ACE State Network Leadership Award

 

​The ACE State Network Leadership Award for the Advancement of Women in Higher Education recognizes an outstanding and innovative program, sponsored by an ACE State Network or by a college or university, that addresses barriers to women’s leadership and c​areer advancement in higher education.

 

2026 Award Winner

North Carolina ACE Mentoring Network​

 
 

Past Award Recipients​​

ACE has bestowed the ACE State Network​ Leadership Award since 2004, when the Inland Northwest Women in Higher Education Roundtable (WHER) ​​​​​​​​​​​became the first recipient. Click to expand the area below to learn more about our past recipients.

2025: South Carolina Women in Higher Education (SCWHE)

2024: University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) Roundtable on Empowerment in Leadership and Leveraging Aspirations (UMBrella)

2023: Executive Leadership in Academic Technology, Engineering and Science (ELATES) at Drexel University

2022: Higher Education Resource Services (HERS)

2021: ACE Women’s Network of Florida

2020: Women in Education Initiative of Mott Community College in Michigan

2019: ACE Women’s Network–Ohio (ACE WNO)

2018: University of South Carolina’s Women’s Leadership Institute

2017: Oregon State University’s Difference, Power and Discrimination (DPD) program

2016: Michigan ACE Network for Women Leaders in Higher Education

2015: Virginia Tech’s Women’s Leadership and Mentoring Program (WLMP)

2014: University of Alabama’s Graduate Parents Support (GPS) program

2013: BRIDGES Academic Leadership for Women

2012: Asilomar Leadership Skills Seminar: Community College League of California (CCLC)

2011: University of California at San Francisco’s Diversity Pipeline Initiative, Leadership Conference

2010: New Jersey State Network’s annual “Women of Color” Conference

2009: North Dakota State University Focus on Resources for Women’s Advancement, Recruitment/Retention and Development (FORWARD) Program

2008: University of Kentucky, Circles of Power: A Leadership Program for Women Faculty

2006: Virginia State Network Senior Leadership Seminar

2005: Michigan State Network

2004: Inland Northwest Women in Higher Education Roundtable (WHER) ​​​​

 
 

​Nominations​

​Applications are open for the ACE State Network Leadership Award.

The deadline to submit nominations is October 13, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. ET​.

The award will be presented during the ACE Women’s Network Reception ​​​in Washington, DC, on March 3, 2027.​

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If you have any questions about the ACE State Network Leadership Award, please email womensnetwork@acenet.edu.​​

ACE Women's Network