The deadline to submit an application is November 1, 2023.
This award is presented to recognize and share an outstanding program or initiative/project developed by an institution for its campus community. The initiative/project must be situated in an admissions, orientation, or first-year experience setting. The nomination (maximum of 7 pages; approximately 1,500 – 2,500 words) must include nominator information (see above), the name of the initiative/project, target population, number of people participating in project, number of people needed to organize, time needed to organize, time span and/or length of project, cost of initiative/project, and list of resources used for the initiative/project. The nomination narrative should provide the rationale for the program/project, a description of the program/project, and a discussion of how the initiative/project program was assessed/evaluated and the results of that program assessment. Selection criteria are based on the following:
- Initiative/project implemented during the previous academic year (August 1-July 31).
- Initiative/project is inventive and provides a creative solution to problems or issues faced by the institution, yet significant to other higher education institutions.
- Initiative/project will be assessed based on its adaptability, creativity, cost efficiency, educational value, goals, quality, resource utilization, thoroughness of program evaluation, and ability to meet the needs of a diverse population and/or special campus needs.