Previous Award Winners
NACE Excellence Awards
The 1998 NACE Excellence Awards recognize outstanding accomplishments in four categories:
AUDIOVISUAL PROGRAMS
Jump Start Your Career, a prerecruiting video produced by CIGNA and entered by Denise Hill, director of HR communications, was chosen as the employer winner in the audiovisual programs category. The multi-line insurance company hires about 250 new graduates from targeted universities each year. As campus visits are an important part of the program, the organization wanted a video recruiters could show students or leave behind in the career center that demonstrated the company’s culture and work environment. The 12-minute video offers testimonials from recent university hires, dispels some concerns students may have about working for an insurance company, and features some of the jobs new hires may be given.
In the college audiovisual programs category, Putting Pizzazz in Career Services TV, submitted by Art S. Harvey and Laura A. Melius, at Eastern Kentucky University, won first place. The video, a commercial about the career center, was shown on EKU’s campus television.
Honorable mentions were awarded to Returning Home: Think Success, submitted by Paul B. Klein and John B. Scanlan, assistant director of career services at Cleveland State University, and Center for Career Services, submitted by Rosalind Hoffa and Guillermo Cifuentes, Syracuse University.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING
On the employer side, first place was awarded to Recruitment Expo ’97, a two-day program of training and networking for Sprint recruiters. Developed to ensure recruiters were properly trained and had the most up-to-date hiring information possible, the program gathered recruiters, vendors, and management for seminars and exhibits. Pamela J. Urban, manager of university relations, submitted the program’s details.
Transition Tactics: A Jump Start to the Real World, is an annual three-day career conference for seniors at Elon College. Taking top honors among the college entries, the program includes a day of workshops followed by two days of work shadowing with professionals. Students apply to the career services center in their junior year and participate in the program in August during the week before school starts. The program was submitted by Bob Orndorff, director of career services.
PUBLICATIONS FOR STUDENTS
General Mills Corporation and State University of New York-Stony Brook took first place awards for their publications.
Setting High Expectations--General Mills’ Commitment to African-Americans looks at the various ways General Mills incorporates the diversity of the U.S. population into the company. Submitted by Nicole Graves, assistant manager of recruitment at General Mills, the 21-page, four-color booklet for prospective hires illustrates the diversity of the General Mills work force and the company’s organizational structure; how the organization markets products to black consumers and programs it sponsors within the black community; and its commitment to a diversity of vendors and suppliers.
Career Planning Calendar 1997-98: Follow the Zebra Path to the Career Placement Center is an all-in-one career planning resource for the students at State University of New York-Stony Brook. Taking top prize among college entries, this guide was submitted by Tim Luzader, director of career placement at SUNY-Stony Brook. The 35-page booklet contains a month-by-month calendar of on-campus career planning events, information on the various services offered by the career placement center, job hunting tips, a career checklist, and details on graduate school. The magazine was created to draw students to the almost-hidden career services office in the basement of the campus library.
An honorable mention went to A Student’s Guide to Career Development and Employment Resources on the Internet and World Wide Web. This free guide talks to students about how to use the Internet as part of a comprehensive job-search program. The guide was submitted by Raymond H. Thrift, Jr., director of career development services at the University of West Florida.
TECHNICAL INNOVATION
Room Zoom: The CPA Source Disc, from the American Institute of CPAs, was recognized as the winner in the technical innovation category. This CD-ROM offers information to students on accounting and careers. The interactive CD allows users to explore educational requirements, offers tips on finding a first job, and gives details on career paths, salaries, technology, publications, and organizations for CPAs. It was submitted by Jodi Landau Ryan, manager of recruiting programs.
Carolina Connection is a web-based data base of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni who have volunteered to help UNC students and graduates with their career plans and job searches. This data base is searchable on the Internet and accessible to anyone using a UNC-domain computer or a career center-registered password. Carolina Connection was submitted by Marcia Harris, director of career services.
Florida Technology Forum, submitted by Wayne Wallace and Richard D. Sayers of the University of Florida, was given an honorable mention.
NACE/Chevron Award
The NACE/Chevron Award for Innovative Programs in Career Services recognizes and honors a NACE college member or a regional association college member for the development of a ground-breaking program in theh field.
Winning Program: The Internship Exchange submitted by Leo Charette and Nancy Burkett, College of William and Mary
First Runner-Up: The Career Center JAMS submitted by Cheryl Allmen, San Jose State University
Kauffman Award
The Kauffman Award, established by the former College Placement Council, Inc. (CPC) Board of Governors, acknowledges the accomplishments and contributions of Warren E. Kauffman, who served the association for more than 30 years. This award recognizes outstanding service to NACE.
1998 Recipient: Norita H. Rehrig, assistant executive director of NACE
Academy of Fellows Award
The NACE Academy of Fellows recognizes individuals who have contributed to the career services and human resources/staffing profession through the advancement of knowledge, leadership, or excellence in professional practice.
1998 Inductees:
Robert Greenberg, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Nick Nabours (retired), Texas Eastman
1997 Fellow:
Robert W. Gammill (retired), Lockheed Martin Corp.
1996 Fellows:
John E. Steele (retired), Boston College
Gale H. Varma, Deloitte & Touche LLP
1995 Fellow:
Richard T. Koffenberger (retired), E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co.
1994 Fellows:
Dennis R. Reigle, Arthur Andersen
Richard A. Stewart, Purdue University.
Employer of the Year Award
The Employer of the Year award recognizes individuals who have contributed to the college relations and recruiting progression through exemplary service/leadership in the professional associations, advocacy of the college relations and recruitment function, and mentorship of new professionals.
1998 Recipient: Timothy P. Johnston, Candence Design Systems
