Community Leadership Award

About the Award

The EDUCAUSE Community Leadership Award recognizes members for their roles as community leaders and active volunteers in professional service to the broader higher education IT community. This leadership may be demonstrated in a variety of ways, through both formal and informal roles, including appointed, elected, or volunteer positions within EDUCAUSE along with other membership organizations, consortia, and associations representing the higher education information technology and resources community. Contributions are expected to be at a level beyond an institution, with broad reach across the professional community.

Awards will be made at the discretion of the EDUCAUSE Recognition Committee, which may choose to grant one award, no award, or multiple awards in any one year.

Guidelines and Eligibility

Nominees must be or have been contributing members of our professional community, directly associated with managing information technology and resources in higher education, and individuals who have made significant and demonstrable contributions to the field.

• Candidates may not be currently serving on the EDUCAUSE Board, staff, or Recognition Committee.
• Anyone, within or outside of higher education, may submit nominations for the award.
• Each candidate will be judged initially on the following primary factors:
  • Substantive participation and leadership on EDUCAUSE committees, working groups, mentoring activities, etc.
  • Evidence of impact on and engaging others in the profession.
  • Contributions considered to have had an impact in the EDUCAUSE community and/or broader higher education IT community.
  • Speaker and/or author advancing topics of interest, regardless of media to the broader higher education IT community
  • Leadership demonstrated in institutions currently or previously employed.
• In addition the Recognition Committee will also look for evidence that supports:
  • Breadth of the community engagement portfolio.
  • Leadership in addressing issues, influencing change, or new directions from the perspective of higher education
  • Leadership in areas of professional development with technology organizations.

Nominations

Nominations for the 2013 Community Leadership Award are now closed. Recipients will be announced this fall.

Recognition

Award recipients are recognized at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference and receive complimentary registration, travel, and housing for the conference. Contributions are made to a scholarship fund of the recipient's choice in the amount of $3,000. A session at the Annual Conference is dedicated to the award and highlights of accomplishments added to the award gallery on the EDUCAUSE website.