PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Provost’s Advising Awards News – this year’s nomination available and a new award for a New Advisor!
Attention Advising Community Members! This year's Advising Awards nominations are now open!
We are excited to announce the addition of an award for new advisors to the Provost's Advising Awards starting this year.
The Provost has established the Excellence in Undergraduate Advising and New Undergraduate Advisor Awards to acknowledge excellence, commitment, and dedication of professional advisors of undergraduate students at UIC. Up to four awards (one New Undergraduate Advisor and up to three Undergraduate Advising) of $750 each will be awarded annually.
Please visit the 2021 Advising Awards Nomination page for information about eligibility, criteria and to answer frequently asked questions about the application process. Initial nomination deadline is February 7th, 2021. Nominate an advisor or yourself now!
Eligibility:
- Provost’s Excellence in Undergraduate Advising Award
- Non-faculty professionals who spend a significant portion of their job advising undergraduates, including academic advisors in the colleges and departments and advisors in support programs, are eligible.
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Applicants must have served as advisors at UIC for at least two full years prior to application deadline before applying for the award.
- Award recipients may be selected for the award no more than once every three years.
- Provost’s New Undergraduate Advisor Award
- Non-faculty professionals who spend a significant portion of their job advising undergraduates, including academic advisors in the colleges and departments and advisors in support programs, are eligible.
- Applicants must have served as advisors at UIC for fewer than two full years prior to application deadline before applying for the award.
- Award recipients may be selected for the award only once.
Application Process:
Complete a 2021 Provost’s Excellence in Undergraduate Advising and New Advisor Award online nomination at http://go.uic.edu/AdvisingAwards.
The deadline to submit a nomination is Sunday, February 7, 2021, at 11:59pm.
Nominations will be reviewed by the OAD Advising Awards Committee. Selected finalists will be contacted for the next stage of the process, including a nomination response and supervisor and reference submissions.