Faculty Advisor of the Year

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:

• 2006-2007    Dawn Pantaleo, Kalamazoo Valley Community College

• 2005-2006    *not awarded*

• 2004-2005    *not awarded*

• 2003-2004    *not awarded*

• 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 1st.

• 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 10th (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 Student Awards Committee chair by emailing studentawards@aitp.org.