ACUI Honors 2021 Award Recipients During Virtual Conference

ACUI’s 2021 awards and scholarship recipients were announced throughout the Annual Conference, March 3–5. Please congratulate recipients for their achievement and thank them for serving as models of leadership and innovation to advance our work as community builders in higher education.

2021 Award Recipients

DISTINGUISHED AWARDS

Butts–Whiting Award: Keith Kowalka, University of Houston
Emeritus Award: Carolyn E. Farley, The University of Alabama–Birmingham; Tom Hauber, University of Pennsylvania; Barbara Niemi, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor; Carol Reed, Rochester Institute of Technology; Floyd Taliaferro, Morgan State University; Valerie Wetzel, University of Wisconsin–Platteville
Honorary Lifetime Membership: Mike Coleman, Wake Technical Community College; Mandy Ellertson, Portland Community College; Meg O’Sullivan, SUNY–Downstate; Chuck Price, University of Nevada–Reno
Legacy Leader Award: Krista Harrell, University of South Alabama; Dwayne Isaacs, University of South Florida–St. Petersburg; Keith Kowalka, University of Houston

CAMPUS AWARDS

Collaborative Program of the Year: QuadFox 5k, University of Rochester
Excellence in Innovations in Sustainability: Cohesive Culture of Sustainability, University of Houston
Excellence in Student Training Programs: 5 C’s: Carolina Cross-Collaboration Contingency Curriculum, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
Joseph H. Benedict Jr. Social Change Award for Racial Justice: Healing Space, California State University–Northridge
Shirley Bird Perry Staff-Driven Program of the Year: #MorrisMission, University of Minnesota–Morris
Student-Driven Program of the Year: Winter Wonderland!, University of Houston

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

ACUI Values Award: Doyle Hytchye, University of Texas–San Antonio; Rene Singleton, University of Washington
Excellence in Volunteer Service Award: Brent Freeman, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Distinguished Faculty Award: Dr. Marquita Gammage, California State University–Northridge
President of the Year Award: Dr. Clifton Smart, Missouri State University
Revis A. Cox Memorial Award: Dr. Freddie Sánchez, California State University–Northridge
Richard D. Blackburn New Professional Award: Matthew DeCarlo, Stony Brook University

SCHOLARSHIPS

Chuck Morrell New Professional IPDS Scholarship: Alex Maxwell, Southern Illinois University–Carbondale
C. Richard Scott Memorial Scholarship: Alejandro Jimenez, California State University–Northridge
Edward S. “Beanie” Drake Founders’ Award: Katie Beaulieu, Wayne State University
Greer Dawson Wilson Scholarship: Chelsea Lairamore, Arkansas Tech University
Manny Cunard Scholarship: Alejandro Garcia Morales, Florida International University
Meg Sutton I-LEAD® Scholarship: Zunayra Hemani, University of Houston
MHB Internship Program: Apryl Myers, Missouri State University

WRITING AND RESEARCH AWARDS

Daniel M. Maxwell Dissertation of the Year Award: Dr. Renae Mantooth, North Carolina State University

Author

Steve Chaplin

Steve Chaplin is managing editor of ACUI’s The Bulletin and manager of the ACUI College Union and Student Activities (CUSA) Evaluation Program. A former newspaper writer, editor, and manager, he has volunteered as a student mentor as a member of the National Association of Science Writers, and received awards for his writing and reporting from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, the Kentucky Education Association, and the Kentucky Press Association.
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