CEAT academic advisers recognized on global level

a name for themselves on an international scale.

Academic advisers from the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology have been recognized by NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising as 2023 award recipients. In October 2023, these recipients will be officially honored at a banquet at the annual NACADA conference.

Sarah Ayres is the assistant director of CEAT Student Academic Services and was presented with the Outstanding Advising Award—Administrator.

Kristal Soderstrom Junkens won the Certificate of Merit in the Outstanding Advising Award—Primary Advising Role category. Soderstrom Junkens is a senior academic adviser in the School of Electrical and Computer

Engineering.

“I am very honored to have received (the) Certificate of Merit,” Soderstrom Junkens said. “Knowing that the Primary Advisor Award category is one of the largest, second place is wonderful. Having others recognize my work as an academic adviser is validating and affirms to me that I am an effective adviser and that my dedication to my students is visible and impactful.

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