This week, ACE is celebrating several awards announced throughout the year by showcasing the winners’ accomplishments through video interviews, social media highlights, and more as part of
ACE Awards Week.
ACE last week announced that Amarillo College and Dominican University of California received the ACE/Fidelity Investments Award for Institutional Transformation, Walter Bumphus received the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award, and Philip L. Dubois received the ACE Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments Mentor Award.
Guilford College Interim President Carol Moore Receives ACE/APL nextED Donna Shavlik Award
The
ACE/APL nextED Donna Shavlik Award honors an individual whose leadership, both at colleges and universities and in national positions, has demonstrated a sustained and continuing commitment to the advancement of women.
Among other accomplishments, Moore led the private liberal arts women's college Columbia College in South Carolina to sound financial and academic standing and oversaw a significant increase in student recruitment and enrollment during her tenure as president. The
press release for this award was published Feb. 19, 2020, in advance of ACE’s annual meeting at which these awards are usually celebrated. COVID-19 diverted these plans, resulting in this virtual celebration of ACE Awards Week.
Click here to view a video interview in which Moore speaks with Kathy Gibson of APL nextED about women in leadership and to read Moore’s reflection on passing the baton to a new generation.
President and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges Walter Bumphus Receives Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award
The
Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award is named in honor of Reginald Wilson, senior scholar emeritus at ACE and founding director of the Council's Office of Minority Concerns, and is presented annually to an individual who has made outstanding contributions and demonstrated sustained commitment to diversity in higher education.
Among his many accomplishments, Bumphus formed the 21st Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges, resulting in a report, “Reclaiming the American Dream,” that urged leaders to reimagine community colleges as centers of collaboration focused on the support of better learning outcomes. See the
press release published last week for more details.
Click here to view a video interview between ACE President Ted Mitchell and Walter Bumphus and
here to read a blog post by Bumphus on how the pandemic helped him look at student success through a new lens.
Amarillo College and Dominican University of California Receive Institutional Transformation Award
The
ACE/Fidelity Investments Award for Institutional Transformation recognizes colleges or universities that, in a period of great change in higher education, responded to challenges in innovative and creative ways that allow the institution to thrive. ACE invited nominations and applications for the award from any U.S. college or university eligible for ACE membership, divided into two categories: the first for institutions with student populations of 5,001 and more (Amarillo), and the second for institutions with student populations of up to 5,000 (Dominican).
Amarillo’s transformation efforts include an ambitious five-year strategic plan called No Excuses 2020 to raise completion rates. Dominican garnered institutional change through a partnership with a nearby city to promote civic engagement with internships and scholarships. The San Francisco Bay area university achieved so much success that the program is now being scaled across California. See the
press release published last week for more details.
For Awards Week, ACE President Ted Mitchell
conducted video interviews with Amarillo College President Russell Lowery-Hart and Dominican President Mary B. Marcy. See also blog posts by President Lowery-Hart on the
power of love to achieve institutional goals and President Marcy on the
importance of small colleges for the economic and social recovery from the pandemic.
Philip L. Dubois Receives ACE Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments Mentor Award
The
Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments Mentor Award is bestowed annually to acknowledge the substantial role of mentors in the success of ACE Fellows Program participants.
At the time of his retirement on June 30, 2020, Dubois was the chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Throughout the past three decades, Dubois mentored seven ACE Fellows and nominated two. See the
press release published last week for more details.
Click here to watch a video interview between Dubois and one of his past mentees, Alan Soho (ACE Fellow 2012-13) and to read what other mentees said about the impact Dubois had on their lives and careers.
South Texas College President Shirley Reed and Northeastern University President Joseph E. Aoun Receive Hesburgh Award
The
TIAA Institute Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence recognizes college or university presidents or chancellors who have demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities.
Dr. Shirley Reed, the founding president of South Texas College, devoted 26 years to making higher education accessible to the Latinx community of South Texas. Joseph Aoun spearheaded his university’s ambitious Northeastern 2025 strategic plan, which calls for bold action to align education and research with the realities of artificial intelligence. The winners of this award were announced June 9, 2020. Read the
press release here.
Click here to watch a video interview with Dr. Reed and read about the Hesburgh legacy.
Applications for the 2021 awards will open later this fall. Information on how to apply will be available on
www.acenet.edu.