Education Abroad Leadership Award

The Education Abroad Leadership Award was established in 1999 with the support and approval of the then-SECUSSA National Team to complement the Lily von Klemperer Award and recognize members whose records of distinguished service to the education abroad profession exceed 15 years. Although two awards were made under special circumstances during that year, the award is now made to one education abroad professional each year at the NAFSA Annual Conference.

Criteria for Selecting Education Abroad Leadership Nominees

Nominees must be members of NAFSA whose career in education abroad spans at least 15 years. Nominees must have an exemplary record of publication, teaching, advising, advocacy, leadership, new program development, or general service to the field that has made and will make a lasting contribution to education abroad. Nominees may not hold current elected positions on the Education Abroad National Team.

Nomination Procedures

Three confidential letters of nomination plus any additional supporting documentation that nominators wish to provide must be sent to the Education Abroad Awards Subcommittee. All nominations and supporting materials (which may be transmitted via e-mail, fax, or traditional mailing methods) should be sent by the deadline to:

Steve Seaworth
Chair, Education Abroad Awards Subcommittee
Field Director, Institute for Study Abroad – Butler University
10755 Scripps Poway Parkway #492
San Diego, CA 92131
sseawort[at]san.rr.com
Tel: 970.988.0808
Fax: 413.826.6557

Nominations are reviewed by the Education Abroad Awards Subcommittee (appointed by the Education Abroad National Team), and its recommendation is sent to the Chair of the Education Abroad National Team for approval. The Education Abroad Leadership Award is presented at the annual Education Abroad Update Meeting at the NAFSA Annual Conference each year. (All nominees, successful or not, for whom complete nomination packages have been received by the deadline date will be informed of that fact prior to the conference.)

Recipients

The 2008 Education Abroad Leadership Award was presented to Susan M. Thompson of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas during the NAFSA annual conference in Washington, DC.

Past recipients of the Education Abroad Leadership Award (and their professional affiliations at the time of the award) are:

2008 Susan M. Thompson, University of Nevada-Las Vegas
2007 Al Balkcum, University of Minnesota
2006 Nancy K. Stubbs, University of Colorado-Boulder
2005 Bill Cressey, Council on International Educational Exchange
2004 Mickey Slind, Butler University
2003 David Larsen, Arcadia University
2002 Tom Roberts, Butler University
2001 Clay Hubbs, Transitions Abroad Magazine
2000 George Nolan Boyd, Trinity University
1999 Nigel Rogers, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
1999 Charles (Chuck) Gliozzo, Michigan State University