This award recognizes one individual who has taken an active role in students’ graduate pursuits. The recipient of this award has mentored graduate students not only as an academic advisor but has influenced students’ lives personally.
Award recipients
| Year | Recipient | Department |
| 2012 | Heather Carmack | Communication |
| 2011 | Brett Garland | Criminology |
| 2010 | Robert Lunn | Health Administration |
| 2009 | Kartik Ghosh | Physics, Astronomy, and Materials Science |
| 2008 | Cindy Wilson-Hail | Childhood Education and Family Studies |
| 2007 | Kristene Sutliff | English |
| 2006 | Jerri Lynn Kyle | Communication |
| 2005 | Kartik Ghosh | Physics, Astronomy, and Materials Science |
| 2004 | M. Chris Barnhart | Biology |
| 2003 | Robert Lunn | Health Administration |
| 2002 | Dennis Schmidt | Agriculture |
| 2001 | O. Leon Bradshaw | Counseling |