The Sally Bean Faculty and Instructional Staff Academic Advising Award recognizes a faculty member or instructional academic staff member who has demonstrated excellence in the academic advising of students. About the award Founding Donor: Sally Bean, Classes of 1981 and 1986. This annual award is endowed by an alum who recognizes that academic advisors are often a crucial element of student success as they offer encouragement and direction, especially for first-generation students. All nominees will be publicly announced and celebrated through university communication. The recipient of the award will: <ul> <li>Receive a physical and monetary award</li> <li>Have their name and photograph displayed in the Andersen Library for one year</li> <li>Be recognized at university events</li> </ul> Eligibility and selection process Each college nominates one candidate and will develop its own criteria for selecting a college nominee. To be eligible, nominees must: <ul> <li>Be a teaching faculty or Instructional Academic Staff member</li> <li>Have a minimum of three (3) years experience as a UW-Whitewater academic advisor</li> <li>Not be a previous recipient of this award for the past two years</li> </ul> (Academic staff whose primary responsibility is advising should be nominated for the Excellence Award for Academic Staff.) The criteria for this award are listed below, including excellence in advising and other aspects of student success. Exhibiting excellence in advising must be included, but other engagement with students will be considered. Nominees actions are expected to go above and beyond the standard expectations for faculty within each college and/or department. <ul> <li>Active engagement in advising students (which may include): <ul> <li>Serving as a faculty advisor (identify your college’s advising model, your role in advising student’s, your case load, etc.)</li> <li>Engagement with advising beyond course registration (i.e.: SOAR advising [uncompensated], premier days, accepted student days, etc.)</li> <li>Leadership or Participation in college/department advising sessions</li> <li>Monitoring of student progress toward academic and career goals</li> <li>Utilization of developmental advising practices (i.e.: discipline related planning, career advising, post graduate preparation)</li> <li>Development/maintenance of advising support materials and/or presentations (advising check sheets, advising informational handouts, digital information)</li> <li>Participation in professional development specific to academic advising outside of college/department required meetings</li> <li>Outreach to unenrolled students</li> <li>Advising related honors or awards</li> <li>Other</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Participation in mentoring students (which may include):</li> </ul> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>Connecting students with high impact practices such as: internships, research opportunities, study abroad experiences, etc.</li> <li>Participation in creating and/or advising professional development activities and programs</li> <li>Participation in professional advising organizations or campus committees</li> <li>Working with students who may be struggling academically, socially, or personally</li> <li>Other</li> </ul> </li> <li>Participation in advancing student success initiatives (which may include):</li> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul style="list-style-type: circle;"> <li>Advising student organizations</li> <li>Nominating students for awards</li> <li>Encouraging and supporting students applying for scholarships</li> <li>Substantial/substantive work in learning and applying empirically-supported pedagogical approaches shown to increase student success</li> <li>Other</li> </ul> </li> <li>Participation in professional development related to student success (which may include):</li> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>Inviting and mentoring students through participation in discipline specific conferences</li> <li>Inviting and co-authoring research with students</li> <li>Assisting students with graduate/professional school applications (i.e.: review personal statements, write letters of recommendation, etc.)</li> <li>Development of professional or career specific activities or experiences</li> <li>Other</li> </ul> </li> </ul> Nominations The following materials need to be submitted by each college combined in a single electronic PDF: <ul> <li>Nominee's personal narrative addressing the award criteria (no more than 2 pages).</li> <li>Nominee's philosophy related to academic advising and student success (no more than 1 page).</li> <li>Nominee's resume or vita limited to advising and student success related activities and current position (see criteria).</li> <li>Letters of support (4) <ul> <li>Letter of support from department chair and/or other faculty/academic staff or advising staff.</li> <li>Two (2) letters of support from current or former advisees or alumni (indication of advising success)</li> <li>Letter of support from chair of college award committee or college advising coordinator</li> </ul> </li> </ul> If materials are missing, an individual's nomination for this award may not be considered. The recipient of this award is selected by a committee composed of one representative from each academic college, with a designee from the Provost's Office chairing the committee. Deadline: February 15 After the University Advising Award Committee reviews all nominations, the chair of the committee will submit the names of all nominees and the winner to the Provost's Office by March 31. Please contact <a href="https://wp.uww.edu/Search/PersonDetails/GreuelMR10">Marissa Greuel Hainstock</a> with any questions.