1. Academic Advising-Primary Role — Individuals whose primary role at the institution is the direct delivery of advising services to students
    
2. Faculty Academic Advising — Individuals whose primary responsibility is teaching and who spend a portion of their time providing academic advising services to students

Eligibility:

1. Any individual serving as an academic advisor or faculty academic advisor for three (3) or fewer years based on calendar year, and is employed by a regionally accredited post-secondary institution may be nominated. NACADA membership is not required.
2. Current members of the Board of Directors and Council are not eligible for consideration for this award. After the member's term of office is over, s/he may then be eligible for consideration.
3. Previous Outstanding New Advisor Award winners or Certificate of Merit recipients are not eligible. Previous Outstanding Advising Award winners or Certificate of Merit recipients are not eligible.
4. Only one nominee per category per institution will be considered.

Criteria:
The Selection Committee will evaluate nominations on the evidence of qualities and practices that distinguish the nominee as an outstanding academic advisor, faculty advisor, or advising administrator. Such evidence may include:

• Strong interpersonal skills 
• Availability to advisees, faculty, or staff
• Frequency of contact with advisees
• Appropriate referral activity
• Use and dissemination of appropriate information sources
• Evidence of student success rate, by advisor or department
• Caring, helpful attitude toward advisees, faculty and staff
• Meeting advisees in informal settings
• Participation in and support of intrusive advising to build strong relationships with advisees
• Monitoring of student progress toward academic and career goals
• Mastery of institutional regulations, policies, and procedures
• Ability to engage in, promote, and support developmental advising
• Evidence of administering an academic advising program that supports NACADA's Core Values
• Evidence that the advising program reflects the standards of good practice in the CAS Standards and Guidelines for Academic Advising
• Participation in and support of advisor development programs
• Perception by colleagues of nominee's advising skills
• Institutional recognition of nominee for outstanding advising

Submission Procedures:
Nominations must contain adequate factual or narrative material that describes the extent to which an individual meets the awards criteria. Include the following items and use objective data to support the nomination.