{"id":12255,"date":"2025-10-30T15:43:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T15:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/alumni\/?p=12255"},"modified":"2025-10-30T20:17:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T20:17:24","slug":"edugator-alum-awarded-for-excellence-in-academic-advising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/alumni\/2025\/10\/30\/edugator-alum-awarded-for-excellence-in-academic-advising\/","title":{"rendered":"EduGator alum awarded for excellence in academic advising"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Joshua Fletcher (Ed.S \u201816, M.Ed. \u201816), a 2016 UF alumnus and academic advisor at George Mason University, has been honored with the Region 2 Excellence in Advising &#8211; Primary Role Advisor Certificate of Merit award from NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising.<\/p>\n<p>Fletcher graduated from the University of Florida\u2019s College of Education with a <a href=\"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/counselor-education\/prospective-students\/on-campus-m-ed\/\">master\u2019s degree in Counseling Education and a Specialist degree in K-12 Counseling<\/a> in 2016. He has since served as an Undergraduate Academic Advisor at George Mason University for the Computer Science Department.<\/p>\n<p>His time as an EduGator led him to serving as a middle school counselor for three years, where he developed a passion for encouraging higher education for underprivileged youth, inspiring him to transition from working in K-12 to working as an Academic Advisor in a higher education institution.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_testimonial _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Although I did not know much about engineering in the beginning,\u201d says Fletcher, \u201cmy counseling background from UF\u2019s Counseling Education Master\u2019s program has provided me with the skills to help advise over 2,500 computer science undergraduate students a year from the enrollment stage to the graduation stage<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/alumni\/files\/2025\/10\/Joshua-Fletcher.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Joshua Fletcher<br \/>\n&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Joshua-Fletcher&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UF alumnus honored with NACADA award for advising.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":12306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.0 (Yoast SEO v22.0) - 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