Awards & Recognition
In 1989, Regent Royce Wisenbaker was instrumental in
establishing the Ed Guthrie Advisor Award. This
award recognizes the efforts of faculty and staff members who
exemplify former advisor Dr. Ed Guthrie's spirit and concern for
students' welfare combined with skillful and insightful
advisement. Each spring, the University Advisors and Counselors
honor one or more individuals as the recipient(s) of the
distinguished award. Recipients are publicly honored and receive
both a monetary award and plaque at an awards ceremony. In
addition, Texas A&M has determined that a need exists to
recognize and give merit and incentives to faculty and staff for
their roles as advisors and counselors.
The purpose of the Mervin and Annette
Peters Advising Award, established in 2000, is to
recognize and reward those faculty / administrators who embody
the spirit of caring, compassionate, and genuine concern for the
welfare of individual students.
On the national level, the National Academic
Advising Association (NACADA) also recognizes outstanding
advising programs and personnel. This organization annually
identifies individuals who have demonstrated qualities
associated with superior academic advising of students or
outstanding academic advising administration.