Dear UC Berkeley community,
On behalf of UC Berkeley’s Excellence in Advising and Student Services Awards Committee and the Council on Advising and Student Support (CASS), we are delighted to announce the recipients of our 2024 Excellence in Advising and Student Services Awards. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all of the nominators who took the time to recognize the impactful contributions of our recipients on student learning, engagement, and belonging on the Berkeley campus. Congratulations to each of the award recipients on this important achievement. Recipients are invited to our in-person awards ceremony and community celebration.
The entire advising and student services community is invited to join us at the Awards Ceremony & Community Celebration on Monday, December 2 from 2:00 - 4:00 in West Pauley Ballroom, where we will honor this year’s awardees and the entire advising and student services community on campus. We look forward to celebrating our ongoing hard work and dedication to supporting students. We also look forward to spending well-deserved time together for some much-needed joy, laughter, music, games, and giveaways! RSVP now to join us for the celebration.
We encourage everyone to add words of gratitude and thanks to individuals and teams within our student services community on our 2024 Kudoboard.
Thank you for making Berkeley a better place for students and for all of us.
Sincerely,
Oliver M. O’Reilly (he/him) Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
Lisa García Bedolla (she/her/ella) Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate Division
Fabrizio Mejia (he/him), Acting Vice Chancellor, Equity & Inclusion
Stephen C. Sutton (he/him), Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
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2024 Excellence in Advising and Student Services Awards Recipients
Please see the 2024 Excellence in Advising & Student Services Awards webpage for more details, including names of team members.
The Mary Slakey Howell Excellence in Advising and Student Services Award, Our Highest Honor
- Alicia K. Hayes, Associate Director, National Scholarships and Experiential Fellowships, Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarships
- Isela Peña-Rager, Assistant Director, Office of Undergraduate Advising, College of Letters & Science
Advising Innovation
- Joo Ae Chu, Academic Program Manager, Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology
- Equity-Oriented Advising & Coaching Program Team
Equity Champion
- Yesenia Mendoza Muller, Scholarship Program Advisor & Tamisha Marsh, Program Manager, Fiat Lux Scholarship Program
- Transfer Prep Team, Center for Educational Partnerships
- Disabled Students' Program Specialist Team
Excellence in Data/Research-Driven Student Services
- L&S Frontline Unit and Peer Program Team, Office of Undergraduate Advising, College of Letters & Science
Service to the Advising and Student Services Community
- Kendra Van Nyhuis, Engineering Student Services Adviser
- Monica Garcia, Academic Progress Team Advising Supervisor, Office of Undergraduate Advising, College of Letters & Science and Jan Carmelo Bautista, Academic Advisor, Public Programs, UC Berkeley Extension
Outstanding New Advisor or Student Services Staff
- Arman Liwanag, Senior College Adviser & Project Lead, Office of Undergraduate Advising, College of Letters & Science
- Emilie Mitchell, Violence Prevention and Education Program Coordinator, Center for Support & Intervention
- Kate Ortbahn, Associate Director for Private Sector Counseling and Programs, Career Development Office, Berkeley Law
- Rebecca Robles, Educational Opportunity Program/Student Support Services STEM Academic Counselor, Centers for Educational Equity and Excellence
Outstanding Advisor or Student Services Staff
- Ambrosia Shapiro, Undergraduate Academic Advisor, Department of Geography
- Charlene D. Duncan, CS Scholars Program Director and Undergraduate Advisor, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences
- David Apilado Jr., Assistant Director of Graduate Student Services, Department of Statistics
- Mel Barbers, Undergraduate Advisor and Wellness Coordinator, Office of Undergraduate Advising, College of Environmental Design
- Thomas Brown, Lead Undergraduate Major Advisor, Department of Mathematics
Outstanding Advising or Student Services Administrator, Director, or Manager
- Harris Mojadedi, Interim Assistant Dean for Student Engagement, Division of Student Affairs
- Ken Mahru, Director of Graduate Student Funding, Graduate Division
Outstanding Peer Advisor, Mentor, Counselor, or Ambassador
- Denise Mendez, Lead Peer Advisor, Student Parent Center
Outstanding Faculty Advisor
- Evan vanDommelen-Gonzalez, Online MPH Co-Director, Faculty Lead of Online MPH Interdisciplinary Program, Core Faculty in DrPH Program, Berkeley Public Health
- Joe Hyoung Lee, Lecturer, Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies
Advising Champion
- Martha Chavez, Assistant Dean for Graduate Diversity, Graduate Division
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