With the support and co-sponsorship of engage learning, the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition is pleased to recognize and reward individuals on the nation’s campuses who are Outstanding First-Year Student Advocates.

Each year, presidents of American post-secondary institutions are invited to nominate one educator on their campus for this award. A national panel of distinguished educators review the nomination portfolios and select 10 individuals as the nation’s Outstanding First-Year Student Advocates. Two award recipients are chosen in each of the following institutional categories:

• Two-Year Colleges
• Four-Year Colleges & Universities with less than 2,000 students
• Four-Year Colleges & Universities with 2,000 to 7,000 students
• Four-Year Colleges & Universities with 7,001 to 15,000 students
• Four-Year Colleges & Universities with more than 15,000 students

As a group, these individuals mirror the diversity of American colleges and universities. They share the common goal of improving the educational experience of first-year students, yet their methods for doing so are uniquely responsive to the particular institutional settings of which they are a part.