Sacred Heart University News
Contacts: Funda Alp, 203-396-8241, alpf@sacredheart.edu
John Galayda, 203-371-7751, galaydaj@sacredheart.edu
For Immediate Release
May 15, 2008
SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY'S FRESHMAN ACADEMIC ADVISING PROGRAM WINS NATIONAL AWARD
FAIRFIELD, Conn. - Sacred Heart University's College of Arts and Sciences's advising program, Freshman Academic Advising Program, has been recognized as among the best in the nation according to the National Academic Advising Association. SHU's program has been selected as an Outstanding Institutional Advising Program Certificate of Merit recipient from the National Academic Advising Association as part of the 2008 Annual Awards Program for Academic Advising. This program is directed by Michael Bozzone, assistant dean of SHU's College of Arts and Sciences.
According to NACADA, this quality advising program was selected as one of seven programs to be honored with this award in nationwide competition this year. The Outstanding Advising Program Awards annually recognize programs that document innovative and/or exemplary practices resulting in improvement of academic advising service. This award will be presented during the annual NACADA Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois in October 2008.
SHU's Freshman Academic Advising Program offers freshmen a meaningful and supportive connection with a Sacred Heart University faculty member during their first year of college. Academic advisors, in and out of the classroom, assist freshmen with their transition to the new and challenging academic environment of college.
The academic advisor supports his/her advisees as they begin their journey toward independent and lifelong learning. While doubling as a professor in one of a freshman's first-semester courses, the academic advisor serves as the primary contact and resource for all academic and academic-related matters. SHU's freshman academic advisors strive to be available, knowledgeable, and concerned.
Each year since 1983, NACADA has honored individuals and institutions making significant contributions to the improvement of academic advising. The goal of NACADA is to promote quality academic advising and professional development of its membership to enhance the educational development of students.
The over 10,000 NACADA members consist of faculty, professional advisors, administrators, counselors, and others in academic and student affairs concerned with the intellectual, personal, and vocational needs of students. In addition, NACADA is the representative and advocate of academic advising and those providing that service to higher education.
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About Sacred Heart University
Sacred Heart University, the second-largest Catholic university in New England, offers more than 40 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs on its main campus in Fairfield, Connecticut, and satellites in Connecticut, Luxembourg and Ireland. Approximately 5,800 students attend the University’s four colleges: Arts & Sciences; Education & Health Professions; University College; and the AACSB-accredited John F. (Jack) Welch College of Business. The Princeton Review includes SHU in its “Best 366 Colleges: 2008,” U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges 2008” ranks SHU among the best master’s universities in the North, and Intel rates it #11 among the nation’s most “unwired” campuses. SHU fields 32 division I athletic teams, and has an award-winning program of community service. www.sacredheart.edu
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