Ward Selected as Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate Semifinalist
 Ashley Ward, student development specialist at The University of Texas at Tyler, was selected as a semifinalist for the Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate award, Dr. Dale Lunsford, UT Tyler vice president of student affairs and external relations, announced.
The award is given annually by the Natural Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition at the University of South Carolina.
“This award is a great tribute to Ashley's work and national recognition of UT Tyler's student success programs,” said Dr. Lunsford, who nominated Ward.
To be considered for the award, nominators submit a narrative description of the nominee’s activities to enhance the first year at their institution and provide evidence of the impact and effectiveness of these activities. The portfolio is then reviewed by a national panel of distinguished educators. Ten award recipients are selected, two from each of five institutional categories.
Ward was selected as one of 15 semifinalists from 127 nominations.
As a semifinalist, Ward will be recognized at the 25th Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience in Atlanta Feb. 24-28.
Ward works with first-year students through orientation, student learning communities and freshman-year experience classes. She has worked at UT Tyler for close to 4 years and received a bachelor of business administration from UT Tyler.
One of the 15 campuses of the UT System, UT Tyler offers excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 70 undergraduate and graduate degree programs are available at UT Tyler, which has an enrollment of more than 5,700 high-ability students at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine.
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