GACE Awards
Each year, GACE honors it's members and their students'outstanding achievements with the following awards. Recipients are honored each year at the annual GACE conference and in all GACE publications.
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NACE Management Leadership Institute (MLI)
“Train for Five Days to Lead for a Lifetime”
The NACE Management Leadership Institute (MLI) is a five-day, professionally intensive workshop led by a faculty of experienced career services practitioners. The workshop offers practical information, networking opportunities with peers and the chance to learn from experienced colleagues who have successfully met the challenges of career center management.
This year’s MLI will be held on July 15-20, 2012 at The Sheraton Westport Plaza, St. Louis, Missouri and GACE will once again sponsor the registration (over $2k value) for one member. The application deadline for GACE sponsorship is March 16, 2012.
To apply please complete the MLI application form and return it to Kevin Stacia, GACE Awards Committee Chair, at kevin.stacia@success.gatech.edu. The winner will be selected by the GACE Awards Committee and notified by April 6, 2012.
More details about this program are provided in the GACE application form and on the NACE website: http://www.naceweb.org/events/2012mli/.
View past recipients
Rising Star Award
The GACE Rising Star Award is being instituted to recognize a new GACE member for their involvement and dedication to GACE and for helping to raise the standard of excellence for our organization. Nominations may come from any GACE member. The winner will be announced at the Annual GACE Conference in June.
Nominations Guidelines:
- Nominees must be GACE members for 6 years or less.
- Have performed outstanding services for GACE during 2011.
- Be actively participating in GACE.
- Demonstrate a commitment to the philosophy/mission of GACE.
- Nominations must be made by a current member.
- Letters of nomination must be submitted to Kevin Stacia, GACE Board Awards Chair,
by March 16, 2012.
- Recipient(s) will be selected by the GACE Awards Committee and confirmed by the
GACE Board.
If you know an outstanding new GACE member who fits this profile please complete the GACE Rising Star Nomination Form and send it to Kevin Stacia at kevin.stacia@success.gatech.edu.
Jack Mangham Award
Deadline: February 13, 2012
Download 2011-2012 Nomination Form here
Jack Mangham was a native of Louisiana and received his degree in Business Administration from Louisiana State University in 1948, after serving in the U.S. Army from 1943-1946. His first professional position was with Pan American Airways, in New York and Africa, from 1948 to 1950. In 1951, Jack began his Federal Government career with the State Department Foreign Service, stationed in Washington, D.C., France, Italy, and Bolivia. This ended in 1963 when he went to the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington, D.C. and then transferred to Atlanta. He retired from the Agency in 1973 and began working with Georgia Power Company, first with recruiting, then becoming the Coordinator for their large centralized Co-op program. In 1986, Jack began another career, as Assistant Director of the Cooperative Education Division at Georgia Tech, a position he held until February 1993. He returned briefly in 1994, to fill in at Georgia Tech when a coordinator had resigned, once again doing what he loved to do most--work with students, his "Great Young Americans."
Not only did he administer one of the largest centralized Co-op programs in the country, he participated in many professional organizations as well. He was a member of the Georgia College Placement Association, the Southern College Placement Association (where he served as president), the Cooperative Education Association (where he won the Kettering Award for exceptional service in Co-op), the Cooperative Education Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (where he served on the Executive Board and was the given the Borman Award for meritorious service to the field), the Georgia Tech Executive Roundtable, and the Georgia Power Company Employee Forum.
Jack Mangham was mentor to many, and a friend to all. Although he is personally missed, the influence of this individual will continue for years to come through the lives that he touched.
In recognition of this wonderful person, GACE presents awards to students in experiential learning programs every year.
Do you know an outstanding student who deserves to be recognized?
This annual award, coordinated by the Experiential Learning Committee of GACE, recognizes those students who exemplify outstanding characteristics in experiential learning.
The award is given in 4 categories:
- Arts & Sciences
- Engineering/Technology
- Education
- Business
Who can nominate? Any GACE member can nominate a student for this award!
Guidelines: Nominated students should have participated in an internship, co-op, student teaching, volunteer, or apprentice experience during the 2011 - 2012 academic year. Nominees can also include recent graduates who completed their experience during these times.
Award: Winners from the 4 categories are presented a monetary award from GACE. Awards will be presented to the student winners at the individual career centers and the winners will also be announced at the GACE Conference.
Contact GACE Experiential Learning Committee for more information:
Monique Jenkins and Margaret Browning
GACE Honorary Lifetime Member
The Executive Board may award an Honorary Lifetime Membership to a person who has been a member of the Georgia Association of Colleges and Employers for a significant number of years and during that period shall have made notable contributions to the Association, or to the furthering of the placement-recruiting function, OTHER CONSIDERATIONS NOT WITH STANDING.
Honorary Lifetime Membership will also be awarded to those who have served as President of the Association. A person may receive Lifetime Membership only at the time of his/her resignation or retirement or following either of these events.
All honorary Members shall be exempt from paying dues but shall be required to pay conference fees. They shall not vote or be deemed part of a quorum at any meeting of the Association and shall not be a member of the Board of Directors. Any Honorary Lifetime Member who returns to regular membership status will have their Honorary Lifetime Membership placed on hold until they resign or retire again.
