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.

 2009 Student of the Year

Lisa Heral of Indiana University/Purdue University at Fort Wayne was named the ICCE Student of the Year for 2009 at the ICCE Professional Development Conference.  The following are excerts from Lisa's acceptance comments:

Congratulations to Lisa and to IPFW.