the nominee demonstrates some (not all) of the above characteristics of advising excellence.
- 1-3 letters of support (with at least one quotation from a student advisee)
Selection Process
The award winner will be selected by the Faculty Advisory Council for the Office of Organizational Learning and Development.
Submit nomination using Submittable:
Questions:
Jasmine Zink Laine
Office of Organizational Learning and Development
406-243-2878