Congratulations
to the March WSU PSAC
P'Sack' Awardee

Robert (Rob) Holt

Student Affairs/Data Manager
Nursing

P'Sack' Awardee of the Month

BIOGRAPHY

Rob's job entails managing admissions, advisement, and other student affairs issues for the nursing program statewide. The program has almost 700 students.  First and foremost Rob likes to work with the great students that choose to come to Weber State. A close second is the opportunity to work with the wonderful people in the Nursing Department and the College of Health Professions.

Rob is a graduate of Utah State University and holds both BS and MS degrees. He loves to assist students working towards health care careers. He has memberships in the National Academic Advisors Association and the Utah Advising and Orientation Association (NACADA/UAOA).

He loves to snow ski, golf, spend time with family and of course watch plenty of basketball games.  Rob is married to Jodee and has three children.

"I am very honored to have been nominated and selected for this great award. Weber State, Weber State, Great! Great!! Great!!!"

NOMINATION SELECTION

Rob was nominated and selected for the following reasons:

Nomination No 1.  If you come up to the nursing department and look for Rob Holt he will be smiling but totally buried behind "milk cartons" filled with red, purple, and blue folders representing the over 400 applicants for WSU nursing program student positions.  Rob organizes, reviews, scores, and prepares all applicant files for the nursing program selections. After selections, Rob is the department’s first line of defense when students and families need help with admission issues.  His thoughtful and easy style and disposition allow him to effectively defuse and counsel students in productive and positive ways.   

At any one time there are over 250 on-campus nursing students with at least another 100 to 200 in online or off-campus programs.  Rob is the processing and tracking agent for all of these students along with assisting the faculty and students with academic advising issues and counseling.  He manages and tracks all of the HIPPA compliance, OSHA training, background checks, and drug testing for all of the nursing students and faculty.   

Currently, Rob is also the logistics manager of the Nurse Refresher online program that offers “re-education” and clinical practice for nurses with expired licenses. He tracks each student’s progress through the program and coordinates with the online faculty, clinical faculty, computing support, and continuing education.  If that were not enough, he also is involved with recruitment and visits to potential outreach sites, high school campuses, and other groups interested in contracting for WSU nursing program sites.  Rob is a treasure and one of the reasons that WSU Nursing has a stellar reputation in the community. 

Nomination No 2.  Rob is a great student advocate who goes above and beyond to assist in the educational goals for nursing students.  He currently is the in-house trouble shooter for Banner problems, in particular, for those students who have transfer credits.  He assists the faculty with their student advisement to ensure students will graduate on schedule.   He always stays positive and is very pleasant to work with, plus he is definitely not afraid of lots of hard work.  At this time of year (application deadline date) it is not unusual to see Rob heading out the door with crates loaded with applicant files which need his attention.  He stays up on all campus happenings and shares information with the department.  

Nomination No 3.  What is unique to Rob is his commitment to help.  It doesn’t matter if it is faculty, a current student or a potential student, he does everything he can to solve problems.  He will “go to bat” for anyone who needs an advocate.  For example, everyday he deals with Banner problems that would prevent students from graduating.  While many of the faculty and staff are aware of the problem, Rob knows just who to contact to fix it and he does it immediately, so the student knows it has been taken care of.   

Rob does more than is required for his current job description.  He does student  recruitment locally and for outreach sites even though his present position makes him responsible for students after they are accepted in the program.   

It is not unusual for him to have a line of students waiting to talk to him because they are comfortable with him.  He is polite and encouraging to all students and families, even when they become angry and abusive.  He has a professional attitude and his integrity is a model for all of us.   

He attends games, supports the faculty/staff association, and regularly wears Weber State clothing, not just on Fridays!  If anyone has purple blood, it is Rob.

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