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Advising Awards

The Annual Advising Awards program is designed to recognize individuals who are making significant contribution to develop and implement quality advising services to promote student development. The goals of the program are to:

  • Facilitate student success
  • Recognize outstanding advising
  • Reward individuals who are actively engaged in delivering best practices in advising
  • Foster greater awareness and support of effective advising

Advising Awards*

*An individual who has received any one of these awards is ineligible for another major award for a period of seven years and can receive any particular award only once.

Career Award

Nominations Open Nominations Close Dossiers Due
September 30, 2024 October 11, 2024 January 8, 2025

General Procedures for Nominations

  • Faculty, staff, administrators, or students will nominate individuals for the Award
  • To encourage participation nominators need only to provide a nomination to put someone into consideration
  • After an academic advisor is nominated, the appropriate department or unit will be notified; and the nominee’s supervisor will be encouraged to oversee submission of a dossier