Eastern's Business Professor Wins Top Award

Written by Emily Bonoyer

                                                Alex Citurs     

Willimantic, CT -- Alex Citurs, assistant professor of business administration at Eastern Connecticut State University, has been named the recipient of the outstanding Advising Certificate of Merit in the academic advising faculty category of National Academic Advising Association's (NACADA) National Awards Program for Academic Advising. Citurs will be honored on Sept. 30 during the NACADA Annual Conference in San Antonio.

Citurs has held information systems-related jobs with Allied Group, IBM and State Farm Insurance, and has also consulted with numerous companies on project knowledge management and technology adoption. He received a doctorate in management information systems from Case Western Reserve University and a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Iowa.

NACADA was chartered as a non-profit organization in 1979 to promote quality academic advising and professional development of its membership to ensure the educational development of students. Established in 1983, the National Awards Program for Academic Advising honors individuals and institutions making significant contributions to the improvement of academic advising. NACADA has grown to more than 10,000 members consisting of faculty members, professional advisors, administrators, counselors and others in academic and student affairs concerned with the intellectual, personal and vocational needs of students.