003.A.13.12.1 2012 NASPA Award

UTAH NASPA

National Association of Student Personnel Administrators

Outstanding New Professional

Once a year, Utah NASPA recognizes the outstanding professional contributions of our colleagues to the practice of student affairs. Help us in this endeavor by nominating someone you know who has made a difference for our Outstanding Professional Contribution Awards. We will again be utilizing Region V NASPA guidelines as selection criteria fro this year’s recipients in the following categories:

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Outstanding New Professional
Outstanding Mid-Level Professional
Outstanding Faculty Award
Most Innovative Program

Award recipients will be acknowledged for their contributions during the 2012 Utah NASPA Conference, held Friday, October 12, 2012 at Salt Lake Community College. Please take a few moments right now to consider who you might nominate for one of more of these categories, and identify a block of time in which you could tender a brief letter of support. It’s a fantastic way to recognize the achievements of your colleagues.



​Award Nominations
Please nominate each candidate with at least ONE letter of support no longer than two double-spaced typed pages. The letter of nomination should be from an individual who is highly familiar with the individual or program being nominated and speak to the criteria (see below for details).
Provide details about the nominee that would aid the selection commit in properly evaluating that contribution. Please clearly identify the award you are nominating the individual for in the letter of support. Submissions may be sent via mail, email, or fax. Additional letter of support may be submitted for a single away nominee, but are not required.



Award submissions must be received by Thursday, September 13, 2012.
Please forward submissions or any related questions to:

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Scott McAward
Director, Center for Disability Services
University ofUtah
200 S. Central Campus Dr., RM 162
Salt Lake City, UT  84112

PHONE:  (801) 581-5020
EMAIL:  smcaward@sa.utah.edu

FAX: (801) 581-5487

Utah NASPA 2012

Professional Contribution Awards

A new professional (defined as having less than five years experience in the student affairs field) will be selected from nominees based on the following criteria: Outstanding service to an institution of higher education, innovative or creative effort within studentaffairs, active involvement in NASPA and/or other student affairs professional organizations and indication of significant promise for future leadership roles in the student affairs profession.

Description and Criteria

Outstanding Mid-Level Professional

Student Affairs professionals with a minimum of five years experience are eligible for this award recognizing individuals who demonstrated outstanding commitment to the profession, have made contributions to programs that address the needs of the students; and are experienced in creating campus environments that promote student learning and personal development.

Outstanding Faculty Award

Most Innovative Program

A faculty member in a related field who has demonstrated commitment to and who has supported students at an institution of higher education in furthering student affairs objectives will be selected based on the following criteria: Outstanding and demonstrated commitment to supporting student growth outside of the classroom and related to student affairs objectives, innovative or creative efforts in working with students or impact onstudents. The faculty member does NOT have to engage in direct programming or have course components dealing with these points. Rather, he/she should facilitate movement toward achieving goals traditionally aligned within student affairs. This could be defined as serving on student advocacy committees, supporting units and programs through referrals, and extending special efforts that complement classroom learning.

This award is presented to an institution or individual who has developed and implemented an outstanding program that furthers the growth of students and enhances life oncampus. Innovative programs are defined as new ideas, methods or programs which result in improved educational activities, services or management for an individual campus community or group of campus communities. Any member or group of the campus community is eligible for nomination and receipt of this award. Please feel free to nominate your own program!

Principles of Good Practice in Student Affairs in cooperation with the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) provided another means for institutions and student affairs professionals to assess their programs and development. Building on the 1994 Student Learning Imperative that focused the student affairs profession on student learning and learning environments, good practice in student affairs:

• Engages students in active learning.
• Helps students develop coherent values and ethical standards.
• Sets and communicates high expectations for student learning.
• Uses systematic inquiry to improve student and institutional performance.
• Uses resources effectively to achieve institutional missions and goals.
• Forges educational partnerships that advance student learning.
• Builds supportive and inclusive communities.

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Notification of Winning:

NOTIFICATION OF WINNING and picture of award

From: Cynthia Bonsall
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 5:47 PM
To: Christine Gonzales
Cc: Scott McAward
Subject: RE: Felicitaciones!

Hi Christine,

I will leave it to Scott to review the specifics with you.

Congratulations again- you totally deserve it!

See you Wednesday!

Cynthia Bonsall

Assistant Director

Academic and Career Advising

cynthia.bonsall@slcc.edu

From: Christine Gonzales
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 5:23 PM
To: Cynthia Bonsall
Subject: RE: Felicitaciones!

Wow, thanks, this is amazing. I accept and will immediately google Utah NASPA.

Christine

From: Cynthia Bonsall
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 4:26 PM
To: Christine Gonzales
Subject: Felicitaciones!

Dear Christine,

Sonia Parker nominated you for the Outstanding Faculty Award from Utah NASPA. As she is currently out of the office, the pleasure of informing you that you won is mine. Congratulations! We appreciate all you do for the students and for our department in supporting our events.

Utah NASPA would like you to attend a luncheon this Friday, October 12^th, to receive your award. We hope that you will attend. Lunch will be in the Oak Room of the Student Center at 12:30, with the presentation of the award at approximately 12:50.

I wanted to share with you the attributes that the award is in recognition of:

"A faculty member in a related field who has demonstrated commitment to and who has supported students at an institution of higher education in furthering student affairs objectives will be selected based on the following criteria: Outstanding and demonstrated commitment to supporting student growth outside of the classroom and related to student affairs objectives, innovative or creative efforts in working with students or impact on students. The faculty member does NOT have to engage in direct programming or have course components dealing with these points. Rather, he/she should facilitate movement toward achieving goals traditionally aligned within student affairs. This could be defined as serving on student advocacy committees, supporting units and programs through referrals, and extending special efforts that complement classroom learning."

Congratulations again, and thank you for your ongoing service to our students and our department. We appreciate your support and are thrilled to see you recognized.

You can anticipate being contacted by Scott McAward, from the Utah NASPA Committee, regarding the luncheon.

Cynthia Bonsall

Assistant Director

Academic and Career Advising

cynthia.bonsall@slcc.edu