Sandie
Loach Wins a Little Traveling Money
Reprinted from InsideUNF
July2005
This was a summer to remember for Sandie Loach. In May,
Loach learned she had won the Outstanding Undergraduate
Advising Award. The $2,000 she received for winning the
award financed a trip to New York City in August for the
birth of her first grandchild.
“That’s my trip
money,” said Loach, an adviser in the Coggin College
of Business, about traveling to New York to be with her
daughter Kim Hurley. Not long after she got back from New
York, Loach prepared for grandchild No. 2. Her other daughter,
Kelly Burch, who works in Sponsored Research, was also pregnant.
“They need to give me $2,000 more,” Loach said
with a laugh.
Loach started her advising
career in 2000 after receiving a degree in political science.
“It’s obvious that Sandie loves the students.
Sandie’s sound advice has earned her the trust of
students, faculty and staff,” said Cheryl Campbell,
director of Student Services for the Coggin College of Business.
In her letter of recommendation
for the Outstanding Undergraduate Award, Campbell wrote
about the respect faculty and staff have for Loach. She
said Loach is the person staff and faculty rely on when
they need a question answered. Loach’s organizational
skills resulted in the creation of an informational manual
that is now used to train new advisers.
Loach, who is working on her
master’s in public administration, is especially proud
of the thank you notes and e-mails she receives from students.
Several cards from students cover a section of her desk.
One student wrote a letter to Campbell praising Loach for
“going above and beyond what any student would expect
from their adviser.”
The award was based on 10
selection criteria. They included outstanding contributions
to the field of academic advising and an ability to interact
and work with colleagues, faculty, administrators and support
personnel for the benefit of the student.
“I love this,”
Loach said of her job. “I totally enjoy it.” |
