On behalf of the UO All-Campus Advising Association, please hold your calendars for the 2024 ACAA Advising Awards Banquet & End of Year Celebration on
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 recognizing outstanding undergraduate advising and celebrating advising colleagues across the UO campus!
The All-Campus Advising Association welcomes nominations for the 2023-24 ACAA Awards! The awards recognize excellence in undergraduate advising provided by staff, faculty, and student-workers at the UO. This year, the ACAA is expanding its list of awards to better honor the university’s wide variety of advisors and their diverse contributions to student success.
Faculty, students, staff, and alumni are all encouraged to nominate undergraduate advisors or mentors who demonstrate the qualities and practices associated with outstanding advising, which the ACAA defines as “educational integrity, fostering academic excellence, support of students, cultural competency, and professional development.” Specific criteria for each award and the nomination portal can be found here.
Nominations are due by Friday, February 23. Please note: nominators may submit only one nomination per award.
SAVE THE DATE TO CELEBRATE
On behalf of the UO All-Campus Advising Association, please hold your calendars for the 2024 ACAA Advising Awards Banquet & End of Year Celebration on Friday, June 7, 2024, from 10:00am-Noon. 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 recognizing outstanding undergraduate advising and celebrating advising colleagues across the UO campus!
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.
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:
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.
Please submit your nominations by March 1st, 2021.
We’re excited to invite you all to the ACAA Virtual 2020 Academic Awards Celebration and Social on Thursday, October 29th at 3:30pm. We are especially excited about this virtual gathering as we will be joined by Dr. Doneka Scott, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Student Success, who will be announcing the 2020 Excellence in Advising Award Recipients. Please join us in celebrating our award winners during the first half of the gathering and feel free to stick around after to connect informally with advising colleagues across campus.
To join the meeting, please use the Zoom link you should have received via email. If you did not receive the invitation through the ACAA List, please sign-up for the list on the front page and email Bil Morrill and he will forward you the link & password. Note that you do not need to RSVP or register, but that there is a password to enter the session.
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:
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.
The ACAA is thrilled to announce the 3rd year of professional development scholarship availability, sponsored by the Undergraduate Education and Student Success. This scholarship program provides financial support to attend advising-related professional development opportunities, upholding a primary goal of the Association—promoting the highest quality of academic advising at the University of Oregon.
The scholarship will cover the member registration fees and include a supplemental travel stipend. In order to provide multiple scholarships, full travel and hotel expenses may not be covered by the scholarship. The scholarship will be awarded after departmental approval for expenses. In the past, members have applied for scholarships to apply toward organizations such as NACADA, NCORE, OWHE, and others.
These scholarships were made possible by the Undergraduate Education and Student Success
Scholarship Award Distribution:
The committee has allocated $2000 annually to professional development and will be awarding up to $500 per scholarship. Applicants are asked to put together a brief cost estimate, as funding needs vary.
To apply for the scholarship, complete the following form by November 1st, 2019: https://oregon.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bkOcsgDQKwkRWZf
We look forward to your applications!
ACAA Executive Committee
Jamie Hoag Barnett
Angel Dorantes
Jennifer Jackson
Paige Jackson
Stephanie Heffner
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.
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