Region V Outstanding Mid-Level Professional Award

This award is conferred upon a professional with a minimum of five years of experience in the student affairs field. Recipients demonstrate the following:

• outstanding commitment to the profession demonstrated by at least 5 years of volunteer service to NASPA via progressive leadership roles at the state, regional, national or international levels;

• professional responsibility for the direction, oversight, and/or supervision of one or more student affairs functional areas, and/or one or more professional staff members;

• contributions to programs that address the needs of students with a record of three to four illustrations of innovative programming that has had an impact on the home campus environment in one or more functional areas of student affairs; and

• experience creating campus environments that promote student learning and personal development.

For national award consideration, nominees must meet the following criteria:

 

Required

• Professional responsibility for the direction, oversight, and/or supervision of one or more student affairs functional areas, and/or one or more professional staff members

• Record of innovative programming that has had an impact on the home campus environment in one or more functional areas of student affairs

• Volunteer service to the association via leadership roles at the state, regional, national, or international levels

• Active individual NASPA membership

Preferred

• Progression from entry-level to senior-level leadership roles within NASPA’s volunteer ranks