The University of Guelph is pleased to recognize faculty advisors, program counsellors, or academic advising staff that contribute to providing high-quality academic advising with the Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising Medallion. The Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising Medallion is awarded annually to an individual (or advising team) who has been nominated by a member of the University community as having made an outstanding contribution to academic advising at the undergraduate level at the University of Guelph.
2023 Process Information -- CLOSED ON ** 3 FEBRUARY 2023 (first Friday in February) **
Terms and Conditions for this honour as well as the current year Nomination Form are included at the bottom of this page in PDF format for download. [ Revised will be uploaded by January 2023. ]
Previous Year Recipients
| Year | Recipient | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | TBD | TBD |
| 2022 | Dr. Martin Holland | Faculty Advisor, Landscape Architecture |
| 2021 | Guelph-Humber Academic Advising Team (Nasreene Corpuz Kasznia, Brenley DiFranco, Alyson Green, Hilton Lieu, Lalita Manku, Cheryl Nicholas, Caroline Samrah-Sergnese,, Kimberley Zammit) | Program Counsellor(s), various programs |
| 2020 | Shannon Lapenskie | Program Counsellor, B.A. |
| 2019 | Dr. Carol Dauda (Co-Recipient) Lisa Blenkinsop (Co-Recipient) |
Faculty Advisor, Political Science (B.A.) Faculty Advisor, International Development Studies (B.A.) |
| 2018 | Dr. Doug Goff | Faculty Advisor, Food Science (B.Sc.) |
| 2017 | Linda Zehr | Program Counsellor, B.A.Sc. |
| 2016 | Anita Beaudette | Faculty Advisor, International Development (B.A.) |
| 2015 | B.Sc. Academic Advising Team (Rob Guthrie, Bonnie Lasby, Kelly Lucas & Heather Pollock) | Program Counsellor(s), B.Sc. |
| 2014 | Kim Thompson | Program Counsellor, B.Eng. |
| 2013 | Melinda Vanryn | Program Counsellor, B.B.R.M. & B.Sc. Agr. |
| 2012 | Jerome Chang | Program Counsellor, B.A.S. |
| 2011 | Jane Londerville | Faculty Advisor, Real Estate & Housing (B.Comm.) |
| 2010 | Not awarded. | - |
| 2009 | Dr. Peter Conlon | Program Counsellor, D.V.M. (& OVC Associate Dean, Students) |
| 2008 | Dr. Stephen Lynch | Faculty Advisor, Hospitality & Tourism Management (B.Comm.) |
| 2007 | Dr. Nathan Perkins | Program Counsellor, B.L.A. |
| 2006 | Valerie Allen | Faculty Advisor, Hotel & Food Administration / Tourism Management (B.Comm.) |
| 2005 | Linda Allen | Program Counsellor, B.Sc. (Physical Sciences) & B.Comp. |
| 2004 | Dr. Jim Atkinson | Faculty Advisor, Animal Science (B.Sc.) |
Updated 7 March 2023.
