This award recognizes thesis advisors who have demonstrated a high level of interest in and expectation for their students. These faculty members have shown continued dedication to both student thesis productivity and thesis quality.
Award recipients
| Year | Recipient(s) | Department |
| 2013 | Brian Greene | Biology |
| 2012 | Susan Sims-Giddens | Nursing |
| 2012 | Klaas Bakker | Communication Sciences and Disorders |
| 2011 | John Havel | Biology |
| 2011 | Kristine Sutliff | English |
| 2010 | Don Moll | Biology |
| 2010 | W. D. Blackmon | English |
| 2009 | M. Chris Barnhart | Biology |
| 2009 | Julie Masterson | Communication Sciences and Disorders |
| 2008 | D. Wayne Mitchell | Psychology |
| 2007 | Paul Durham | Biology |
| 2006 | Jane Hoogestraat | English |
| 2005 | Dennis Schmitt | Agriculture |
| 2004 | John S. Heywood | Biology |
| 2004 | Laszlo Kovacs | Fruit Science |
| 2003 | Mark Richter | Chemistry |
| 2003 | Robert Pavlowsky | Geography, Geology, and Planning |
| 2002 | Kathryn Hope | Nursing |
| 2001 | Lynn Robbins | Biology |
| 2001 | Charlene Berquist | Communications |
| 2000 | William Van Cleave | Defense and Strategic Studies |
| 2000 | Alicia Mathis | Biology |