PACADA presents two advisors with distinguished awards recognizing excellent work each year – one award for Outstanding Advisor and another for Outstanding New Professional in Advising. Candidates are chosen through a peer nomination process and winners consistently demonstrate excellence in advising as experienced by students, colleagues, and faculty alike.
Additionally and perhaps less well known by PACADA members at Purdue, some Purdue advisors are also recognized by their own College or Department or are honored with awards from organizations outside Purdue like NACADA – PACADA’s national organization.
In order to spread the word on campus and beyond, it is critical to honor these individuals for a job well done.
Please congratulate the following Purdue Academic Advisors for the excellent work they do each day to help Purdue students reach their academic, personal, and professional goals:
PACADA Outstanding Advisor 2013-2014: Anneliese Kay, Assistant Director, College of Agriculture
PACADA Outstanding New Professional 2013-2014: Peter Vasher, (former) Advisor, Exploratory Studies
NACADA Outstanding Advising Award Certificate of Merit Recipient, Primary Advising category 2014: Anneliese Kay
NACADA Outstanding Advising Administrator Award Certificate of Merit Recipient, Advising Administrator category 2014: Dr. Mark Diekman, Faculty/Advisor, Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture
Richard W. McDowell Best Advisor Award for 2014: Jeffrey Myers, Advisor, First-Year Engineering
Outstanding Service to Students Recipient for the College of Agriculture, 2013-14: Andrew Oppy, Advisor, College of Agriculture
Outstanding Management Advisor Award for 2013-14: Jennifer Walters, Senior Academic Advisor, Krannert School of Management
NACADA Student Research Award Winner (Master’s category): John Gipson, Advisor/Student Program Specialist, College of Health and Human Sciences
Dr. Earl P. Notestine Award for Excellence in Academic Services, College of Liberal Arts, 2013-2014: Angie Palikaris, Advisor, College of Liberal Arts
Again, we offer a heartfelt thanks and congratulations for your hard work and dedication.
*If an award was missed, please email the author Colleen Brown at brownce@purdue.edu to have the award/recipient added to this list.