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About the award

Nomination criteria

Contact for questions / nominations

Award recipients

 

About the award

• In 1989, the Award for Excellence in Career Advising was established to recognize the value of career advising at Virginia Tech.
• The award is given annually to a Departmental Career Advisor (DCA) or Pre-Professional School Advisor at Virginia Tech.
• Nominations for the 2010-2011 award are invited from March 1 through April 17, 2012. Nominations are welcomed from students, faculty and staff. Nomination dossiers are kept on file for one year. You may re-submit a nomination from the previous year by making a written request to Ms. Johanna Smith. You do not need to re-submit the nomination materials.
• Nomination criteria (below).
• Letter (pg 1) and nomination form (pg 2) (MS Word docx)
• Deadline for 2011-2012: Tuesday, April 17, 2012.
• The selection committee is comprised of faculty, Career Services staff, and students.
• The award is presented in fall semester during the annual Departmental Career Advisors Luncheon sponsored by Career Services.
• Since 2002-2003, a $500 monetary award is given to the award recipient.

Nomination criteria:

• Nominees must be Departmental Career Advisors (DCAs) or Pre-Professional School Advisors for the current academic year.
• Personal characteristics such as creativity, communication skills, concern for students, and enthusiasm as they pertain to the role of career advisor.
• The development of innovative career advising resources and outreach programs for the department.
• While many of these individuals also serve as academic advisors, it is important to distinguish their career advising accomplishments.

Award recipients:
Academic Year	Recipient
2010-2011	Ms. Donna Sedgwick Sociology
2009-2010	Ms. Lorraine Borny Management
2008-2009	Mr. Derek Klock Finance, Insurance & Business Law
2007-2008	Ms. Mary Ellen Verdu Human Development
2006-2007	Dr. Wayne D. Moore Pre-Law
2005-2006	Dr. Jerry M. Williams Horticulture
2004-2005	Dr. Rosemary Goss Apparel, Housing, and Resource Management
2003-2004	Dr. Alan McDaniel Horticulture
2002-2003	Ms. Vickie Mouras Civil & Environmental Engineering
2001-2002	Dr. Ed Bunce University Pre-Medical / Pre-Dental School Advisor
2000-2001	Dr. Ruth Lytton Near Environments
1999-2000	Ms. Sarah Wheeler College of Engineering
1998-1999	Ms. Pam Crewey Electrical and Computer Engineering
1997-1998	Dr. William Eigel Food Science & Technology
1996-1997	Dr. Harold Bell Chemistry
1995-1996	Dr. David Parrish Crop & Soil Environmental Sciences
1994-1995	Dr. Thomas Howard History
1993-1994	Dr. Leslie Graham Pendleton Industrial & Systems Engineering
1992-1993	Dr. George Simmons Biology
1991-1992	Ms. Virginia McWhorter Electrical Engineering
1990-1991	Ms. Sandra Birch Computer Science
1989-1990	Dr. Bill Beal Animal & Poultry Sciences