Call for Nominations

AUCCCD Leighton Whitaker Memorial Award for Excellence in Counseling Center Scholarship, 2019

The Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors (AUCCCD), in order to promote scholarly publications focused on the work of university and college counseling centers, presents the annual Leighton Whitaker Memorial Award for Excellence in Counseling Center Scholarship.

The award will be presented at the 2019 AUCCCD Conference in San Antonio. Award recipient(s) will be presented with a plaque honoring the achievement at a business meeting during the conference.  Click HERE for a list of previous awardees!

Qualifications for the Award:

* Scholarly work must have been published between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019.

* Publication can include theoretical work or empirical research.

*Work must have significance to student mental health and student development.

*Work must have direct application to the professional work of campus counseling centers.

*Work must be relevant to current trends and issues in the work of campus counseling centers.

*Work must include consideration of cultural issues relevant to the topic of the work.

*At least one author must be the designated representative of an AUCCCD member institution.

Nomination Process:

To nominate a work submit:

1) A copy of the publication or an accessible link to the work

2) A brief statement by the nominator on the merits of the work, based on the award criteria noted above.

Self-nominations are welcome!

Nomination deadline: Friday, August 16, 2019.

Send nomination materials as electronic attachments in PDF format to:

Barry Schreier, Communications Committee Chair:

[email protected]