Title:               AITP Faculty Advisor of the Year Award

Purpose:         AITP is fortunate to have talented educators serve as advisors to AITP's student chapters all over the country. They willingly donate many hours to assure that their students receive a broader education than they receive in the classroom alone. AITP annually recognizes an advisor who has exemplified the highest ideals of his/her profession.

Past Winners: 2002-2003    Jim Cappell, Ph.D.              Central Michigan University
2001-2002     Barbara Russell                  Northwestern State University
2000-2001     Robert Brzycki                   Milwaukee Area Technical College -West Campus
1999-2000     Yvonne Antonucci, Ph.D.   Widener University
1998-1999     George Fowler, Ph.D.        Texas A&M University
1997-1998     Larry Cornwell, Ph.D.        Bradley University
1996-1997     Teresa Hickerson               Cameron University
1995-1996     Ernest Nolan                      University of Southern Indiana
1994-1995     Brian Reithel, Ph.D.            University of Mississippi

Criteria:          • AITP student chapter must have earned SCOPA for the previous two years
• The faculty advisor must have served a minimum of two years
• The faculty advisor must have demonstrated a desire to enhance the professional development of the students in his/her charge. Examples of this would be to regularly take students to IT professional functions, meetings & conferences, encourage students to compete in local, regional and national contest events.

Schedule:    • The student chapter president prepares a letter of recommendation and forwards it with all supporting materials to the president of their sponsoring AITP professional chapter by March 15th.
• The sponsoring parent chapter verifies that SCOPA was achieved and also writes a letter of recommendation. Mail the entire package to AITP-HQ by March 20th (including the SCOPA paperwork).
• The AITP student awards committee will review all submitted materials and make their selection.
• The award will be presented during the awards banquet at the upcoming AITP National Collegiate Conference

Faculty Advisor Inquiries and/or completed packets should be directed to the AITP Awards Committee chair by emailing awards@aitp.org

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