Awards

2012 Professional Recognition Awards

The Significant Lifetime Achievement in Social Work Education Award recognizes a social work educator’s achievements over his or her entire career.
 
The Distinguished Recent Contributions in Social Work Education Award recognizes a social work educator’s achievements within the last 10 years.

Nomination Criteria

These awards recognize the achievements of CSWE members. The following CSWE membership criteria are used in selecting recipients of both awards.
•        Nominee: active membership is required
•        Nominator: active membership is required
•        Supporter (up to five per nomination): active membership is required for each supporter
 
The following criteria are used in selecting recipients of both awards. Nominees for the Lifetime Achievement Award should be exemplary in all three areas; nominees for the Recent Contributions Award must be exemplary in at least two areas.
•        Research and scholarship
•        Pedagogy and curriculum development
•        Organizational leadership
 
Nomination Materials

Nominating statements should contain the following:
•        Nominee’s name and contact information
•        Nominee’s curriculum vitae (CV)
•        Specific reasons for the nomination
•        Nominator’s name and contact information
•        Up to five additional letters of support focusing on the significance of the nominee’s contributions to social work education

Please send materials to the following address by Wednesday, February 1, 2012:

Surface mail:
Professional Recognition Committee
Council on Social Work Education
1701 Duke Street, Suite 200
Alexandria, VA  22314

or

E-mail: awards@cswe.org


Please visit our list of past awardees for ideas on who to nominate!

2011 Professional Recognition Awards

The following awards were presented during the Opening Ceremony of the 2011 Annual Program Meeting on Thursday, October 27 in Atlanta, GA.

The 2011 Presidential Award was presented on Friday, October 28.