Nominate!
A colleague or volunteer leader for a CASE District I Award by October 31, 2008.

Document!
Their achievements and contributions to education and/or the profession.

Celebrate!
Presentation of the Achievement & Recognition Awards at a Gala Event during the conference.

CASE District I is pleased to invite nominations for the following six awards that recognize outstanding individual contributions to education through volunteer leadership and professional achievement. The award recipients will be honored at the annual Awards Gala Event at the March conference.

The Chief Executive Leadership Award has been established to honor institutional leaders for outstanding contributions to their campus communities, for efforts promoting public understanding of education, and for support of advancement at their campuses. Nominees must have demonstrated the ability to increase their institution’s stature in the community and to establish a positive image for their institution while leading it to even higher levels of success. (2008 Winner: Dr. Lawrence S. Bacow, President, Tufts University)

The Eleanor Collier Award is presented to a current member of CASE District I whose contribution to his/her organization and/or to the professions encompassed by the membership reflect honor on CASE, education and those fields of professional expertise. (2008 Winner: Cynthia B. Cayer, Director of Development and Alumni Affairs, Central Connecticut State University)

The Carol and Stephen Hebert Award recognizes distinguished service to CASE District I and is presented to a member who has exhibited an extraordinary devotion of time and energy to District I affairs. (2008 Winner: Lisa Hastings, Director of Development, Lynch School of Education, Boston College)

The Distinguished Friend of Education Award is presented to a volunteer who has made outstanding contributions to education in District I. The award honors an individual whose extraordinary leadership has influenced an institution’s cause or the cause of education in general. (2008 Winner: D. Reid Weedon, Class of 1941, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

The Quarter Century Circle honors those who have completed 25 years of service for non-profit organizations in the professions encompassed by CASE. (Recognized in 2008: Dr. Julia McNamara and Robert J. Buccino, both of Albertus Magnus College; Kevin Carleton, Special Assistant to the President for Communications, Boston University; Philip A. Conroy Jr., Vice President for Enrollment Management and Marketing, Mount Ida College)

The Rising Star Award recognizes the accomplishments of new advancement professionals (3-5 years) whose early success promises future leadership and achievement. (2008  Winners: Whitney Ashe, Assistant Director, The Harvard Law School Fund; Gretchen Dobson, Associate Director, Regional and International Programs, Tufts University)

If you have any questions, contact:
Christine Tempesta, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 600 Memorial Drive, W98-116 Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: 617-253-8222
Email: tempesta@mit.edu

Click here for a list of Past Winners