The recipient of this award will be asked to present at an upcoming MCPA Fall Conference. This award encourages and supports student development and student affairs research done by professionals, practitioners, graduate students, and faculty. Preference will be given to research involving data collection and analysis. Recipient will share their project with colleagues by presenting at the annual fall conference or by submitting an article to the newsletter. A program presented at the annual MCPA Conference will be chosen by the conference planning committee as the outstanding conference program.
Selection is based upon evaluations of conference attendees.
This award recognizes an ambitious and dedicated new student development professional. For this award, a new professional is defined as having 1-3 years in the field and a minimum of one year on a college campus. All retiring professionals will be honored at the MCPA conference. If you are aware of MCPA members at your institution who are retiring within the year or have retired within the past year, please notify the Awards Committee prior to the fall conference. Submit a copy of the retiree's resume and other pertinent information about the retiree you wish to be shared.