I would like to nominate Michelle Vavra, the Graduate Student Advisor for the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. From grad student applicants to senior level grad students to faculty, Michelle has always been able to provide wonderful support, advice, and care. Although she is always incredibly busy, she always makes time to attend to the little details, to answer emails asking her the most bizarre questions, and to sit down with bewildered students to just talk about the grad school experience. She is incredibly knowledgeable, and somehow manages to get to know members of the huge MAE grad student body personally. I truly appreciate the care and compassion Michelle has given over the years--she has genuinely enhanced my grad student experience--and probably without her even knowing it!