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.