Volgenau School faculty and staff, I am delighted to announce that our very own Cheryl Howe of the AIT Department has been named George Mason University's Academic Advisor of the Year!! Congratulations to Cheryl for this well-deserved award! This year, the university also recognized ten advisors with Honorable mentions, including Smriti Kansal of the ECE Department! Congratulations to Smriti as well! Please join me in congratulating Cheryl, Smriti, and all of our VSE nominees for this important award: Paul Ammann - CS Peggy Brouse - SEOR Paulo Costa - SEOR Liza Durant - CEIE Krzysztof Gaj - ECE Rajesh Ganesan - SEOR Cheryl Howe - AIT Smriti Kansal - ECE Chris Kauffman - CS Kathryn Laskey - SEOR Caitlin Laurence - BENG Andrew Loerch - SEOR Craig Lorie - ECE Sean Luke - CS Ami Motro - CS Jeff Offutt - CS Bernd-Peter Paris - ECE Huzefa Rangwala - CS Mark Snyder - CS Girum Urgessa - CEIE Pearl Wang - CS Thanks to the nominees and to all of you who do so much to help our students! Sharon Sharon A. Caraballo, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs Volgenau School of Engineering George Mason University