Web-based advising application, developed by members of the information technology staff and the Office of Academic Advising and Graduation Certification in the University of Georgia’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, has been named winner of a national Outstanding Advising Technology Award.

The award was given by the National Academic Advising Association for SARA (Student Advising and Registration Assistant), which was developed and has been maintained by Michael Brewer of the Franklin College and Jason Orrill, now with UGA’s Enterprise Information Technology Services.

The honor was presented at the association’s annual national conference in Las Vegas in October 2004.

The award is part of the national group’s 2005 National Awards Program for Academic Advising.

“We are very proud that NACADA has recognized the collaborative efforts that Michael Brewer, the other Information Technology staff and the Office of Academic Advising and Graduation Certification have put into the development of the SARA System,” said Franklin College senior academic advisor Leigh Holland, who nominated SARA for the award.