{"id":44406,"date":"2025-09-24T14:49:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T18:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/advising\/?page_id=44406"},"modified":"2026-08-05T12:39:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T16:39:44","slug":"undergraduate-academic-advising-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/advising\/your-advisors\/undergraduate-academic-advising-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate Academic Advising Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

About the Awards<\/a>
\nNominations<\/a>
\nAward Categories<\/a>
\nSelection Criteria<\/a>
\nEligibility Requirements<\/a>
\nSelection Committee<\/a>
\nQuestions
\n<\/a>Past Awardees<\/a><\/p>\n

About the Boston University Undergraduate Academic Advising Awards:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The Academic Advising Awards annually recognize staff and faculty who have engaged students in the collaborative process of advising and have had a significant impact on students\u2019 academic careers.<\/p>\n

Winners receive an award of $1,500 and are publicly recognized at the annual Advisor End-of-Year Celebration in May.<\/p>\n

Nominations:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Boston University students, staff, faculty, and alumni are invited to nominate one eligible<\/a> candidate per category<\/a> per year.<\/p>\n

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Submit a Nomination<\/h5>\n

Nominations are not currently open.
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Categories:<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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  1. Professional Academic Advisor: <\/strong>A staff member who formally serves as a student’s designated advisor. Students, of course, seek advice from many members of the university community who are not their official academic advisor, but these awards have been established to celebrate students’ formally designated academic advisors.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Faculty Mentor:<\/strong> A faculty member whose primary responsibility is teaching and\/or research and who spends a portion of their time mentoring undergraduate students.<\/span>\u00a0(The Faculty of Boston University consists of Assistant, Associate, and Full Professors; those with professorial titles modified by “Research,” “Clinical,” and “of the Practice”; Lecturers of all ranks; Instructors.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Selection Criteria:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

    While academic advisors and faculty mentors may interact differently with students, all nominees must:<\/p>\n