The TennACADA Executive Board agrees with NACADA that great advising needs to be recognized, just like great teaching or research. In addition to the university wide Chancellor’s Honors award for advising, we also recognize our colleagues within the advising community during our spring advising awards event. This allows us to celebrate the great work that we all do, to increase the camaraderie among advisors, and to put forward more nominations of advisors on a regional and national level.
Check out the rubric our committee uses to evaluate award nominations! Advising Awards Rubrics
There are eight award categories:
- Outstanding New Advisor Award
- Outstanding New Advisor – Faculty Award
- Outstanding Advising – Primary Role Award
- Outstanding Advising – Faculty Advisor Award
- Innovative Advising Award
- Advocate in Advising: Friend to the Community Award
- Melissa “Missy” Parker Outstanding Advising Administrator Award
- Ruth Darling Excellence in Advising Leadership Award
Congratulations to all of our 2024-2025 Award Winners!
- Outstanding New Advisor Award – Raini Sizemore in the College of Arts and Sciences
- Outstanding Advising – Primary Role Award – Ashley Williams in the Haslam College of Business
- Outstanding Advising – Faculty Advisor Award – Dr. Gary Petree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
- Innovative Advising Award – Ellie Mulherin in the Haslam College of Business
- Advocate in Advising: Friend to the Community Award – Julie Gillette in One Stop
- Melissa “Missy” Parker Outstanding Advising Administrator Award – Erica Ury in the Baker School of Public Policy
- Ruth Darling Excellence in Advising Leadership Award – Margaret Russell in the Tickle College of Engineering