b'AWARDS & RECOGNITIONSGET INVOLVEDWITHTHE ULTIMATE SUPPORT SYSTEMTRULASKETaylor Morrow recognized as topon corporate trips to explore potential career paths advisor for going above and beyondand meet with business leaders. mizzou.us/GetInvolvedWithTrulasketo help Trulaske students succeed.Building relationships with students, hearing about their goals and interests and trying to find ways to I want studentsAcademic advisors at the University of Missouri takesupport them are all things that I find enjoyableand I to know they canpride in meeting one-on-one with students to ensuredont take them lightly, Morrow said. I want students be successfultheyre supported on their paths to success. to know they can be successful and impact the world and impact theIn May, the University of Missouri recognized threeregardless of their background.of those advisors for their dedicated commitment toMorrow credits the Office of the Provost for the world regardlessstudent success at Mizzou. Their efforts have played asupport Mizzou has given its advisors.of theirpart in Mizzous recent all-time record graduation and retention rates as well as a recent career outcomesMizzou has an advisors forum where we can background. encourage and learn from other advisors across survey showing that more than 95% of recent Mizzou Taylor Morrow graduates found employment, continued their educa- campus, Morrow said. I have been to conferences tion, joined the military or started volunteer serviceand talked to other advisors across the country. within six months of spring graduation. After hearing their stories I realized how unique and supportive our environment is here at Mizzou.One of the recipients was Taylor Morrow., who served as an academic advisor in the Trulaske College ofWhen Morrow was an undergraduate student at Business for two years before being promoted to hisMizzou, he remembers the support he received from current position as a senior advisor. his advisor, Kibby Smith.One of the highlights of his job is working with theThe help and support I received from her inspired Heartland Scholars Academy, providing first-gener- me to want to give that same guidance to other ation college students from rural areas with profes- students, Morrow said.sional development opportunities and taking them 44 | TRULASKE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS'