Commission for Career Services Awards
Individual and overall commission awards nominations are now being accepted for recognition at the 2022 ACPA Annual Convention. Please note that you do not have to be a current ACPA member to nominate or be nominated for the below awards.
You can nominate yourself and/or your colleagues for any or all of the below awards. The deadline to submit nominations is Monday, November 1. Contact ccs@acpa.nche.edu with questions.
The Distinguished Professional Award
The Distinguished Professional Award honors an individual who has displayed exemplary service and commitment of time and energy to the profession and/or the ACPA Commission for Career Services. The recipient has upheld professional standards, models integrity, and holds the esteem and appreciation of colleagues, students and peers. Experienced career services professionals with two or more years in the field are eligible for consideration.
Rising Star Award
This award recognizes a graduate student who has demonstrated strong leadership potential and contributions to the career services profession and/or to the ACPA Commission for Career Services. Career services professionals in a master's or doctoral program are eligible for consideration.
Commitment to Social Justice in Career Services Award
This award recognizes an individual, group, or department that has shown a commitment to social justice work in career services through education, practices, or programming to create more equitable experiences for students and/or colleagues.
Innovation Award (Individual)
The Innovation Award honors an individual that has initiated and developed an innovative program, service delivery, approach, or assessment in career services. The award is based on creativity, student impact, and success of the program, as determined by the achievement of the stated program goals. Supplemental documentation and support materials (i.e. flyers, posters, or other program materials) are strongly encouraged as part of the submission process.
Innovation Award (Group)
The Innovation Award honors a team that has initiated and developed an innovative program, service delivery, approach, or assessment in career services. The award is based on creativity, student impact, and success of the program, as determined by the achievement of the stated program goals. Supplemental documentation and support materials (i.e. flyers, posters, or other program materials) are strongly encouraged as part of the submission process.
Previous Award Winners
Distinguished Service Award
2021 – Shavon Hutchinson
2020 – Kelvin Rutledge
2019 – Kacey Schaum
2018 – Tara Milliken
2017 – Cristina Lawson
2016 – Incomplete Record
2015 – Joselyn Bedell
2014 – Incomplete Record
2013 – Michael Cronk
2012 – Farouk Dey
2011 – Incomplete Record
2010 – Farouk Dey
2009 – Jennifer Browning and Libby K. Westley
Innovation Award
2021 – Hope College (Group), The Economic Externhsip Program EconEx, University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Economics (Group)
2020 – Daniel Dehollander (Individaual); Ohio Univeristy International Student Professional Development Confernce Planning Committee: Faustina Mensah, Jodi Pavol, Diane Cahill, Joshua Gory (Group)
2019 - Christina Salvadore
2018 – California Polytechnic State University's Ashley Eberle, Travis Raynaud, Mallory Stoffel, Katie Ottoson, and Amie Hammond
2017 – Imants Jaunarajs
2016 – Sara Greene
2015 – Christine Cruzvergara & Lesa Shouse
2014 – Michelle Jones
2013 – Kristina Novarro and Gavin Gaw
2012 – Ashleigh Heck
2011 – Incomplete Record
2010 – Jennie Cisar Lawrence and Amber Graham
2009 – Wil Jones Jr.
Rising Star Award
2020-Wayne Black
2019 - Tamika Williams
2018 – Kacey Schaum
2017 – Christina (Turissini) Salvadore
2016 – Cristina Lawson
2015 – Jake Nelko
2014 – Kevin Grubb & Jenny Sloop Johnson
2013 – Christine Cruzvergara
2012 – Maria Tomaino, and Susan Barclay
2011 – Incomplete Record
2010 – Incomplete Record
2009 – Matt Real (New Professional Award)
Commitment to Social Justice
2021 – Marciia Debnam, Medill Career Services Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University (Group)
2020 – California Polytechnic State University: Laura Hunkler, Denise Lazar, Melinda McCann, Jack Sandoval, Soukita Thipsouvanh, Erika Wagner
Outstanding Directorate Member - no longer awarded
2016 – Janie Spires
2015 – Ashleigh Brock
2014 – Ashleigh Brock
2013 – Michelle Jones
2012 – Leslie Kingsley
Mid Level Professional - no longer awarded
2015 – Jennifer Murphy
Leadership Award - no longer awarded
2011 – Heather White, Eric Hall, and Christine Cruzvergara
2010 – Manny Ruiz
Volunteerism Award - no longer awarded
2011 – Leslie Kingsley
2010 – Christine Cruzvergara and Jennifer Antonini
2009 – Kacee Snyder, Jennifer Antonini, and Amber Graham
Program Award - no longer awarded
2010 – Claire Jacobson
2009 – John Bradac, Michael Cronk and Kristen Buchmann
Awards received by the Commission for Career Services from ACPA
ACPA 2007 Members Services Award
ACPA 2006 Programming Award
Outstanding Commission Newsletter Award, April 2004
Overall Distinguished Commission Award, April 2003