Nominate an advisor for ACN Advisor of the Year
Nominations for the Spring 2025 cycle are now open!
ACN Advisor of the Year
Amanda Soika
Former Advisor with Pathway Advising
Currently, Director for the First-Generation + Resource Center
Amanda accepted her award for the 2023/2024 academic year at the May 14th ACN Meeting.
Past ACN Advisor of the Year Award Winners
| YEAR | NAME | SCHOOL/COLLEGE |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Amanda Soika | Pathway Advising (beginning June 2024 - First-Generation + Resource Center) |
| 2023 | Gabriela Dorantes | Roberto Hernández Center |
| 2022 | Maggie Flath | School of Information Studies |
| 2021 | Jennifer DeRoche | College of Letters & Science |
| 2020 | Rebecca Reece | Peck School of the Arts |
| 2019 | Torry Rufer | College of Health Sciences |
| 2018 | Brian Williams | School of Information Studies |
| 2017 | Angie Sadowsky | School of Information Studies |
| 2016 | Alejandra Lopez | Lubar School of Business |
| 2015 | Aparna Datey | Center of International Education |
| 2014 | Tobiah Deutsch | School of Information Studies |
| 2013 | Sharon Kaempfer | College of Engineering & Applied Science |
| 2012 | Lori Fitzenberger | College of Letter & Science |
| 2011 | Rachel McGraw | Center of International Education |
| 2010 | Dinah Gygi | Peck School of the Arts |
| 2009 | Jon Broskowski | SAC |
| 2008 | Vicki Provost | AOC |
| 2007 | Kelby Spann | Helen Bader School of Social Welfare |
| 2006 | Gwyn Wallander | College of Letter & Science |
| 2005 | Jennie Klumpp | College of Engineering & Applied Science |
| 2004 | Susan Gruzis | College of Health Sciences |
| 2003 | Patty Cobb | College of Letter & Science |
| 2002 | Donna Wier | School of Nursing |
| 2001 | Susan Peterson | School of Education |
| 2000 | Harriet Pfersch | Peck School of the Arts |
| 1999 | Judith Wishman | AOC |
| 1998 | Victoria Lenichek | Allied Health Professions |
| 1997 | Connie Horstman | College of Letter & Science |
| 1996 | Sally Derrwaldt | College of Letter & Science |
| 1995 | Joe Weitzer | Allied Health Professions |
| 1994 | Jimmy Johnstone | AOC |
The ACN Advisor of the Year Award is selected by the ACN Awards Committee.
Other Awards and Winners
Christine Wolf, CIE – Individual Scholarship Grant, 2017 NACADA Region 5 Conference
Gary Cooper-Sperber (AASAS), Gabriela Dorantes (RHC), and Olivia Navarro (RHC) – Best of WACADA, 2016 WACADA Conference
Mary F. Moore-Geissler, School of Business – Individual Scholarship Grant, 2014 NACADA Region 5 Conference