Early Bird

Celebrate MSU Denver’s top professional and faculty advisors

Nominate a colleague for the Outstanding Professional Advisor Award by Friday or the Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award by March 13.

By Stephanie Allen

February 26, 2020

Nominations are open through Friday for the Outstanding Professional Advisor Award.

Please consider nominating Metropolitan State University of Denver academic advisors who:

1. Deliver a developmental advising approach that embodies the mission and vision of MSU Denver.

• Include at least one example of how this is put into practice.
1. Are engaged in student retention.
• This includes retention initiatives that the nominee has/is engaged in and their use of technology, and that the nominee is tracking or has tracked results.
• Include at least one example of how this is/was put into practice.
2. Actively participate in optional academic-advisor trainings and/or advising professional-development opportunities.
• Please outline how the nominee has applied this information in advising sessions and/or outreach initiatives.
• Include at least one example of how this is put into practice.
3. Demonstrate appropriate student-referral activity.
• This includes referring students to faculty and other student-support services on campus.
• Include at least one example of how this is put into practice.

Please submit your nominee’s contact information and specific examples of how your nominee meets each award criterion to Stephanie Allen, director of advising systems, no later than Friday. This award will be included in the Roadrunners Who Soar event.

Nominations are also being accepted for the Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award.

Eligibility: Any individual whose primary responsibility is teaching and who spends a portion of their time providing academic advising to students. Nomination letters must:

• Describe the nominee’s strong and demonstrated knowledge of institutional academic policies and procedures when advising students.
• Describe how the nominee delivers a developmental advising approach that embodies the mission and vision of MSU Denver.
• Include examples of outreach or participation in academic-advising initiatives outside of an advising appointment. Examples include but are not limited to appointment campaigns, email outreach, phone-call outreach, workshops or department advising events, registration events, etc. Please note any use of advising technology in these efforts.
• Include evidence of success in retention among the nominee’s advisees or students in their classes. Please include the use of advising technology (e.g., SSC Navigate, Degree Works or other systems) to document and/or track success.

Please submit your nominee’s contact information and specific examples of how your nominee meets each award criterion to Stephanie Allen, director of advising systems, no later than March 13. This award will be included in the Roadrunners Who Soar event.