ACAA Advising Awards Banquet

SAVE THE DATE

On behalf of the UO All-Campus Advising Association, please hold your calendars for the 2023 Excellence in Advising Awards Banquet on Friday, June 9, 2023, from 12:00-1:45.  This year’s celebration will be held in the Gerlinger Lounge.

Please pass along to colleagues and departmental list-serves to help us spread the word acknowledging outstanding undergraduate advising and celebrating advising colleagues across the UO campus!  Two graphics are included for social media and other platforms in your departments.

2021 Advisor Awards Program

In recognition of the significant role undergraduate advising/mentoring plays in fostering academic excellence at the University of Oregon, the Division of Undergraduate Education and Student Success (UESS) and the All-Campus Advising Association (ACAA) annually collaborates to provide two undergraduate advising/mentoring awards. This program highlights the outstanding professional and faculty advising/mentoring on the University of Oregon campus. 

One professional advisor and one faculty advisor will receive a $2000 award each, generously provided by UESS. 

Faculty, students, staff, and officers of administration are welcome to nominate professional and faculty advisors who exemplify excellence in advising and meet the following eligibility requirements: 

  • Outstanding Professional Advisor: Any professional whose job dictates that the majority of his/her responsibilities are in undergraduate advising. 
  • Outstanding Faculty Advisor: Any appointed tenure track, non-tenure track, or adjunct faculty member who mentors or advises undergraduate students in addition to significant teaching and research responsibilities. 

If you need to look up who your advisor is or which department or office they work in, use the Find an Advisor page

If you have questions, please contact advisingawards@uoregon.edu. 

The evaluation process: Nominations are an important part of this process and so the more information provided in the nomination, the better. Finalists will be narrowed down by the selection committee and asked to submit an advising philosophy to determine the winners of the award. 

Click here to access the nomination survey and thank you for supporting our fantastic undergraduate advisors. 

Please submit your nominations by March 1st, 2021.

2020 Advisor Awards Program

In recognition of the significant role undergraduate advising/mentoring plays in fostering academic excellence at the University of Oregon, the Division of Undergraduate Education and Student Success (UESS) and the All-Campus Advising Association (ACAA) annually collaborates to provide two undergraduate advising/mentoring awards. This program highlights the outstanding faculty and professional advising/mentoring on the University of Oregon campus.

One faculty advisor and one professional advisor will receive a $2000 award each, generously provided by UESS. The recipients who best exhibit the qualities associated with excellent advising will be recognized at an awards brunch on Thursday, May 28th, 2020.

Faculty, students, staff, and officers of administration are welcome to nominate faculty and professional advisors who exemplify excellence in advising and meet the following eligibility requirements:

  • Outstanding Professional Advisor: Any professional whose job dictates that the majority of his/her responsibilities are in undergraduate advising.
  • Outstanding Faculty Advisor: Any appointed tenure track, non-tenure track, or adjunct faculty member who mentors or advises undergraduate students in addition to significant teaching and research responsibilities.

If you need to look up who your advisor is or which department or office they work in, use the Find an Advisor page.

If you have questions, please contact advisingawards@uoregon.edu.

The evaluation process: Nominations are an important part of this process, therefore the more information provided in the nomination, the better. Finalists will be narrowed down by the selection committee and ask to submit an advising philosophy to determine the winners of the award. All nominated advisors will be notified of their nomination alongside award winners in early May.

Click here to access the Nomination Survey and thank you for supporting our fantastic undergraduate advisors.

Please submit your nomination by February 14th, 2020.

2019 Advisor Award Announcements

UO President Michael Schill, Jessica Matthiesen – PPPM, Rachel Allen – SOJC, Gene Sandan – Director Tykeson College & Career Advising

Jessica Matthiesen and Rachel Allen were the recipients of the 2019 University of Oregon Excellence in Undergraduate Advising Awards.  These awards recognize and celebrate the positive impact of exceptional advising and mentoring on the student educational experience.

Matthiesen, Undergraduate Internship Director and Undergraduate Program Manager in the School of Planning, Public Policy and Management, received the Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award.

Allen, Assistant Director of Student Services in the School of Journalism and Communication, received the Outstanding Professional Advising Award.

Matthiesen and Allen were recognized at a brunch and award ceremony on May 30th. These honors are made possible through the collaborative efforts between the Division of Undergraduate Education and Student Success and the All Campus Advising Association (ACAA).

Speakers at the ceremony included UO President Michael Schill and Gene Sandan, Director of College and Career Advising.  President Schill spoke about his commitment to student success and emphasized how the new Tykeson Hall will play a central role in supporting students.  Sandan, who will be overseeing the advising staff in Tykeson Hall, thanked all the members of the UO advising community for the work they do.

More than 100 nominations were received, for a total of 50 individual faculty and professional advisors. The nominations represented 20 different departments, colleges, and student support offices.

2018 Advisor Award Announcements

The Division of Undergraduate Studies and the All-Campus Advising Association (ACAA) held their 5thannual Appreciation Brunch and Awards Ceremony on May 31stthis year. This ceremony celebrates the fantastic undergraduate advising and mentoring found across the UO campus and allows us to specifically recognize one Faculty and one Professional Undergraduate Advisor for their extraordinary dedication to UO students. This year’s honorees are Outstanding Faculty Award recipient Dr. Elizabeth Raisanen, Director of Undergraduate Advising and Instructor of Literature in The Robert Donald Clark Honors College; and Outstanding Professional Advisor Award recipient Angel Dorantes, Undergraduate Advising and Retention Coordinator for the Department of Education Studies in the College of Education. We congratulate Elizabeth and Angel and extend our appreciation for their compassion and dedication to undergraduate advising.

Outstanding Faculty Advisor:Dr. Elizabeth Raisanen, Robert Donald Clark Honors College

Outstanding Professional Advisor: Angel Dorantes, Education Studies