Alberta Gloria is a passionate professor of counseling psychology and chair of the Chican@/Latin@ Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
She walks alongside her students each step of the way, creating an academic "family" that roots them in a cultural and academic context while pressing them to look at the bigger picture.
This dedication to students' lives, both in and out of the classroom, has earned Gloria the Student Personnel Association's highest honor: the Chancellor's Award. The award recognizes distinctive contributions throughout the campus community in all aspects of the recipient's professional and personal lives.
Gloria was one of eight student services professionals at UW-Madison honored at the SPA's annual awards luncheon April 15. As the Chancellor's Award recipient, she receives $1,000.
The Chancellor's Office, the Norman Bassett Foundation, the Ineva Reilly Baldwin and Ira L. Baldwin Endowment for Student Services, the Offices of the Dean of Students and the SPA membership make the awards possible.
Founded in 1956, the SPA exists to create cross-campus connections among people who work with students to support, enhance and reinforce the learning mission of UW-Madison.