Nominate faculty and staff for various Provost’s Awards through Jan. 9

The Provost’s Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Student Success annually recognize staff, faculty and administrators at the University of Pittsburgh who have positively impacted the student experience by engaging in collaborative and holistic academic advising and student success practices.

Each honoree will receive a cash prize of $1,000 and a grant of $1,500 to support professional development activities. All awardees will be honored publicly at a reception event on March 26. To be eligible for an award, the nominee must be a current staff member, faculty member or administrator and have served full-time at the University of Pittsburgh for at least two years at the time of the nomination.

Awards may be chosen from the following four categories, depending upon submissions:

• Professional Staff Academic Advisor Award for professional staff who formally serves as a student’s designated undergraduate academic advisor.
• Faculty Advisor and Mentor Award for full-time faculty who provide advising and/or mentoring for undergraduate students in their discipline, major, college or school.
• Advising Administrator Award for staff, faculty or executive personnel whose primary role is to administer advising but may also have an advising roster of students.
• Student Success Impact Award for full-time staff that support a student’s academic success whose primary role is outside of the other award categories.

The nomination deadline is Jan. 9. To learn more about advising excellence, eligibility requirements and nomination guidelines, visit the award website.