UAB will honor three individuals as top advisors during the annual Outstanding Academic Advising Awards Ceremony Thursday, April 17 at 2 p.m. in the Hulsey Recital Hall. It is free and open to the public.

The award is presented to faculty, professional and new advisors who have distinguished themselves in academic advising. The UAB winners will participate in a national competition, sponsored by the National Academic Advising Association.

The 2008 honorees are:
• Outstanding Faculty Advisor, Zoe B. Dwyer, Ph.D., School of Engineering, Department of Material Sciences & Engineering
• Outstanding Advisor, Linda Luck, division of General Studies
• Outstanding New Advisor (three years of advising service or less), Juanita McMath, School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, Department of Biology.