OXFORD, Miss. – The National Academic Advising Association has recognized the University of Mississippi’s Academic Advising Network with a regional award for excellence in student service.
The Best of Region 4 award is being presented to UM representatives next week (March 11-13) in Miami at the 2012 Region 4 Conference. The award recognizes the advising network’s innovation, creativity, currency, impact and transferability of advising ideas.
The Ole Miss Academic Advising Network links advisers and administrators across campus to ensure that advisers have access to information and policies that could affect students.
The national association, known as NACADA, promotes and supports quality academic advising at universities across the country. NACADA recognizes advising excellence with several annual awards and encourages members to use the advising process to enhance students’ education.
“With the help of the provost’s office, we have been able to bring consistency to the advising process across campus using the Academic Advising Network,” said Kyle Ellis, assistant director of the Academic Support Center.
The regional award is welcome recognition for the campus network, which was created in 2007, he said.
Region 4 includes colleges and universities from Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Georgia, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
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