Kristy Schweitz Named 2024 Academic Advisor of the Year

Kristy Schweitz, assistant advising director in the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) College of Business Administration (CBA), has been named the 2023-2024 UNO Academic Advisor of the Year. She will receive a framed certificate and $500 award at the Faculty Senate/Staff Advisory Council/Academic Advising Council Banquet on May 1.

Schweitz’s nominators describe her as a consummate professional who leads from the heart. One of her student nominators shared that “despite the uncertainty of when or how I’d graduate, she paused and just told me that she was proud of me thus far in life, regardless of the degree I earn. You never know the magnitude of a moment until it becomes memorable. That is how I will remember Kristy. She was hopeful despite my hesitation, helpful despite my hardship, and positive which in turn made me proud to be a student again."

She serves as a leader in the UNO Advising Community, is chair of the Academic Advising Council Social and Recognition Committee, and has been a mentor to new UNO academic advisors. She is noted by multiple nominators as one of the most positive people that is wholly committed to her students and colleagues as an advisor.

The Academic Advisor of the Year Award recognizes undergraduate, professional academic advisors for their exceptional service to students, their colleagues and/or the university. The award was created in 2015 to recognize and honor UNO professional advisors for their:

• Contribution and service to students and academic advising on campus
• Advocacy and collaboration for students and academic advising best practices
• Initiative and attitude in improving academic advising

Congratulations to UNO’s 2023-2024 Academic Advisor of the Year, Kristy Schweitz!