Outstanding Advising Award
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.
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