1999 Excellence in Academic Advising
The University and the College of Agricultural Sciences have an extensive awards program. This award recognizes faculty with outstanding skills in undergraduate academic advising, career planning, and personal counseling. Advisers in the college are nominated by alumni, faculty, students, and administrators.
1999 Excellence in Academic Advising Honoree
Dr. Lester Griel
Professor of Veterinary Science
Griel serves as program coordinator for the college's animal bioscience major, overseeing the academic advising of more than 300 students. Administrators and faculty of the three departments participating in the program, as well as current and former students, supported the nomination.
Griel's research focuses on the reproductive diseases of cattle, as well as bovine reproductive physiology. He joined Penn State in 1965 as an instructor in the Department of Veterinary Science. He was promoted to assistant professor in 1971, became associate professor in 1975, and was named professor of veterinary science in 1990. From 1978 to 1994, he served as university veterinarian and as adjunct associate professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine.
He earned a bachelor's degree in dairy science from Penn State in 1961. He received a doctor of veterinary medicine degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1965, and earned a master's degree in dairy science at Penn State in 1969.
He serves as co-adviser of the Pre-Veterinary Club.
