ICCE  Awards Program

Conducted during the annual ICCE Professional Development Conference luncheon, the ICCE Awards Program acknowledge the contributions of faculty and staff who have enhanced the quality and/or value of continuing education at their institutions. Our most important recognition however, is the ICCE Student of the Year award. This award celebrates the accomplishments of a student nominated by their institution who epitomizes the essence of the nontraditional adult learner.

Award recipients receive free admission and a plaque recognizing their achievement. The Student of the Year also receives a $500 stipend. 

To request nomination materials, contact Aleza Beverly.

Recognition categories and Award criteria

Student of the Year
The ICCE Student of the Year may be either an undergraduate or a graduate student at an ICCE member institution. Criteria for the nominees include:

• Campus status as a nontraditional, adult student. Since the criteria for being considered an adult or nontraditional student will vary form campus to campus, the student must meet the criteria of the nominating campus.

• Academic achievement of a minimum of a “B” average or 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.            
  
• Volunteer or other service to campus and/or community; leadership or membership in campus organizations; service in student government, nontraditional or adult student groups; and/or tutoring other students needing assistance.
• Personal characteristics which have helped the nominee overcome challenges to attend and/or complete an educational objective, e.g. associate, baccalaureate, or graduate degree.  This criterion should illuminate the effort of nominated students in the light of their achievement and service activities.
• Graduation or near graduation during the spring semester of the award year.
• A letter of support from the chief continuing education officer.

Faculty Member of the Year
Nominees for this award must be employed as a faculty member of at ICCE-member institution.  Criteria for the nominees include:

• Service to nontraditional student for a period of no less than five years with at least three at an ICCE-member institution.
• Teaching experience need not have been restricted to work with nontraditional students.
• Teaching need not have been full-time, but must have been reasonably continuous; that is, at least one term per academic year.
• If teaching service is not continuous, gaps should be noted on the form.
• Teaching service may have been in the form of credit or noncredit instruction, or both.
• All forms of service to nontraditional students should be included in the nomination, such as advising, chairing committees, planning conferences, and activity in professional organizations that serve nontraditional students.
• The nomination must be supported with brief letters of recommendation from the nominee’s department chair or academic dean and the chief continuing education officer.

Support Staff Member of the Year
Nominee will be an hourly-paid support staff employee of a continuing education unit at an ICCE member institution.

• Nominee will have worked in the field of continuing education for no less than three years.
• Nominee will have made some outstanding service to continuing education instructors, administrators, or students.
• Nominations must have shown a deep commitment to serving the mission of continuing education.

Professional Staff Member of the Year
The nominee will be a professional staff member of the continuing education unit in an ICCE-member institution, will have worked in the field of continuing education for no less than three years, and will have made some outstanding contribution to the furtherance of continuing education at her/his institution through:

• outstanding service to continuing education students or other nontraditional learners.
• the development of an innovative and successful program that serves a clear education need for nontraditional students, or a substantial career of service to continuing education.
• Nominations must be supported by a letter of recommendation from the nominee’s supervisor and the institution’s chief continuing education officer.

Course of the Year
The ICCE course of the year may either be a credit or noncredit course or program offered by continuing education unit of ICCE-member institution.

• Nominated programs must have been initiated within the past two years.

• Programs must demonstrate that they:

  • Contributed to the enhancement of the continuing education by enhancing the educational opportunities of individuals in the community
  • Provided an innovative or original approach to providing educational programs.
• Nominations must be supported by a letter of recommendation from the chief continuing education officer.

For information on the ICCE Awards Program or to request nomination materials, contact Aleza Beverly.

ICCE 2010 Award Winners

 

ICCE 2010 Course of the Year

Professional Photography Basics Certificate Program

Program Coordinator: Carol Tanner, Assistant Director of Personal and Professional Development

Lead Instructor: Jim Gabbard, Continuing Lecturer in Photography and Professional Photographer

ICCE Member Institution: Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne

In this program adult learners are taught the photographic and business skills to help them actually make a living or to supplement their income.  Many of the participants have been downsized or are looking for a new career path.  One letter of support noted the following: "Because of the skill of the instructor, Jim Gabbard, our students receive training on the most current photography technology and equipment, giving them a real competitive edge in the marketplace.  In fact 100% of the final 15 students in the certificate program have improved their skills to the extent that they are now working as professional photographers at some level--either in their own business or for an outside company."

Read the complete nominating package here.

ICCE 2010 Faculty Member of the Year

Anya Peterson Royce, Chancellor’s Professor of Anthropology and Comparative Literature, Indiana University--Bloomington

A former ballerina with prominent ballet companies, Professor Royce has devoted much energy to making the art of dance accessible to nontraditional  learners.  She has developed a wide range of innovative short courses for IU’s Mini University and Lifelong Learning.  One letter of support observes that “Since 1995, her lifelong learning classes have followed a unique model of integrating lectures and performance.  Using her superb personal library of film and video and personal experience, Anya’s lectures focus on great performers, a specific dance company, or a particular ballet.  The final session of each course involves attending a dance performance offered on campus.”

Read Prof. Royce’s  full nominating package here.

ICCE 2010 Support Staff Member of the Year

Jeanne Madison, Director Lifelong Learning and Mini University, Bloomington Continuing Studies, Indiana University

Jeanne has worked in Continuing Studies for 15 years.  During her tenure Mini University has grown into a nationally recognized program and has won the CASE gold medal for best collaborative program and the bronze medal for best alumni program, among many other recognitions.  Her Lifelong Learning  program offers 40 to 50 new faculty-taught short courses in the arts and humanities per year, on and off campus.  IU Chancellor Kenneth Gros Louis writes of Jeanne, “She has performed outstanding service to continuing education students and in innovative ways that have proven enormously successful.”

Read Jeanne Madison's complete nominating package here.

ICCE 2010 Graduate Research Award

Anita Morgan, Nova Southeastern University,
Using an Online Homework Manager in Accounting Courses

Abstract: The study will compare two semesters of Accounting courses, both online and traditional face-to-face. During the first semester, students will be given a pre-assessment exam to identify his/her knowledge of the unit concepts. Students will then be provided a list of exercises and problems that should be completed to help them master the objectives in the unit. The students will be instructed to complete exercises and problems that coincide with the objectives of the questions they answered incorrectly on the pre-assessment. Feedback will be provided to students by the instructor of the course via e-mails, online chat sessions, and face-to-face interactions. Once the student feels (s)he has mastered the concepts in the unit, (s)he will complete the post-assessment exam. The student will then complete an application problem that is designed to mimic real-world situations.

During the second semester, an online homework management system will be implemented. Students will use the online homework manager to complete the pre- and post-assessments. The homework manager will develop a study plan of exercises and problems based on the student’s performance on the pre-assessment exam. The students will work through the exercises and problems within the homework manager, which provides guidance and immediate feedback. Once the student feels (s)he has mastered the concepts in the unit, (s)he will complete the post-assessment exam. The student will then also complete the application problem for the unit.

The performance of students will be compared between the semesters. In addition, student perception of working exercises/problems in the text and by using the online homework management system will be explored.

Anita will update us on her research at the 2011 Professional Development Conference.