{"id":112832,"date":"2016-05-17T09:24:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T13:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?post_type=school-college-post&#038;p=112832"},"modified":"2016-05-17T09:25:37","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T13:25:37","slug":"jepson-recognized-outstanding-student-advising-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2016\/05\/jepson-recognized-outstanding-student-advising-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Jepson recognized for outstanding student advising and service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Patricia Jepson, director of the College\u2019s academic advising center director and agriculture education advisor, received the 2015 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naae.org\/\">National Association of Agricultural Educators<\/a> (NAAE) Outstanding Service Citation, one of only six such awards given nationwide. The awards were presented at the NAAE annual convention this past November in New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was very honored to receive this award,\u201d Jepson says. \u201cWhat drives me is helping students realize their strengths and think about the possibilities. It\u2019s very rewarding to see students achieve their goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpeaking for the Connecticut Agricultural Educators, we recognize and applaud Dr. Jepson as she builds a bridge between the UConn College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources and all the high school agriculture teachers and students in Connecticut,\u201d says Bonnie Kegler, Killingly High School agriculture teacher and College alumna. \u201cThere is a documented shortage of agriculture teachers in the nation, and UConn has played a critical role in training and educating students to be successful agricultural education professionals. Dr. Jepson has helped to ensure that our outstanding system of school-based agricultural education in Connecticut and the region have well prepared teachers now and in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jepson came to the College\u2019s academic advisory center in 1988. For the past twenty-eight years, she has been a vital resource for both students and faculty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPat\u2019s most significant contributions are related to undergraduate advising,\u201d says Associate Dean Cameron Faustman. \u201cShe has coached faculty and staff in this responsibility and directly advised students, often those presenting the most complex and challenging cases, requiring meticulous attention to detail and follow-up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPat\u2019s high level of commitment to the College and its students proves that she considers her responsibilities a lifestyle rather than just a job,\u201d he remarks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/naturally.uconn.edu\/2016\/05\/17\/6836\/\">Read the full article at Naturally@UConn.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patricia Jepson, director of the College\u2019s academic advising center director and agriculture education advisor, received the 2015 National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE) Outstanding Service Citation, one of only six such awards given nationwide. The awards were presented at the NAAE annual convention this past November in New Orleans. \u201cI was very honored to receive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":112833,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2224],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[1871],"class_list":["post-112832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cahnr"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-14 17:59:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/112833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112832"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=112832"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=112832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}