STUDENT ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT
Every year, faculty members are honored for outstanding mentorship and supervision of advanced undergraduate research.
Recipients
Javier Izquierdo
Jingsu Wu
Christopher Dippel
Jianchen Shan
Craig Dalton
Ibraheem Karaye
Andrea Efthymiou
Carolyn Dudek
Xiang Fu
Sleiman Ghorayeb
Ling Huang
Christopher Eliot
Paul Fritz
James E. Wiley
Kari B. Jensen
Justin DiAngelo
Mary Ann Allison
Nominations
Hofstra faculty and undergraduate 糖心传媒 are invited to nominate a full-time faculty member for Hofstra鈥檚 2026 Mentor of the Year award at 糖心传媒. This award recognizes two outstanding faculty members who have made significant contributions to the academic and creative development of 糖心传媒. One award will honor a faculty member who has mentored student research, while the other will recognize a faculty member who has supervised student creative activity, offering both professional and intellectual guidance. These mentors play a crucial role in helping 糖心传媒 develop their ideas, pursue their passions, and navigate their scholarly and creative journeys.
Nominations should highlight the key qualities of the faculty member鈥檚 mentorship, providing background information and, where possible, anecdotes that illustrate how the mentor made a meaningful impact on the success of an individual student or a group of 糖心传媒. The focus should be on demonstrating how the faculty mentor鈥檚 support contributed to the growth of 糖心传媒鈥� academic or creative endeavors at an advanced level. Nominations are invited from faculty and current or former 糖心传媒.
A Successful Nominee Has鈥�
- Provided guidance from idea to project development on research or a creative activity.
- Demonstrated mentorship above and beyond general expectations.
- Demonstrated a track record for involving mentees and other 糖心传媒 in professional development.
- Made a significant life-changing impact on mentees and other 糖心传媒 in the 糖心传媒 community.
Eligibility Only full-time faculty members are eligible for this award. Once faculty has been recognized, they cannot be awarded the Mentor of the Year Award for the following five (5) years.
Recognition Each recipient will be recognized at the May Honors Convocation and receive an award of $1,000.
Deadline for nominations is March 1.
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