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. Nomination forms are due February 15, 2012.
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.
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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:
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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.
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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:
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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.
Programs must demonstrate that they:
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For more information on the ICCE Awards Program, contact Aleza Beverly.
With membership from Indiana’s public and private colleges and universities, the Indiana Council for Continuing Education (ICCE) is dedicated to expanding educational opportunities for adult learners, as well as working with Indiana’s employers to prepare the state’s workforce for meeting the challenges of the 21st Century.
To assist our member institutions in achieving these objectives, the Council offers professional development opportunities for faculty, administrators, staff and graduate students involved in developing and delivering adult education programs. ICCE also supports research by graduate students considering careers in the broad field of continuing education.
To this end, ICCE invites proposals from graduate students to initiate or continue current research on any of the following topics: Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning; Adult Learning; Distance Learning; Non-Credit Programming; Professional Development; or Business and Industry/Training.
Proposals will be evaluated by ICCE and a $1,000 award will be given to the selected recipient ($500 upon selection and $500 upon completion of research). The award will be presented at the 2012 ICCE Professional Development Conference in March at Indiana Wesleyan University--Indianapolis (North) Conference Center. The recipient will also be invited to the 2013 ICCE conference to present research findings. Conference fees will be waived for the award recipient.
Guidelines for Proposal Submission
The winner of ICCE's 2009 Graduate Research Award was Sonia R. Strevy from Indiana Wesleyan University for her study entitled "Persistence of Students in Adult Online Programs."
The winner of ICCE's 2010 Graduate Research Award was Anita Morgan from Nova Southeastern University for her study "Using an Online Homework Manager in Accounting Courses." See her abstract on the right.
ICCE 2011 Support Staff Member of the Year Pamela Cook, Secretary, IPFW Warsaw Center
Nominator: Vicki Bandor Braun, Assistant Executive Director, Continuing Studies, IPFW
View nomination materials here.
ICCE 2011 Faculty Member of the Year
James Gabbard, Adjunct Faculty, Photography
Nominator: Carol Tanner, Assistant Director of Personal and Professional Development.
View nomination material here.

ICCE 2011 Professional Staff Member of the Year
Deanna Simpkins, Coordinator, Continuing Studies, Indiana Wesleyan Univeristy
Nominator: Brad Oliver, Associate Dean, Indiana Wesleyan University
View nomination material here.
ICCE 2011 Course of the Year
Statstics 301, Purdue University
Instructor: Ellen Gundlach
Nominator: Mickey Latour, Associate Dean for Distance Learning, Purdue Extended Campus, Purdue University
ICCE Student of the Year
Sheri Crawford, General Studies, IPFW
Nominator: Sandy McMurtrie, Academic Adviser, Continuing Studies, IPFW
View nomination material here.
Profiles of 2010 winners are available here.
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