Gretchen Bender, Assistant Chair and director of the undergraduate program, is the 2013 recipient of Ampco-Pittsburgh Prize for Excellence in Advising. The Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences annually recognizes outstanding faculty academic advising of its undergraduate students with the Ampco-Pittsburgh Prize for Excellence in Advising. Any Dietrich School faculty member with a regular, full-time appointment who has served as a departmental advisor for at least three years on the Oakland campus is eligible. Faculty members who receive a nomination from their department chair and two or more undergraduate students whom they have advised will be considered. Congratulations Gretchen!