Anne Oldham

Anne M. Oldham

Food Science and Human Nutrition Academic Advisor

Iowa State University Award for Excellence in Academic Advising

 

This award recognizes outstanding performance by an academic advisor over an extended period of time. A $1,500 award is granted

Oldham's outstanding advising, mentoring and recruitment have been instrunmental in the growing enrollment in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition. From 2001, when she assumed primary responsibility for undergraduate student advising, to 2006, undergraduate enrollment in the department grew 36 percent, stemming a 15 percent decline over the previous five years. She is a leader of the Food Science and Human Nutrition learning community program. In 2006, she became director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics, which is responsible for ensuring that the curriculum meets professional accreditation criteria. She was a Wakonse Fellow in 2004 and received Iowa State's Outstanding Innovations Award for Learning Communities in 2005.

College of Human Sciences faculty and staff were among those recognized by the university community during Iowa State's fall convocation on Monday, September 10, 2007. To view other awardees from the College of Human Sciences, click on links at left.