Eligibility Requirements
Any individual with a minimum of five (5) years of academic advising experience, serving 50 percent or more time as an undergraduate academic advisor is eligible to apply. Previous Herb Sanders Award winners are ineligible.
Award
Award recipients are acknowledged at the End of Year Wrap-Up Event in May and will receive a commemorative plaque.
Materials
The award recognizes advisors who:
- Provide excellent academic advising
- Exhibit leadership skills in the profession
- Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills
- Demonstrate caring attitude
- Demonstrate collaboration with colleagues across campus
- Demonstrate drive for continued professional development
The materials submitted for this award should help support and demonstrate these characteristics.
Applicants/Candidates should submit the following materials:
- Resume or CV
- Statement of advising philosophy and plan for continued development (limit of three pages)
- Four additional supporting letters:
- One letter must be from the applicant’s supervisor or professional colleague at Illinois State
- One letter must be from a student
- One letter must be from a professional colleague
- One letter from applicant's choosing
Format of materials
- Materials should be saved separately in PDFs or Word documents to be uploaded using the online application form.
Selection Committee
The selection committee shall be approved by the Academic Advising Council (AAC). The selection committee will be representative of campus, with preference given to past award winners. Selection committee members cannot write a letter of support for applicants. An ex officio chair will be selected by AAC to facilitate the selection process.