{"id":179079,"date":"2023-06-20T10:35:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T20:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=179079"},"modified":"2024-03-15T12:44:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T22:44:17","slug":"jill-nakatsu-national-advising-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/06\/20\/jill-nakatsu-national-advising-award\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa engineering director of academic affairs wins national advising award"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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Jill Nakatsu, director of academic affairs in the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa\u2019s College of Engineering<\/a>, has received the 2023 Outstanding Advising Award–Primary Advising Role by the National Academic Advising Association<\/a> (NACADA<\/abbr>).<\/p>\n

The award is part of NACADA<\/abbr>\u2019s Global Awards Program for Academic Advising, which honors individuals and institutions making a significant impact on academic advising.<\/p>\n

“I was not expecting to win so I was super stoked when I got the award notification,” Nakatsu said. “NACADA<\/abbr> is an international authority on academic advising. I know there are so many advisors out there doing awesome work so I am truly honored to be recognized by them with one of their outstanding academic advisor global awards.”<\/p>\n

The NACADA<\/abbr> selection committee evaluated nominees based on 17 criteria, including evidence of student success rate by advisor or department; caring, helpful attitude towards advisees, faculty and staff; and monitoring of student progress toward academic and career goals.<\/p>\n

Nakatsu earned a bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s from UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s College of Engineering. In between her degrees, she worked as a product engineer for Medtronic Inc<\/abbr>. in Arizona. Nakatsu said her experience working in the industry has helped her as an advisor.<\/p>\n

“I am able to provide detailed examples of what engineers do at work to students who are still deciding if an engineering major is a good fit for them,” Nakatsu said. “And I provide advice to our soon to be graduating students on how to approach applying for their first engineering jobs and navigating the start of their engineering careers. I focus on helping connect the dots between engineering school and career for my students because I remember it was not obvious for me back when I was an engineering student.”<\/p>\n

Nakatsu wants to thank everyone at the college, her past and current advisors and mentors, the academic advisors and counselors at UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa and the UH<\/abbr> community colleges, and the students for helping her learn to be a better engineer and advisor.<\/p>\n

“Choosing to attend the UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa College of Engineering was probably one of the best choices I have ever made,” Nakatsu said. “It allowed me to get an excellent education and engineering research experiences at home. Then with that I was able to get a great engineering job on the continent after finishing my undergraduate studies. And because of the lasting connections I made in my undergraduate program, I was able to easily move back to Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and transition to working in engineering education. I am a proud alum of the UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa College of Engineering and hope I can help provide those same invaluable experiences for our current students.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jill Nakatsu, director of academic affairs in UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s College of Engineering, has received the NACADA<\/abbr> 2023 Outstanding Advising Award–Primary Advising Role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[781,679,179,182,698,9,1626],"class_list":["post-179079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-academic-advising","tag-alumni-recognition","tag-college-of-engineering","tag-engineering","tag-staff-recognition","tag-uh-manoa","tag-women-of-uh","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t