William O’Donnell Lee Awards Presented to Krebs and Melvin

 
Jesse Krebs and Pamela Melvin were recently named recipients of the 2016 William O’Donnell Lee Advising Award.
 
The award pays tribute to excellent advisors and demonstrates how important academic advising is at Truman. Recipients are nominated by students and colleagues and are ultimately selected by a committee.
 
Krebs, associate professor of music, began teaching at Truman in 2005. In addition to instructing the clarinet studio and directing the Truman Clarinet Choir, he teaches Perspectives in Jazz and Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint. He received a Doctor of Music in clarinet performance from the Florida State University, a Master of Music from the University of North Texas and a Bachelor of Music from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Krebs has performed guest recitals in Costa Rica, England, Thailand, Ireland and throughout the United States. Additionally, he has been appointed to serve as the next research coordinator for the International Clarinet Association.

Melvin, an associate professor of nursing, began her career at Truman in 2006. She teaches public health nursing, professional nursing leadership and the summer clinical elective course. In addition she is the Nursing Simulation Center coordinator and assists faculty and nursing students with clinical skills and simulation. Melvin earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Truman and a Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Central Missouri.
 
Dr. Jeanne Stephens Lee Blackmar established the award in honor of her late husband, who was president of the University’s Board of Governors during the 1970s. Two academic advisors are selected annually for the award, which includes a $1,000 development fund stipend to be used for advising conferences or institutes, research materials and other relevant items.