Get Involved - Award

The depth and quality of work by student affairs educators, higher education scholars, and faculty colleagues too often goes unrecognized. Get Involved with SLCoP by recognizing and nominating a colleague, supervisor or supervisee, mentor, or other leader for a SLCoP Award.

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Senior Level Professional Award

This award is designed to recognize the accomplishments of a senior student affairs professional who has contributed to their campus, the profession, as well as the association/SLCoP. Specifically nominees for this award should have:

  • Served a minimum of 10 years in the profession with progressively more responsible leadership roles.

  • Demonstrated expertise in creating a campus environment that promotes student learning and professional development

  • Outstanding individual contribution in innovative and responsive services and programs that address varied and emerging needs of students.

  • Provided significant leadership in addressing issues and making contributions to their respective institution and the profession..

Mid-Level Professional Award

  • Demonstrated expertise in creating a campus environment that promotes student learning and professional development

  • Outstanding individual contribution in innovative and responsive services and programs that address varied and emerging needs of students

  • Significant contributions to their institution and the profession.

  • Must have at least five years as a full-time practitioner at an institution of higher education.

Award for Excellence in Social Justice Leadership

  • This award recognizes an individual who has shown a commitment to social justice work, as well as the principlies and practices outlined in the ACPA Strategic Imperaitve for Racial Justice and Decolonization, through education, practice, or programming to create more equitable experiences for students and/or colleagues. 

Award for Excellence in Institutional Change

  • Recognizes group or division having collectively tackled a substantial institutional change project through the development of some new effort shown to produce exemplary results.

  • Both the challenge being addressed and the results being produced are informed by significant assessment data at the appropriate level within the institution.

  • Efforts recognized are those that can be illustrated as having embedded themselves within institutional culture so as to sustain the change and the results that have been produced.

  • Nominee must include multiple individuals from within the same institution of higher education, at least one of whom must be a current ACPA member.

Distinguished Service to the Senior-Level Community of Practice

  • Has served the Community of Practice for at least three years.

  • Has held a variety of leadership positions within SLCoP.

  • Is dedicated to the mission of the SLCoPand goes above and beyond when working for the SLCoP.

  • Must be a current member of ACPA and the Senior-Level Community of Practice.