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UCEA Fall 2009 Regional Awards

• New England Region Awards
• Mid-Atlantic Region Awards
• South Region Awards
• Mid-America Region Awards
• Great Plains Region Awards
• West Region Awards

New England Region Award Winners (2009)

Outstanding Continuing Education Faculty Award

• Dr. Edward Bozzi, The University of Rhode Island

Innovative and Creative Programming Award (Credit)

• Online Bachelor’s Completion Program in Business Management
  Westfield State College

Continuing Education Innovation and Creative Programming (Non-credit)

• Mandarin Summer Camp for Students in Grades 6-12
  Summer Institute for Teachers of Chinese
  University of Massachusetts Confucius Institute at UMass Boston

Outstanding Continuing Education Student Award

• Lauren Sterling, University of Maine

Outstanding Service to Continuing Education

• In Recognition of Exemplary Service to UCEA
  William H. White, Worcester State College, Massachusetts

Mid-Atlantic Region Award Winners (2009)

Academic Support Services

• UMUC 111: Virtual Meet and Greet,  University of Maryland University College

Alexander Charters Outstanding Continuing Educator

• Nicole Ritterbeck, Widener University

Applied Research

• Leadership Competency Inventory and Collaborative Process, The Pennsylvania State University

Business/Industry/Government Linkage

• Vocational English Second Language Program, WorkKeys Center at Syracuse University

Conferences

• Pennsylvania Wind Energy Symposium 2008: Power for the Future, The Pennsylvania State University

Continuing Education Student Award — Degree Candidate

• Sandra L. Merritt,  Widener University

Credit Program Development

• GSMT Masters of Science in Financial Management and Information Systems
  University of Maryland University College

• Advanced Studies in Business Certificate, Shippensburg University

Institutional Partnership

• Master of Distance Education, University of Maryland University College

Marketing and Promotions — Campaigns

• Leadership & Workforce Development Catalog, Lehigh Carbon Community College

Marketing and Promotions — Print Publication

• Summer 2009 Marketing Campaign, University College of Syracuse University

Outstanding Faculty

• Sabrina Fu, University of Maryland University College

Programs for Special Populations

• Objects as Cultural Artifacts, University of Delaware

South Region Award Winners (2009)

Continuing Education Faculty Award

• Gary Cruze, Emory Center for Lifelong Learning

Outstanding Service to Continuing Education

• Stephen Stoffle, Executive Director, Emory Center for Lifelong Learning

Professional Continuing Educator Award

• Jon Horn, Director of Professional Programs, Emory Center for Lifelong Learning

Research and Scholarship Research Project

• Continuing Education Retention Analytics, Jacob Ensign, Emory Center for Lifelong Learning

Mid-America Region Award Winners (2009)

Creative Program (Credit)

• Bachelor of Science in Information Security and Intelligence
  Greg Gogolin, Program Director, Ferris State University-Northern Region

Creative Program (Non-credit)

• B the Change (U Wish 2 C) Summer Honors Institute
  Nancy Hoffman, Director, Miami University

Mature Program (Non-credit)

• USI Super Summer
  Ginger Ramsden, Director, University of Southern Indiana

Excellence in Teaching and Faculty Service

• Judy Whipps, Grand Valley State University

Professional Continuing Educator

• Jaclyn Dumond, Program Coordinator for the Center for Education Services and Partnerships, University of Southern Indiana

Outstanding Continuing Education Student (Credit)

• Terri Rowe, Grand Valley State University

Great Plains Region Award Winners (2009)

Credit Program Award

• Center for Urban Education
  Irv Moskowitz, Director, University of Northern Colorado

Excellence in Teaching Award

• Ken Eastman, Spears School of Business, Center for Executive and Professional Development, Oklahoma State University

• Kevin Lee, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Innovations and Contributions Award

• ELATEwiki: E-Learning and Teaching Exchange Wiki to support Faculty Development, Kansas State University

Honorable Mention

• Journal of Child and Youth Work, National Resource Center for Youth and Services, University of Oklahoma Outreach Center for Youth Services
• VideoConferencing via Adobe Connect for Doctoral Defense
   Larry Dlugosh, Jody Isernhagen, Don Uerling, and Laureen Greenwood

John L. Christopher Outstanding Leadership Award

• A. David Stewart, Kansas State University

Non-credit Program Award

• Sustainability Conference, Kansas State University

• HAZWOPER for First Receivers Program         
  College of Engineering Architecture and Technology Continuing Education, Oklahoma State University

Outstanding Continuing Education Student Award

• Julie Hjelle, University of North Dakota

Professional Continuing Educator Award

• Becky Rude, University of North Dakota

Research and Scholarship in Adult and Continuing Education Award - Individual Researcher

• Royce Ann Collins, Kansas State University

Support Specialist Award

• Leonard Leeling, Kansas State University

• Bethanie M. Zager, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

West Region Award Winners (2009)

Outstanding Administrative Process Or Service

• Instructor Development Program, UCLA Extension

Outstanding Programming Award Credit

• Service-Learning: Online Certificate of Completion
  Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, Continuing Education

Outstanding Programming Award Non-credit

• UBC/UW Summer Institute in Sustainability
  University of British Columbia Continuing Studies, University of Washington Extension

• Master Gardener Online
  OSU Extended Campus, OSU Extension Service, OSU Department of Horticulture

Outstanding Non-traditional Student

• Andrew Kramer, UCLA Extension

Professional Contributions to Continuing Education

• Janet Ross Kendall, Center for Distance and Professional Education, Washington State University

Professional Contributions to Continuing Education – Special Award

• Richard C. Lee, Division of Outreach, University of Nevada, Las Vegas