Q4 2024 Winner
Taylor Hoover was awarded the Kent State Advisor Impact Award for the 4th quarter of 2024. Taylor is an Academic Advisor II in the College of Nursing and has been an advising professional for 4 years at Kent State. She works specifically with Freshman and in-sequence Nursing students at the Kent, Stark, and Geauga campuses. Taylor has been described by her nominators as a bright, happy, energetic, positive, attentive, and compassionate advisor who never takes a cookie cutter approach in working with students.
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Kent State's Advisor Impact Award
The Kent State University Advisor Impact Award is a quarterly recognition given to one outstanding academic advisor who has made a significant positive impact on the lives and academic success of their students. This award celebrates advisors who embody the KSU Advising Guiding Principles, including:
- Helping students fulfill their educational goals and expand their knowledge while building meaningful, ongoing, and lasting relationships.
- Serving as a student advocate and providing a sense of belonging.
- Facilitating students’ holistic development academically, personally, and professionally.
- Guiding students through university policies, procedures, and structure as a valuable resource.
- Building a collaborative community that connects students with resources to help them achieve their desired success.
- Being Student-Ready, taking an individualized perspective on each student.
- Conducting themselves with professionalism, integrity, kindness, and respect.
We look forward to celebrating the exceptional contributions of our academic advisors who go above and beyond to support our students' success!
Applications will reopen in April
Eligibility
All academic advisors at Kent State University are eligible. Nominations for the award will be accepted from any academic advisor, administrator, or faculty member. Self-nominations will not be accepted.
How To Nominate
To nominate an advisor, please complete the which includes:
- Contact information for both the nominee and nominator.
- Examples of key behaviors observed over the past 3 months.
Award Distribution
All nominees will be honored on the advising awards website. The winning advisor will receive:
- One remote workday certificate (Certificate redemption will be at the discretion of the winner’s supervisor).