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USI Outstanding Advisor Award

Five receive 2008-2009 Outstanding Advisor Awards

 

Last year, the University Advising Council instituted the USI Outstanding Advisor Awards with the hope of raising visibility and increasing recognition for an often overlooked but extremely important role on campus: the academic advisor.

This year as last, the Faculty Senate’s Faculty Awards for Service, Teaching, and Research Committee chose five from a crowded field of outstanding nominees. Dr. Brian Posler, assistant provost for undergraduate studies, said there were more than 35 nominations this year. “It was a very competitive process,” he said. “Twenty-three nominations came from students, which was a significant increase, and one we like to see.”

The 2008-2009 USI Outstanding Advisor Award winners are Christy Baker, associate professor of social work, Dr. Joyce Hamon, associate professor of teacher education and associate department chair, Tim Mahoney, instructor in economics, Jeannette Maier-Lytle, instructor in accounting, and Virginia Poston, instructor in art.

The winners were selected based on outstanding performance in these areas:

  • strong interpersonal skills;

  • availability to advisees, faculty, or staff;

  • frequency of contact with advisees; appropriate referral activity;

  • use and dissemination of appropriate information sources;

  • caring, helpful attitude toward advisees, faculty, and staff; monitoring of student progress toward academic and career goals; and

  • mastery of institutional regulations, policies, and procedures.


The award comes with a $1,000 prize. Winners may elect to receive the money as supplementary pay or as funds available to reimburse professional development.

Information on the Nomination process

 

 

 

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Baker


Hamon


Mahoney


Maier-Lytle


Poston