Dr. Candace Goode Vick has been awarded a Certificate of Merit from the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) and will be honored at the NACADA annual conference in October 2010.
"The function of the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) is to promote improvement of programs and services to enhance the quality of student learning. A few of the qualities in which CAS desires to see student improvement are intellectual growth, effective communication, enhanced self esteem, realistic self-appraisal, career choices, healthy behavior, collaboration, social responsibility, and independence. NACADA’s core values largely focus on how the faculty advisor facilitates CAS standards. Candace’s advising style very much brings these standards and values together," comments Dr. Dorothy Anderson, Department Head, Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management.
"A strength of the PRTM department is its student advising." says Anderson. "In large part this strength can be traced to the passion and professionalism that Vick has shown over her years of working with students. She is the primary faculty advisor for over 600 students in the various undergraduate degrees."
"Candace strongly believes that students are best served when their advising needs are met not only in a timely manner but in a way that is focused on the student as an individual. She is committed to making the student’s experience a positive and worthwhile experience that will serve the student throughout the student’s life. When the latter happens the student’s academic experience is enriched, which in turn helps assure we retain and graduate top notch professionals in our field."
Vick has also recently been selected by the National Recreation and Park Association to serve on the NRPA Council of Accreditation. Dr. Candace Goode Vick is an associate professor, assistant department head and director of undergraduate programs in the NC State University Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management.
More information on Dr. Goode Vick is available at http://cnr.ncsu.edu/prtm/faculty/goode-vick.php .