It’s time, once again, to honor and celebrate those individuals whose efforts and contributions advance the goals of ACPA and our profession. All members of ACPA are eligible to nominate or be nominated for these awards. As a member of ACPA, you are encouraged to review the award categories listed below and consider nominating your colleagues and other members of ACPA whose work and contributions have been significant to your practice and to our profession.
Please note that the various awards have a common deadline of November 1, except for the October 15 deadline for nominations of Senior Scholars and Emerging Scholars, and different contact persons, so read the material carefully. For information on the awards, visit the ACPA Membership Award Descriptions.
Our members play a pivotal role in this process as we honor the work of those who help to shape our profession and to recognize the generations that have come before and will follow after us. You are invited into that tradition and journey. Let the celebration begin! |
ACPA Senior Scholars Program
The ACPA Senior Scholars Program was implemented in 1984. ACPA Senior Scholars advocate for the integration of scholarship into the practice of student affairs. Senior Scholars, through the creation of an engaged scholar network, keep abreast of promising work and identify critical issues that could benefit from inquiry and attention. The Senior Scholars Program provides scholars with a continuing opportunity to promote scholarship through the presentation of programs of interest to the profession at each national convention and to serve the association on projects related to their fields of interest.
ACPA Senior Scholars represent the best of engaged scholarship relevant to student affairs work in higher education. Nominees are senior members of the profession (for example, generally full professors or senior student affairs officers) who have made exemplary and sustained contributions to ACPA’s mission of generating and disseminating knowledge and who have the commitment to further advance research and theory. A maximum of twelve Senior Scholars can hold active membership. Senior Scholars must be or become members of ACPA. Senior Scholars serve terms of five years, spanning six ACPA national conventions, and are expected to attend at least four ACPA national conventions during their terms and be active participants in the work of the Senior Scholars.
Nominations, which may either be submitted for someone else or may be a self-nomination, must include the following:
- A current CV for the nominee.
- At least one letter of recommendation addressing the nominee’s qualifications, scholarly contributions, and potential to contribute as an ACPA Senior Scholar.
Nomination packages should be submitted via email, as a complete nomination package, to the Senior Scholars in care of Marylu McEwen at mmcewen@umd.edu, no later than October 15, 2009.
ACPA Emerging Scholars Program
The Emerging Scholars Program was implemented by the ACPA Senior Scholars in 1999 to honor individuals who are emerging as contributing scholars in student affairs and higher education. The purpose of the Emerging Scholars Program is to support those who are pursuing research initiatives congruent with the mission and interests of ACPA and to enhance and contribute to their future research and scholarship. Commitments of Emerging Scholars are their ongoing research and attendance at two consecutive ACPA conferences, beginning with the ACPA convention immediately following their selection. In their first year as Emerging Scholars, successful applicants will participate in a half-day research institute with the Senior Scholars prior to the beginning of the ACPA convention. At the ACPA convention the following year, Emerging Scholars will present their research at an Emerging Scholar Research Symposium.
To be eligible as an Emerging Scholar, candidates must have an earned doctorate and must be or become members of ACPA.
Nominations, which may either be submitted for someone else or may be a self-nomination, must include the following:
- The nominee’s CV.
- A maximum two-page single-spaced statement, written by the nominee, of the nominee’s current research interests and what the nominee wants to gain from the experience of being an Emerging Scholar.
- At least one recommendation from a faculty member or practitioner; this letter should address (a) the nominee’s research and scholarship, (b) an assessment of the nominee’s potential for contributions to scholarship, and (c) the nominee’s potential to benefit from participation in the Emerging Scholars program.
Nomination packages should be submitted via email, as a complete nomination package, to the Senior Scholars in care of Marylu McEwen at mmcewen@umd.edu, no later than October 15, 2009.
ACPA's Response To The National Association of Scholars' Statement
On behalf of ACPA, Senior Scholars reaffirm our association's commitment to The Student Learning Imperative. Read the response.
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