Region VI Fred Turner Award for Outstanding Service to NASPA

Region VI
Application Deadline: August 25, 2023 | Award Type: regional

The Fred Turner Award for Outstanding Service to NASPA, named in honor of former Chair of the NASPA Board of Directors (1958-1959), honors a member who has served in leadership roles at the state, regional, national, and/or international levels of NASPA for a sustained period of time. The Fred Turner Award is NASPA’s equivalent of a lifetime achievement award; nominees must exhibit evidence of at least ten (10) continuous years of NASPA membership and engagement in the association at a variety of levels.

Award Criteria:

  • Required

    • Volunteer service to the association via leadership roles at the state, regional, national, or international levels

    • Minimum of ten continuous years of NASPA membership

    • Active individual NASPA membership

    • Current employment at, or recently retired from, an institution of higher education in NASPA Region VI

     

  • Preferred

    • Progression from entry-level to senior-level leadership roles within NASPA’s volunteer ranks

    • Involvement in multiple branches (e.g., Regions, Knowledge Communities, Divisions and Groups, etc.) of the association

    • Volunteer service that has had a significant impact on NASPA as an association

Questions? Contact Lexer Chou, Nominations and Awards Chair, at [email protected].

Presented By

Region VI

Nomination Guidelines

Nominating someone is easy! One person should coordinate the submission and follow these steps.

  • STEP 1: Write a letter of nomination
  • STEP 2: Collect two (2) letters of support or endorsement.
  • STEP 3: The person coordinating the nomination should gather the nomination materials then go online to submit. You must upload all of the information at the same time. This person should then submit the nomination letter, letters of support online.
  • STEP 4: Submit the nomination by the published deadline!

Questions? Contact Lexer Chou, Nominations and Awards Chair, at [email protected].

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Past Recipients - Region VI Fred Turner Award for Outstanding Service to NASPA

2019 – Kevin Colaner, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

2018 – Jennifer Miller, California State University, Los Angeles

2017 – Henry Gee, Rio Hondo College

2016 – Lori M. Ideta, University of Hawai’i at Manoa

2015 – No Nomination/No Candidate Selected

2014 – No Nomination/No Candidate Selected

2013 – No Nomination/No Candidate Selected

2012 – Tony R. Ross, California State University, Los Angeles

2011 – Elizabeth Griego, University of the Pacific

2010 – Troy Gilbert, University of California, Berkeley

2009 – No Nomination/No Candidate Selected

2008 – Debra Geller, University of California, Los Angeles

2007 – Gary Kleemann, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus

2006 – Ken Kelly, California State University, Long Beach

2005 – James Drnek, University of Arizona

2004 – Renee Barnett-Terry, University of California, San Diego

2003 – No Nomination/No Candidate Selected

2002 – Sandra Hubler, Menlo College

2001 – Doris M. Ching, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

2000 – Doris M. Ching, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

1999 – Jill Halvaks, University of California, Irvine

1998 – Sharyn Slavin Miller, California Institute of Technology

1997 – Hal Gin, California State University, Hayward