AASCU Excellence and Innovation Awards – Now Accepting Submissions

AASCU is pleased to announce that we have begun accepting submissions on for the 2018 AASCU Excellence and Innovation Awards. Our awards program is designed to recognize and publicize the exemplary work being done by our members in the areas of:

• student success
• regional and economic development
• international education
• leadership development
• sustainability and sustainable development
• civic learning and community engagement
• teacher education.

The awards provide a method for collecting and disseminating information about successful programs and to support campus efforts to improve their institutions. Importantly, the awards also provide an opportunity to recognize the significant work that our members are doing on their campuses.

Award recipients will receive an engraved sculpture, as well as recognition at the AASCU Annual Meeting. During the meeting, we would like to share a video highlighting the award winning programs. Each award winning campus will be asked to produce a short video about their program. Award winners will also be recognized in the AASCU magazine, Public Purpose, and on the AASCU website. AASCU will also acknowledge award recipients through the national media and take other measures to ensure public recognition of award winners’ accomplishments.

We encourage you to submit applications for any programs or initiatives on your campus that might serve as a model to other AASCU presidents and chancellors and that would help advance practice in the field. Your participation in this awards program will support AASCU’s efforts to advance the distinctive mission of public higher education. Applications are due by May 4, 2018.

Applications will be reviewed by subcommittees of AASCU Standing Committees, namely:  the Committee on Undergraduate Education will review the Student Success and College Completion Award; the Committee on Economic and Workforce Development will review the Regional and Economic Development Award; the Committee on International Education will review the International Education Award; and the Committee on Professional Development will review the Leadership Development and Diversity Award; the Committee on Sustainable Development will review the Sustainability and Sustainable Development Award and the Committee on the American Democracy Project will be reviewing the Civic Learning & Engagement Award. The Teacher Education Award applications are initially screened by a group of education deans appointed by the Teacher Education Council of State Colleges and Universities and then by a committee of AASCU presidents.

Program details and the application form are available on the AASCU website, www.aascu.org/programs/AwardSubmissions.

If you have questions about the program, please contact Jennifer Whitson, Leadership Development & Member Services, at whitsonj@aascu.org or 202.478.4646.

REMINDER: Nominations Due 3/30/18 for ADP Civic Engagement Awards

REMINDER: Nominations are due March 30, 2018 for the American Democracy Project’s three national civic engagement awards. Recipients will be announced at the ADP organizing meeting and breakfast at our 2018 Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Meeting in Anaheim, California.

Plater Award for Leadership in Civic Engagement
AASCU’s American Democracy Project seeks nominations for the William M. Plater Award for Leadership in Civic Engagement. The Award is given each year to an AASCU chief academic officer in recognition of his or her leadership in advancing the civic mission of the campus. Funded through the generosity of Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis, the award acknowledges the critical leadership role that chief academic officers play in helping make an institution intentional about its public mission to prepare undergraduates as informed, engaged citizens.

Saltmarsh Award for Emerging Leaders in Civic Engagement
AASCU’s American Democracy Project seeks nominations for the John Saltmarsh Award for Emerging Leaders in Civic Engagement.  The Saltmarsh Award is presented annually to an emerging leader in the civic engagement field from an AASCU institution. Support for the award comes from royalties from the 2011 book “To Serve a larger Purpose”: Engagement for Democracy and the Transformation of Higher Education (Temple University Press) edited by John Saltmarsh and Matthew Hartley.

Burch Award for Faculty Leadership in Civic Engagement
AASCU’s American Democracy Project seeks nominations for the Barbara Burch Award for Faculty Leadership in Civic Engagement. The Burch Award is presented annually to a senior faculty member in the civic engagement field from an AASCU institution.

 

ADP Winter 2018 Updates & Announcements

With our recent effort to significantly increase our ADP programming, you might be interested in some of the upcoming ADP activities, including opportunities to get national recognition for deserving folks on your campuses.  Please pass along to those who might be interested as well.  Thank you in advance for your support.

Three (3) items:

1. Free Webinar
2. National ADP Awards Nominations
3. National Meeting June 6-9, 2018

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Register Now: Free Webinar Featuring Assessment of Civic Competency and Engagement

Wednesday, February 28 | 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. EST
Register now.

Walking our Talk: Converting Civic-Focused Mission Statements to Student Learning
Many higher education institutions include complex civic concepts as part of their missions, but how do we know if we are translating these lofty goals into student learning? Assessment is often viewed as a secondary or even bureaucratic institutional practice but done well it supports learning improvement processes that prioritize student development, organize institutional efforts, and direct change. This session will discuss recent ETS research initiatives focused on national trends in the assessment of civic competency and engagement as well as an institutional perspective on assessing and addressing these skills in students.
Presenters: Ross Markle, Senior Assessment Strategist for Higher Education, ETS; and Kara Owens, Special Assistant to the President for Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment, Salisbury University (Md.)

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Nominations for Three ADP National Civic Engagement Awards Due March 30, 2018

• The William M. Plater Award for Leadership in Civic Engagement is given each year to an AASCU chief academic officer in recognition of his or her leadership in advancing the civic mission of the campus. Chief academic officers may be nominated by anyone. The president or chancellor must endorse the nomination. Nomination materials for the 2018 Plater Award must be submitted electronically by March 30, 2018. For information and cover sheet: http://www.aascu.org/programs/adp/awards/WilliamPlater/
  
• The John Saltmarsh Award for Emerging Leaders in Civic Engagement is presented annually to an emerging leader (e.g., early career faculty/staff) in the civic engagement field from an AASCU institution. Emerging Leaders may be nominated by anyone. Nomination materials for the 2018 Saltmarsh Award must be submitted electronically by March 30, 2018. For information and cover sheet: http://www.aascu.org/programs/adp/awards/JohnSaltmarsh/
  
• The Barbara Burch Award for Faculty Leadership in Civic Engagement is presented annually to a senior faculty member in the civic engagement field from an AASCU institution. Senior ADP faculty members may be nominated by anyone. The provost or chief academic officer must endorse the nomination. Nomination materials for the 2018 Burch Award must be submitted electronically by March 30, 2018. For information and cover sheet: http://www.aascu.org/programs/adp/awards/BarbaraBurch/
  

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Participate in ADP’s National Conference: The 2018 Civic Learning & Democratic Engagement (CLDE) Meeting

Wednesday, June 6, 2018 to Saturday, June 9, 2018
Hyatt Regency Orange County • Anaheim, California

The American Democracy Project (ADP), The Democracy Commitment (TDC), and NASPA are committed to advancing the civic engagement movement in higher education. Join us in Anaheim, California for our annual conference which brings together faculty, student affairs professionals, senior campus administrators, students and community partners. Together we will ensure that students graduate from our colleges and universities–both public and private–prepared to be the informed, engaged citizens that our communities and our democracy need.

Learn more about ADP and how to be engaged during our ADP Organizing Meeting on Thursday, June 7 from 9 a.m. – Noon. Annual awards will be presented during this meeting.

For more information: http://www.aascu.org/meetings/clde18/
Register now for the best rates.

 

Call for Nominations: ADP’s 2018 Civic Engagement Awards

Nominations are due March 31, 2018 for the American Democracy Project’s three national civic engagement awards. Recipients will be announced at the ADP organizing meeting and breakfast at our 2018 Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Meeting in Anaheim, California.

Please consider nominating yourself or a colleague and be sure to submit nomination materials electronically as a single PDF document with appropriate cover sheet. You’ll find details about each award below as well as in the included links and materials.

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Plater Award for Leadership in Civic Engagement

Willam M. Plater

AASCU’s American Democracy Project seeks nominations for the William M. Plater Award for Leadership in Civic Engagement.  The Award is given each year to an AASCU chief academic officer in recognition of his or her leadership in advancing the civic mission of the campus. Funded through the generosity of Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis, the award acknowledges the critical leadership role that chief academic officers play in helping make an institution intentional about its public mission to prepare undergraduates as informed, engaged citizens.

2018 Plater Award Application Instructions and Cover Sheet (pdf)
Plater Award Information & Nomination Process (pdf) 

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Saltmarsh Award for Emerging Leaders in Civic Engagement

John Saltmarsh

AASCU’s American Democracy Project seeks nominations for the John Saltmarsh Award for Emerging Leaders in Civic Engagement.  The Saltmarsh Award is presented annually to an emerging leader in the civic engagement field from an AASCU institution. Support for the award comes from royalties from the 2011 book “To Serve a larger Purpose”: Engagement for Democracy and the Transformation of Higher Education (Temple University Press) edited by John Saltmarsh and Matthew Hartley.

 

2018 Saltmarsh Award Application Instructions and Cover Sheet (pdf)
Saltmarsh Award & Nomination Information (pdf)

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Burch Award for Faculty Leadership in Civic Engagement

AASCU’s American Democracy Project seeks nominations for the Barbara Burch Award for Faculty Leadership in Civic Engagement. The Burch Award is presented annually to a senior faculty member in the civic engagement field from an AASCU institution.

 

2018 Burch Award Application Instructions and Cover Sheet (pdf)
Burch Award & Nomination Information (pdf)

Congratulations to ALL IN Challenge Award Winners!

ADP along with Metropolitan State University of Denver were honored last week at the first ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge Awards Ceremony. More than 40 ADP campuses also earned seals of achievement.