Advisor Awards

The Outstanding Faculty Advisor Awards are intended to recognize those with exemplary advising practices, demonstrating their commitment to student success and fostering the academic and career goals of their advisees. 

Advising plays a critical role in students’ performance, progress, and engagement while also supporting the University’s retention and graduation efforts.

This award will annually recognize five faculty advisors who demonstrate their commitment to quality student development and engagement through advising.

Congratulations to the Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award recipients for the 2023-2024 academic year:

Ashley Guidroz, Master Instructor, Accounting Department, B.I. Moody College of Business Administration

Erika Caramillo-Hatch, Assistant Professor, Psychology Department, College of Liberal Arts

James “Jimmy” Kimball, Master Instructor & Assistant Department Head, Mathematics, Ray P. Authement College of Science

Kat Langford, Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice, College of Liberal Arts

Michael Pratt, Master Instructor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering

Previous Recipients of the Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award

  • Ashley P. Mikolajczyk, College of Engineering
  • Bruce E. Felgenhauer, Ray P. Authement College of Sciences
  • Christie M. Charles, College of Liberal Arts
  • Laura G. Latiolais, B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration 
  • Leigh M. Tolley, College of Education and Human Development
  • Claire Schultz, College of Liberal Arts
  • Jennifer Hargrave, College of Sciences
  • Marietta Adams, College of Education
  • Sharon Haristy, College of Engineering
  • Manyu Li, College of Liberal Arts
  • Amy Brown, Associate Professor & Department Head
  • Carla Hodge, Instructor
  • Lisa LeBlanc, Master Instructor & Program Coordinator
  • Pamela Meyer, Master Instructor
  • Sophie Plouviez, Assistant Department Head

There were no recipients of the award this year.

Cherif Aissi, Industrial Technology 
Pegge Alicatore, Biology
Brooke Breaux, Psychology
Marlene Beard, Curriculum and Instruction
Thomas Beasley, Curriculum and Instruction
Lisa Bowles    Marketing
Christine Briggs, Curriculum and Instruction
Nicole Bruchez, Accounting
Ross Chiquet, Mathematics
Conni Castille, Moving Image Arts
Ronald Dore, Education Foundation and Leadership
Rebecca Dubois, Marketing
Bruce Felgenhauer, Biology
Kevin Hagan, Visual Arts
McKinzie Hall, Political Science
Jennifer Hargrave, Geosciences
Carla Hodge, Mechanical Engineering
Nona Istre, Computer Science and Informatics
James Kimball, Mathematics
Jonathan Kulp, Music and Performing Arts
Oliver LeBlanc, Management 
Andrea Leonard, Chemistry
Valanne MacGyvers, Psychology
Christine Maloyed, Political Science
Gholam Massiha, Industrial Technology
Aimee Mattox, Kinesiology
Chris Munson, Music and Performing Arts
Harvey Ozbirn, Industrial Technology
Penny Powell, Biology
Ryan Simon, Chemistry
Monica Tauzin, Psychology 
Leigh Tolley, Curriculum & Instruction
Michael Totaro, Computer Science and Informatics
Suzanne Ward, Accounting
 

Johan Adendorff
Cherif Aissi
Penny Antley
Pegge Alciatore
Marlene Beard
Thomas Beasley
Lucy Begnaud
Sara Birk
Lisa Bowles
Brooke Breaux
Conni Castille
Ron Cheek
Stacey Chamberlain
Ross Chiquet
Fred Davis
Mark DeWitt
Ronald Dore
Corinne Dupuy
Bruce Felgenhauer
William Ferguson
Ashley Guidroz
Anthony Greco
McKinzie Hall
Jennifer Hargrave
Lucy Henke
Carla Hodge
Nona Istre
Jonathan Kelp
Elizabeth LaPointe
Oliver LeBlanc
Andrea Leonard
Valanne MacGyvers
Christie Maloyed
Aimee Mattox
Pam Meyer
Robert Michael
Patricia Mire
Chris Munson
Bertha Myers
Yonas Niguse
Harvey Ozbirn
William Simon
Mark Smith
Whitney Storey
Monica Tauzin
Alfred Toma 
Michael Totaro
Suzanne Ward
Charles Williams
Tom Wilson
Sarah Young