Awards for Excellent Academic Advising
A close-working relationship with an academic advisor can help a student get the very most out of his/her courses, experiences and educational opportunities while at college.
Recognizing this, LSA has established two annual awards that focus upon individual advisors selected by faculty, staff, and students as being among the very best.
Ruth M. Sinclair Memorial Award
This award was established in 1967 using an initial bequest made in memory of Ruth M. Sinclair, a member of the Class of 1908. This award recognizes an outstanding LSA general advisor in the Comprehensive Studies Program, Honors Program, Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center, or Residential College. Nominations will be reviewed by a selection committee comprised of the advising directors from CSP, Honors, Newnan Center, and RC as well as LSA Student Government representatives and previous award winners. Recommendations are forwarded to the LSA Executive Committee for final approval.
The winner receives a $500 check and an award certificate. Recipients are recognized at the annual Advising Conference and the first faculty meeting of the fall term.
Persons nominated for this award will have a genuine interest in undergraduate advising, challenge students to achieve at their highest possible level, and encourage them to pursue exciting and meaningful curricula and co-curricular activity. Successful nominees also will demonstrate dedication, initiative, and service to colleagues, the college, and the academic advising profession.
Excellence in Departmental Advising Award
This annual award, established in 1988, recognizes outstanding departmental advising. Nominations will be reviewed by a selection committee comprised of the advising directors from CSP, Honors, Newnan Center, and RC as well as LSA Student Government representatives and previous award winners. Recommendations are forwarded to the LSA Executive Committee for final approval.
Each recipient is presented with a $500 check and an award certificate. Recipients are recognized at the annual Advising Conference and the first faculty meeting of the fall term.
Persons nominated for this award should be designated departmental advisors exerting consistent, positive, informal contact with undergraduates in their classes or departments/programs. They should also have demonstrated leadership in departmental advising by serving as a resource person to other departmental advisors. Special consideration will be given to nominees who have displayed great sensitivity to the needs and special problems of non-traditional students.
Unsung Champion
The Unsung Champion of Advising Award recognizes individuals on campus who are not designated formally as general or department advisors but, nevertheless, influence and guide students in positive ways.
Academic Advising Awards - Recipients
Award Recipients
| Ruth M. Sinclair Award | Excellence in Major Advising Award | Unsung Champion | |
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2018 |
Jeff Winters |
Olga Mustata Melinda Nelson
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2017 |
Denise Guillot |
Laura Olsen Kyger Lohmann
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2016 |
Denise Kozikowski |
Anne Berg Angie Cox
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2015 |
Michael Hartman |
Ashlee Wolfe Amy Gottfried |
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2014 |
Timothy Webb |
Thomas Chivens,
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Susan Rinaldi, |
2013 |
Henry Dyson |
Netta Berlin, Andrew Mills, |
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2012 |
Harry McLaughlin |
Kathleen Nolta, |
Marylou Chlipala, |
2011 |
Jan Afonso |
Kristi MacKenzie, Kristen Moore, |
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2010 |
Liese Hull |
Cheryl Erdmann, Kerby Shedden, |
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2009 |
Begoña Garcia |
Elise Harper, |
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2008 |
Chris Luebbe |
Stephen DeBacker, Janet Wolfe, |
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2007 |
Susan Gass |
Donna Ainsworth, Brian Wallace, |
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2006 |
Robert Gordon |
Barry OConnor, Catherine Philbin, |
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2005 |
Elleanor Crown |
Brenda Gunderson, Richard Meisler, |
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2004 |
John Stratman |
Laura Olson, Keith Riles, |
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2003 |
Janet Shier |
Theresa Lee, Terri Saris, |
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2002 |
David Smith |
Jackie Livesay, Michael Wynne, |
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2001 |
Deborah J. Mahoney |
Kalli Federhofer, Eugene Krause, |
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2000 |
Christine Bass |
Antoinette Morales, Meria Wolk, |
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1999 |
Donna Wessel Walker |
Tom Collier, Juli Highfill, |
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1998 |
Jean M. Leverich |
Curtis Huntington, Robert Kyes, |
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1997 |
Santhadevi Jeyabalan |
Frederick Peters, Ariella Zeller, |
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1996 |
Louise Freymann |
Frank Livingston, Robert Cain, |
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1995 |
Susan TePaske-King |
Meigan Aronson, Max Heirich, |
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1994 |
Penelope C. Morris |
Chalmers Knight, Guy Mermier, |
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1993 |
David Burkam |
Bernard Galler, Brian Hazlett, |
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1992 |
David Reed-Maxfield |
Jean Krisch, Astrid Beck, |
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1991 |
Rudi P. Lindner |
Arthur G. Wasserman, Janet Gerson, |
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1990 |
Marian Hallada |
Gerald Linderman, Luis Sfeir-Younis, |
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1989 |
William Alexander Barbara Sloat |
Peter M. Bauland, Ken K. Ito, |
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1988 |
Walter Gray |
Helen Crafton, Alan B. Howes, |
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1987 |
Monroe Hafter Bert Hornback |
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1986 |
Robert Pachella |
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1985 |
Sharon Herbert Conrad Yocum |
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1984 |
Earl Schulze |
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1983 |
John Kolars Terrence McDonald |
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1982 |
Eugene Krause Roy Jan Nelson |
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1981 |
John Allen Vern Carroll |
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1980 |
Michael Geyer Harold McCulloch |
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1979 |
Alfred Meyer Daniel J. Weintraub |
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1978 |
Paul Cloke Howard Crum |
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1977 |
Lyall Powers Thomas Tentler |
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1976 |
Milton Heumann Bert Hornback |
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1975 |
Mary Crichton Morris Foster Vivian Patraka |
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1974 |
Ernest T. Abdel-Massih Frederick Test |
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1973 |
Lee Bowie Grace Mack Mary Alice Shulman |
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1972 |
Marion Jackson Gerald Linderman |
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1971 |
Paul Jess Thomas Storer |
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1970 |
Hans Fabian David Segal |
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1969 |
Catherine Hinchey Rachel Kaplan |
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1968 |
William Hauser Eugene Nissen |
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1967 |
Henry Austin Melapalayam Ramanujan |
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1966 |
Alvin Goldman Robert Paslick |
Other Awards for Student Academic Affairs Staff
2014
2014 University of Michigan Distinguished Diversity Leaders Award - Esrold Nurse
Staff Spotlight Awards
- Spring 2014 Team Award:
Academic Standards Board Team
Melissa Carter and Carolyn McCullum
2013
Staff Achievement Awards: Outstanding Staff Team Award
New Student Orientation Committee:
Carmela Brown, Margaret Elias, Begona Garcia, Robert Gordon,
Mark Guevara, Marsha Pumroy, Dawn Stupak, Erin Trame, Jessica White
Staff Spotlight Awards
- Winter 2013
Lisa Clark - Spring 2013
Rob Gordon - Fall 2013
Michelle Rosemond
2012
Staff Achievement Awards
- Outstanding Staff Team Award : Academic Auditors Office (Cindy Bourland, Kathryn Cardenas, Lana Naqshbandi, Jo Sousa and Melissa Thompson)
- Outstanding Individual Employee Award Finalist : Chris Luebbe, Student Academic Affairs
Fall 2012 Staff Spotlight Awards
- Team Award:
Newnan Advising Center Front Desk Team: Cathy Cline, Gaylene Opal-Deitering, Lynn Shock, and Jessica White
2012 University of Michigan Distinguished Diversity Leaders Award - Jeffrey Harrold
2011
Work/Life Champion Award for Supervisors
- Esrold Nurse
2011 LSA Staff Recognition Awards
- Kay Beattie Distinguished Staff Award: Virginia Reese
LSA Staff Spotlight
December 2011 Staff Spotlight
David Smith
Ruth M. Sinclair Award
- Jan Afonso
2010
2010 LSA Recognition Awards
- IT Collaboration and Innovation Award:
Anne Rickert, Finalist - Kay Beattie Distinguished Staff Award,
Virginia Reese, Finalist - Outstanding Individual Employee Award Honor Roll
Cindy Bourland - Outstanding Team Award
The Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center
2009
LSA Staff Spotlight
- October 2009 Staff Spotlight
Martha Kirpes - May 2009 Staff Spotlight:
Academic Auditors Office Team
2008
Workplace Awards
- University-wide 2008 Workplace Honorable Mention Exemplary Team award
Summer Reads book selection committee: Susan Gass, Rob Gordon, Chris Luebbe, Dawn Bates and Allison Sponseller (student, graduated) - 2008 Distinguished Service Award Honorable Mention
David R. Smith
2007
LSA Staff Recognition Awards
- 2007 Outstanding Individual Employee Award
Anne Rickert - 2007 Outstanding Staff Team Award
International Student Committee: Susan Doyle, Marty McClatchey, Chris Luebbe, Clara Kawanishi, Ching-Yune Sylvester, Begoña Garcia, Jan Afonso and Andrew Conant.
LSA Staff Spotlight
- May 2007 Staff Spotlight:
Kaye Lee Johnston
