University Life

ADVANCE receives national award for enhancing the student transition experience

Jennifer Keup, Director of the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience (left to right); Sally Lorentson, Associate Dean, University Life, George Mason University; Jennifer Nelson, Coordinator of Transfer and Initiatives, Northern Virginia Community College; and John Gardner, Chair of the Gardner Institute and Founding Director and Senior Fellow of the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience; with the award presented to ADVANCE on behalf of the resource center. Photo provided.

George Mason University and Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) were honored with the 2019 John N. Gardner Institutional Excellence for Students in Transition Award for their innovative partnership ADVANCE.

The award, presented by the National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition, recognizes cross-institutional initiatives that aim to enhance the student transition experience at the undergraduate level.

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