Three academic advisers will bring home awards from the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) annual conference to be held Oct. 1 in Chicago.

Linda Luck, an adviser and program administrator in the Division of General Studies, will receive the Outstanding Advising Award. She is one of four in this category to be honored nationwide this year.

Juanita McMath, an academic counselor in the Department of Biology, will receive the Outstanding New Adviser Award given to advisers with three years or less experience. She is one of seven academic advisers honored with this award.

Zoe B. Dwyer, Ph.D., a UAB assistant professor of engineering, has been awarded an Outstanding Advising Certificate of Merit in the Academic Advising Faculty category. She is one of 14 faculty advisers to be honored in this year’s competition.