Tyna AdamsCAS Advisor Tyna Adams, who supports biology students, was named Outstanding New Advisor Award from the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) at their summer conference.

The NADACA awards recognize individuals and institutions making significant contributions to the improvement of academic advising. The awards program is intended to garner wider support for academic advising in higher education.

Adams was one of only 14 advisors chosen from universities across the country to receive the Outstanding New Advisor Award.

“Students go out of their way, regularly trudging from the first floor of Cambell Hall to my office on the fourth floor, just to tell me how helpful Tyna has been to them,” says Dr. Steven Austad, Chair of the Department of Biology.