UK Advisors Win National Honors
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 29, 2015) — Two University of Kentucky advisors have been named recipients of awards from the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA), a volunteer organization that works to better the advising process for students. Alumnus Mike Farrell, associate professor in UK School of Journalism and Telecommunications, has been awarded the Outstanding Advising Award - Faculty Academic Advising. Denise Brazzell, director of student services at UK College of Engineering - Paducah Campus, has been awarded a Certificate of Merit of the Outstanding Advising Award - Primary Advising Role.
NACADA's Outstanding Advising Awards annually recognize individuals who have demonstrated qualities associated with outstanding academic advising of students or outstanding academic advising administration. The awards are presented in three categories, Academic Advising Administrator, Academic Advising-Primary Role and
Faculty Academic Advising. All recipients will be honored at an awards ceremony held during the organization's annual conference scheduled for Oct. 4-7, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
As a winner of the Outstanding Advising Award - Faculty Academic Advising, Farrell will receive a complimentary basic registration for this year's conference, a plaque and one-year membership in NACADA. Brazzell will receive a certificate for her honor.
Farrell and Brazzell are no stranger to honors in advising. The pair won UK's 20th annual Ken Freedman Outstanding Advisor Awards this March, which made them nominees for regional awards, as well as the NACADA awards. The Freedman Awards are named for one of the founders of the UK Advising Network who served as a professional advisor at UK until his death in 2001.
NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising was chartered as a nonprofit organization in 1979 to promote quality academic advising and professional development of its membership to ensure the educational development of students. Since that beginning, NACADA has grown to 11,000 members consisting of faculty members, professional advisors, administrators, counselors and others in academic and student affairs concerned with the intellectual, personal and vocational needs of students. In addition, NACADA is the representative and advocate of academic advising and those providing that service to higher education. For more information, visit NACADA's website at www.nacada.ksu.edu.
The UK Advising Network is part of the Office of Student Success in the Division of Undergraduate Education.
MEDIA CONTACT: Whitney Hale, 859-257-8716; whitney.hale@uky.edu