2024 Council of Fellows Fidelity Investments Mentor Award

2025 Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments
Mentor Award Nomination

Please submit your nomination and corresponding documents by
Friday, December 13, 2024
Part I: Award Purpose and Criteria
PURPOSE:

The COF Mentor Award recognizes ACE member presidents’ and chancellors’ contributions to enhancing the diversity and capacity of future leaders of American higher education.

SELECTION PROCESS AND SELECTION CRITERIA:

Nominations are solicited annually by the COF from all former Fellows. The COF Chair convenes the COF officers and committee chairs to make the selection.
- To be eligible for consideration, a nominee must:
- Be a president or chancellor (or a recently retired president or chancellor) of an ACE member institution.
- Have served as a mentor to three or more ACE Fellows.
- Mentor is defined as an individual who has supported through mentoring an ACE Fellow as a nominator, host campus, and/or post-fellowship Sage
- Be nominated by a former Fellow; and
- Have at least one additional supporting letter for the nomination from another Fellow mentored by the nominee.
Selection is based on the following criteria:
- Commitment to leadership development, with evidence that the nominee has aided in enhancing the diversity and capacity of American higher education.
- Intentional mentoring.
- Articulation of strategies and values that underlay decisions.
- Evidence of transformational leadership; and
- Continuing relationships with the Fellows over time.
Part II: Eligible Mentor Information

Please include the information for the President/Chancellor/CEO you are nominating for the Mentor Award
Name

PrefixFirst NameLast NameSuffix
Current Title
Institution
(If recently retired, please note institution where they last served as president/chancellor)
Address

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code
Email
example@example.com
Cell Phone
Please enter a valid phone number.
Work Phone
Please enter a valid phone number.
Part III: Nominator Information

The primary nominator of the Mentor Award must be an alumni member of the ACE Fellows Program.
The nominator is responsible for preparing and submitting a complete nomination package that should include the following:
- A completed nomination form submitted by an ACE Fellow.
- A nominating letter from a former Fellow (the primary nominator) of no more than three pages addressing the criteria listed in the award description as well as evidence that the nominee has been a Mentor to at least three ACE Fellows (please identify each Fellow and the year of their Fellowship).
- At least TWO supporting letters from persons capable of addressing the nominee’s skills (one must be from a former Fellow) and accomplishments as a Mentor, including one from a Fellow who was mentored by the nominee while a Fellow.
- A current biography and photo for the nominee.
Name

PrefixFirst NameLast NameSuffix
Current Title
Institution
Class Year
Email
example@example.com
Cell Number
Please enter a valid phone number.
Work Number
Please enter a valid phone number.
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Part I: Award Purpose and Criteria

Part II: Eligible Mentor Information

Part III: Nominator Information