Excellence in Undergraduate Advising

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I. Overview
II. Calendar
III. Eligibility
IV. Evaluation Criteria
V. Nominations
VI. Selection
VII. Submission
VIII. Other Awards
IX. Attachments

Overview

These awards are designed to foster and to reward excellence in undergraduate academic advising. Up to two winners will be chosen (one for a faculty member or an individual with a non-primary advising role and one for a professional academic advisor). Each award consists of $2,000 in cash for personal use. Each winner will also receive a personalized commemorative plaque. (Note: Graduate Assistant advisors are not eligible for this award.)

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Calendar

January 29, 2010: Nominations are due by 5pm.
April 27, 2010: Celebration for Teaching Excellence, 7pm, Alice Campbell Alumni Center.

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Eligibility

Faculty:

  • Tenured.
  • Served as an academic advisor at the undergraduate level on the Urbana-Champaign campus for at least 5 years
  • Has not won this award in the previous 10 years.

Professional Advisors:

  • Served as an academic advisor at the undergraduate level on the Urbana-Champaign campus for at least 5 years.
  • Has not won this award in the previous 10 years.

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Evaluation Criteria

  • Sustained excellence in undergraduate advising.
  • Major impact on undergraduate students and their intellectual development through sustained academic advising relationships.

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Nominations

  • Nominations may be submitted by students, faculty members, administrators, or alumni to a departmental committee, which should include at least one undergraduate student member.
  • Faculty members or professional academic advisors who have been nominated during a particular year should not serve on the committee during that same year. 

For ease of writing the nomination and committee evaluation, please follow this outline when submitting your nomination

  • The standard cover page (Attachment A) needs to be completed, including the appropriate signatures.   (Not to exceed 1 page.)
  • A statement of evidence to support each of the criteria itemized in the “Evaluation Criteria” section above.  (Not to exceed 3 pages.) 
  • A philosophy statement provided by the nominee.  This statement should include a discussion of the challenges, methods, and goals of undergraduate advising.  (Not to exceed 2 pages.)
  • Two letters of support from students, preferably one from a student currently enrolled at UIUC and one from an alumnus.  (See Attachment C for a sample solicitation letter.)  (Not to exceed 2 pages each.)

    NOTE: Letters from students should be solicited by the selection committee, not the nominee. The nominee may be asked to suggest some names and the department should add some names.

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Selection

  • Each departmental committee to which nominations are made will select its final candidates to forward to the college.  (The college may establish a limit to the number of candidates that is forwarded by each departmental committee.)
  • A college committee, which should include at least one undergraduate student member, then will select from among the final candidates which nominations to forward to the campus selection committee. 

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Submission

Selected nominations from each college committee should be forwarded electronically to the Office of the Provost, tab-awards@uiuc.edu. The campus selection process is overseen by the Teaching Advancement Board, and is advisory to the Provost.

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Other Awards

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Attachments

List of Past Winners

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