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MSU Academic Advisor Recognition and Awards

An annual awards event celebrating exceptional academic advisors at MSU who 
  • are committed to students, colleagues, institutions, and the profession.
  • motivate, encourage, and support students to recognize their potential, meet challenges, and both respect and express individuality.
  • respond to others in ways that nurture and teach, that build relationships through empathetic listening and compassion.

2024 award nomination info coming soon!

Outstanding Established Advisor: Lindsay Naylor, College of Engineering
Recognizing an established professional advisor who has contributed to the MSU community for more than three years.

Outstanding New Advisor: Yvonne Morris, College of Arts and Letters
Recognizing an advisor who has been in the field of advising for three years or less.

Outstanding Advising Administrator Award: Monaca Eaton, College of Social Science
Recognizing the accomplishments of an individual who serves as an administrator or director of an academic advising unit.

Outstanding Established Advisor: Jeane Stebleton, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Recognizing an established professional advisor who has contributed to the MSU community for more than three years.

Outstanding New Advisor: Chamara Kwakye, College of Social Science
Recognizing an advisor who has been in the field of advising for three years or less.

Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award: Yukari Nishizawa-Brennen, College of Natural Science
Recognizing the accomplishments of a faculty member whose primary role is teaching, but who spends a portion of their time performing duties as an academic advisor.

Outstanding Established Advisor: Aaron Tucker, School of Packaging
Recognizing an established professional advisor who has contributed to the MSU community for more than three years.

Outstanding New Advisor: Samantha Sliwa, Broad College of Business
Recognizing an advisor who has been in the field of advising for three years or less.

Outstanding Advising Administrator Award: Veda Hawkins, Assistant Director of Student Affairs, College of Social Science
Recognizing the accomplishments of an individual who serves as an administrator or director of an academic advising unit.

Outstanding Established Advisor: Kanchan Pavangadkar, Neuroscience-Department of Physiology
Recognizing an established professional advisor who has contributed to the MSU community for more than three years.

Outstanding New Advisor: Patrick Arnold, Center for Gender in Global Context (GenCen)
Recognizing an advisor who has been in the field of advising for three years or less.

Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award: Marcus Duck, Department of Horticulture
Recognizing the accomplishments of a faculty member whose primary role is teaching, but who spends a portion of their time performing duties as an academic advisor.

Outstanding Advising Administrator Award: Debra Thornton, Neighborhood Student Success Collaboration (NSSC)
Recognizing the accomplishments of an individual who serves as an administrator or director of an academic advising unit.

Outstanding Established Advisor: Talitha Wimberly, College of Music
Recognizing an established professional advisor who has contributed to the MSU community for more than three years.

Outstanding New Advisor: Kaitlin Peterson, College of Natural Science
Recognizing an advisor who has been in the field of advising for three years or less.

Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award: Lorraine Weatherspoon, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Recognizing the accomplishments of a faculty member whose primary role is teaching, but who spends a portion of their time performing duties as an academic advisor.

Outstanding Advising Administrator Award: Michael Zaborowski, College of Nursing
Recognizing the accomplishments of an individual who serves as an administrator or director of an academic advising unit.

Outstanding Established Advisor: Arielle Robbins, DREW Science Scholars
Recognizing an established professional advisor who has contributed to the MSU community for more than three years.

Outstanding New Advisor: Justin St. Charles, Neighborhood Student Success Collaboration (NSSC)
Recognizing an advisor who has been in the field of advising for three years or less.

Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award: Dr. Stuart Tessmer, Department of Physics & Astronomy
Recognizing the accomplishments of a faculty member whose primary role is teaching, but who spends a portion of their time performing duties as an academic advisor.

Outstanding Advising Administrator Award: Dr. Shannon Brecheisen, Broad College of Business
Recognizing the accomplishments of an individual who serves as an administrator or director of an academic advising unit.

Outstanding Established Advisor: Jonglim Han Yoo, Dow STEM Scholars Program
Recognizing an established professional advisor who has contributed to the MSU community for more than three years.

Outstanding New Advisor: Erika Crews, Honors College
Recognizing an advisor who has been in the field of advising for three years or less.

Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award: Gary Schnakenberg, Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences
Recognizing the accomplishments of a faculty member whose primary role is teaching, but who spends a portion of their time performing duties as an academic advisor.

Outstanding Advising Administrator Award: Dorcia Chaison, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Recognizing the accomplishments of an individual who serves as an administrator or director of an academic advising unit.