The Office of Advising selects 2021-22 Outstanding Advisors
Georgia Southern University’s Office of Advising has selected Monica Brister, Kimberly Couch and Clare Ursillo as the 2021-22 Outstanding Advisors. The trio will also represent Georgia Southern as the nominees in each of the categories at the National Academic Advising Association’s (NACADA) annual awards.
Brister, an Advising Coordinator for the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health (JPHCOPH) and the College of Education (COE), received the Outstanding Advising Administrator Award. Brister has worked at Georgia Southern since 2015 and served in an advising coordinator role since 2019. She is the graduate advisor for the JPHCOPH, supervises the undergraduate advisor and oversees the advisors within the COE.
Couch, an advisor for the Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing, received the Outstanding Advisor in a Primary Role Award. Couch has worked at Georgia Southern since 2008 and served as an advisor since 2012. She was selected for her dedication to students over the past 10 years. Couch is also active within the University community, serving on Staff Council and the Department of Information Technology Curriculum Committee, and the larger advising community. Additionally, she is involved with NACADA and presents at conferences, serves on committees and reviews proposals.
Ursillo, an advisor for the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (CBSS), received the Outstanding New Advisor Award. She has worked at Georgia Southern since 2008 and became an academic advisor in 2020. In the short amount of time she has been advising, she has stepped up to assist with many events and programs, both within advising and throughout the University, such as Eagle Experience and the CBSS Staff Council.
The NACADA awards process began with a call to faculty, staff and students at Georgia Southern to submit nominations for advising staff who have had a positive influence on their lives and the campus community.
Once nominations were received, the nominees, with the support of their supervisors, were asked to submit a resume, a statement of their advising philosophy and three letters of reference. A committee then reviewed the documentation and selected the winner for each category.
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