ECU academic advising authors win ‘best poster’ at national conference

Members of ECU’s Academic Advising Department won a “best poster” award at the National Symposium on Student Retention, held Oct. 29-31 in New Orleans.

Authors Jayne Geissler, John Trifilo, Elizabeth Coghill and Steven Asby were recognized for their work on “Kudos and Warnings: Managing 55,000+ Flag Notifications to Support Student Success.” The poster highlighted ECU’s early academic alert and response system including assessments by faculty, students and advisors.

The authors were recognized during the CSRDE Best Practices Awards Luncheon, receiving a plaque and $500 award.

At the same conference, Coghill and Geissler presented, “Politics, Logistics, and Support:  The Creation and Growth of a Centralized Peer-volunteer Tutoring Center” and were invited to submit a paper that was peer-reviewed and accepted for publication in the conference proceedings.