Director of Advising, Recruitment and Retention for Health Sciences Janita w88 casino games was awarded the 2021 Regents' Academic Advising Award, which honors outstanding academic student advising with one award granted to a community college advisor and two granted to advisors at state colleges or universities within the Nevada System of Higher Education.
w88 casino games has been a member of the health sciences advising office since 2008 and was promoted to director in 2016. Her leadership of recruitment for the health sciences is impressive, including implementing specific efforts to recruit students from Nevada’s rural areas like Elko, Winnemucca and Battle Mountain. w88 casino games also leads the planning and implementation of HealthFIT (the health sciences version of NevadaFIT). Students who participate in HealthFIT find the program meaningful, useful and fun and it also provides them with a sense of belonging at the University. Even while serving as director, w88 casino games continues to advise students.
Much of w88 casino games's direct advising is targeted at special and at-risk populations, including students who are on academic probation, returning to the University after dismissal, and veterans.
She also advises the annual incoming freshman cohort for the Speech Pathology & Audiology program, which has a retention rate of 94% this year. w88 casino games pays special attention to students entering their senior year by developing and running “Don’t Wait. Graduate.” workshops to help shepherd students through their final year before graduation.
w88 casino games recently had a presentation accepted at the National Academic Advising Association Conference that highlighted her team’s work on aligning the pre-nursing and community health sciences degree programs. Students report that w88 casino games is supportive, welcoming and always has their best interests in mind, but also that she pushes them to challenge themselves and get the most out of their education.
In the midst of a global pandemic, w88 casino games shifted new student orientation online and managed student requests for alternate grading all while making sure her team remained available to students in this new virtual world. Her passion for helping students succeed, her willingness to take on new challenges in order to express that passion and her commitment to the academic quality of the University of Nevada, Reno, particularly in health professions, make her a worthy recipient of the Regents’ Undergraduate Advising Award.
"I believe that good advising and building strong relationships between an advisor and student is key to student success," w88 casino games said.
The Board of Regents established the Regents' w88 casino games Advising Award in 1998.Each honoree receives a ,000 stipend. The 2021 Nevada Regents' w88 casino games Advisor Awards honorees are:
- Lauren Stevens, Western Nevada College
- Janita w88 casino games, University of Nevada, Reno
- Dr. Kwang J. Kim, w88 casino games of Nevada, Las Vegas
Q&A with Janita w88 casino games
What does earning theRegents’ Undergraduate w88 casino games Award mean to you?
Everything! I consider it my advisor lifetime achievement award. For me the award confirms that if you work really hard and never give up on your dreams that you can and will achieve those dreams! I often share with my students that I tried for many years to get a job as an w88 casino games advisor and was not hired. I never lost sight of my goal and eventually I did become an advisor and later became promoted to director. Proof that if you don’t give up and you work hard you can accomplish anything!
How do you approach undergraduate w88 casino games?
As Maya Angelou put it, “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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What lies ahead for you and your w88 casino games career?
My goal is to promote the role of effective w88 casino games advising in student success. In addition, I will seek new opportunities to support student needs and expectations in higher education. I will continue to modernize the functionality of the Health Sciences Advising Center by incorporating technology and adapting advising practices to meet the ever-changing demands of the large health sciences student population.
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