{"id":70421,"date":"2017-09-26T08:28:01","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T13:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=70421"},"modified":"2017-09-26T08:28:01","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T13:28:01","slug":"matthew-morrison-wins-excellence-academic-advising-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/matthew-morrison-wins-excellence-academic-advising-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Morrison Wins Excellence in Academic Advising Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Matthew Morrison, assistant professor of electrical engineering, received the 2017 Excellence in Academic Advising Award during the fall faculty meeting in August. Submitted photo<\/p><\/div>\n

Over the past three years, Matthew Morrison has advised, encouraged and lent a compassionate ear to hundreds of students at the University of Mississippi. Now they\u2019re putting him up for awards \u2013 and he\u2019s winning.<\/p>\n

Morrison, assistant professor of electrical engineering, has been honored with one of UM’s 2017 Academic Advising Network\u2019s Excellence in Advising awards. The awards are presented each year to one staff academic adviser and one faculty academic adviser. Sovent Taylor, instructor and assistant director of the Health Professions Advising Office, is the staff recipient.<\/p>\n

Advisers are nominated by students, peers and administrators. The award is coordinated through the Academic Advising Network steering committee. The network comprises faculty and staff who have an active role in academic advising on campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was surprised,\u201d said Morrison, an award-winning teacher and researcher who oversees the department\u2019s emphasis in computer engineering science. \u201cI wasn’t even aware I was nominated. I’m grateful that my efforts were acknowledged by the students and my fellow faculty members.\u201d<\/p>\n

Winners of the award were recognized at the fall faculty meeting. They received a stipend from the Office of the Provost, had their names placed on a plaque in Martindale Student Services Center and will represent the University of Mississippi for the National Academic Advising Association regional and national awards. The Center for Student Success and First-Year Experience assists them with the completion of their NACADA nomination packet in late fall.<\/p>\n

Morrison said that building on students’ capability and potential goes beyond improving their proficiency in the classroom.<\/p>\n

\u201cI work with my students on professionalism, communication skills and developing life plans,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

A University of South Florida alumnus, Morrison started with the Department of Electrical Engineering in 2014. He won the Junior Faculty Research Award from the School of Engineering this year. Advising became a natural career path as he worked with students.<\/p>\n

\u201cI made serving as an adviser a priority when I started here at Ole Miss,\u201d he said. \u201cEverything I do in terms of teaching and research \u2013 whether it’s how I give homework and exams to how I instruct the Senior Design course \u2013 also has a component of developing the student(s) into outstanding engineers beyond just the classroom and their grades.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the engineering school, Morrison is known for guiding aspiring engineers through degree paths and toward obtaining a professional engineer license. He\u2019s also known for giving students either the compassion or motivational push needed when the pressures of college become overwhelming.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom helping you with job applications and giving advice on how to navigate through life\u2019s problems from his experience, he is the definition of an all-complete adviser for any student,\u201d said Demba Komma, the student who nominated Morrison for the award. \u201cHe cares about his students and is a very relatable person. He has earned the trust of his students by being readily available to offer help when needed.\u201d<\/p>\n

This award marks the second time Morrison has been honored for his work with students. At USF, he won the Provost\u2019s Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Teaching Assistant. There he implemented many of the teaching methods developed at the Naval Nuclear Power School, which he found engendered greater creativity in students.<\/p>\n

Morrison won the Navy Club of the United States Military Excellence Award in U.S. Navy Recruit Training. The award is presented to the graduating recruit who best exemplifies the qualities of enthusiasm, devotion to duty, military appearance and behavior, self-discipline and teamwork.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am proud of this award because I realized during boot camp that I have the potential to lead, give to my community and achieve excellence through hard work and dedication,\u201d Morrison said. \u201cReceiving this award marked a significant milestone in my life, and every achievement since has been the result of the same enthusiasm and discipline that I developed in boot camp.\u201d<\/p>\n

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