Connected Awards

CONNECTED ADVISING AWARD - NOMINATION CRITERIA

The purpose of the CONNECTED Advising Award is to recognize an individual for notable advancement in the use of EAB Navigate in supporting Texas A&M’s student success initiatives. Eligibility - Employees at Texas A&M University and its branch campuses whose primary function is advising and supporting undergraduate students on matters concerning academic success, retention and progress to degree. Individuals may self-nominate. Staff from the Office for Student Success not eligible to apply.

The recipient of the CONNECTED Advising Award will receive a plaque and a cash award of $1,000. The nominations will be evaluated by the selection committee based on the evidence of practices, qualities and impact that distinguish the nominee for this award in supporting student success using EAB Navigate. Those items may include, but are not limited to:

• Strategic innovative ways to support student success

• Monitoring of student progress toward academic and career goals

• Mastery of Navigate functionality

• Improvement of academic advising and student support within a unit or across campus

• Development of creative technology solutions for advising issues and student support

• Implementing new ways to integrate Navigate with existing advising technology and other processes

• Use of analytics, reporting and advanced features in Navigate

• Evidence of impact on student success rate or programs within department/unit

Additionally, nominations will be strengthened by:

• Willingness to share EAB Navigate skills and strategies with colleagues

• Practices of collaboration across campus in use of Navigate connecting programs

supporting students

• Partnership with Navigate team to provide feedback driving new innovations and

utilization

Connected Advising Application

CONNECTED Team Award

The purpose of the CONNECTED Team Award is to recognize a team for notable advancement in the use of EAB Navigate in supporting Texas A&M’s student success initiatives.

Eligibility – Nominations for the Advising Team Award MUST be approved by the AOC Dean or his/her designee of the team’s college or division. Teams nominated can be a College/Department advising group or division supporting student success. Groups may self- nominate. Teams must be employees at Texas A&M University and its branch campuses whose primary function is advising and supporting undergraduate students on matters concerning academic success, retention and progress to degree. Staff from the Office for Student Success not eligible to apply.

The recipient of the CONNECTED Team Award will receive a plaque and a bursary of $2,500. The nominations will be evaluated by the selection committee based on the evidence of practices, qualities and impact that distinguish the nominees for this award in supporting student success using EAB Navigate. Those items may include, but are not limited to: