ACTER Awards
ACTER presents the following awards:
Organizational Awards:
- The ACTER Distinguished Service Award recognizes members who have made significant service contributions to the association over a sustained period of time. This may include serving as an elected association official or providing exemplary services to one of the association’s major functions, such as enhancing the Journal.
- Nominees must be ACTER members, be nominated by peers, and have made significant contributions to the association for more than three years.
- Nominations must be received via e-mail no later than October 31 of the current year. Nominations must include the appropriate cover page, a brief rationale for the nomination (approximately half a page but not to exceed one page), and a curriculum vita. E-mail nominations to the Past President.
PAST RECIPIENTS OF THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD INCLUDE:
| 1983 – Donald E. Elson 1984 – J. Dale Oliver 1985 – J. Dale Oliver 1986 – no nominations received 1987 – no nominations received 1988 – no nominations received 1989 – no nominations received 1990 – Duane Nielson 1991 – Ronald D. McCage 1992 – Joel Magisos 1993 – June Schmidt 1994 – no nominations received 1995 – no nominations received 1996 – Curtis Finch 1997 – no nominations received 1998 – David J. Pucel 1999 – Jerome T. Kapes 2001 – Donna H. Redmann 2002 – William G. Camp 2003 – N. L. McCaslin |
2004 – no nominations received 2005 – Michael K. Swan 2006 – Floyd McKinney 2007 – Diane H. Jackman 2008 – no nominations received 2009 – Morgan Lewis 2010 – Steven Aragon 2011 – no nominations received 2012 – no nominations received 2013 – Cynthia Pellock 2014 – Jay Rowjewski 2015 – James Stone 2016 – James Bartlett II 2017 – no nominations received 2018 – no nominations received 2019 – Howard Gordon 2020 – Katherine Kandalec Holm 2021 – John Cannon 2022 – Mark Threeton 2023 – Michelle Bartlett |
- The ACTER Meritorious Service Award recognizes individuals who have made unique contributions to research in career and technical education during the previous three years. Contributions may be outstanding service, exemplary research activities, legislative advocacy or financial support.
- The recipient of this award may be a member of ACTER or from outside the association. Nomination by peers is required.
- Nominations must be received via e-mail no later than October 31. Nominations must include the appropriate cover page, a brief rationale for the nomination (approximately half a page but not to exceed one page), and a curriculum vita. E-mail nominations to the Past President.
PAST RECIPIENTS OF THE MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD INCLUDE:
| 1996 – Jerome Moss, Jr. 1997 – no nominations received 1998 – Wesley E. Budke 1999 – no nominations received 2000 – no nominations received 2001 – Bob R. Steward 2002 – no nominations received 2003 – no nominations received 2004 – no nominations received 2005 – Jay W. Rojewski 2006 Joe W. Kotrilik 2007 – James R. Stone III 2008 – Jack Elliot 2009 – Donna Pearson |
2010 – Donna Redmann 2011 – no nominations received 2012 – no nominations received 2013 – no nominations received 2014 – no nominations received 2015 – Catherine Imperatore & Alisha Hyslop 2016 – no nominations received 2017 – no nominations received 2018 – James E. Bartlett, II 2019 – no nominations received 2020 – Michelle E. Bartlett 2021 – Katherine Kandalec Holm 2022 – Mark Threeton 2023 – J. Elaine Adams 2023 – Michael F. Kosloski |
- Recognizes members whose scholarly work has significantly contributed to career and technical education research and/or practice. Such contributions may include receipts of grants and contracts, publications in professional journals, presentations at regional and national meetings, and outstanding classroom teaching.
- Recipients of this award must be a member of ACTER, must be nominated by peers, and, at the time the award is presented, must have five or fewer years of service in the profession after completing their highest degree.
- Nominations must be received via e-mail no later than October 31. Nominations must include the appropriate cover page, a brief rationale for the nomination (approximately half a page but not to exceed one page), and a curriculum vita. E-mail nominations to the Past President.
PAST RECIPIENTS OF THE OUTSTANDING BEGINNING SCHOLAR AWARD INCLUDE:
| 1991 – Jack Elliott 1992 – Laurie A. Stenberg 1993 – Jay W. Rojewski 1994 – James Gregson 1995 – Don Peasley 1996 – Myra Womble 1997 – Roger B. Hill 1998 – no nominations received 1999 – Bettye P. Smith 2000 – no nominations received 2001 – James E. Bartlett II 2002 – no nominations received 2003 – no nominations received 2004 – no nominations received 2005 – Neil Knobloch 2006 – no nominations received 2007 – Steven Aragon |
2008 – Levon Esters 2009 – Curtis Friedel 2010 – John Glen Cannon 2011 – Mark Threeton 2012 – no nominations received 2013 – no nominations received 2014 – no nominations received 2015 – no nominations received 2016 – Michael Kolasky 2017 – no nominations received 2018 – O.P. McCubbins 2019 – Xue Xing 2020 – Laura Hasselquist 2021 – Jay Plasman 2022 – Walt Ecton 2023 – Christopher J. Eck |
- The Outstanding Dissertation Award recognizes the work of a student whose dissertation demonstrates contribution to the career and technical education body of knowledge, appropriate use of research techniques and statistics, accurate and clear representation of data, and compelling text.
- The recipient of this award must be a member of ACTER.
- Candidates for consideration for the award may self-nominate or be nominated by other members.
- Nominations must be received via e-mail no later than September 31. Nominations must include the appropriate cover page and a copy of the dissertation with all identifying information (author’s name, institution, etc.) removed.
note: years without an awardee indicate no nominations received for that time period
PAST RECIPIENTS OF THE OUTSTANDING DISSERTATION AWARD INCLUDE:
1983 – Betty Dixon
1984 – Janine A. Watts
1987 – Jeanette Davis
1991 – Donald M. Johnson, Leon G. Shumacher, and Bob R. Stewart
1998 – Rhonda S. Black
2003 – Heeja Kim
2020 – Laura G. Maldanado
2021 – Lauren Lapinski
2022 – Nzingha Williams
2023 – Kesha Valentine
Conference Awards
The Outstanding Research Symposium Award is chosen each year from the symposiums presented at the ACTER Research and Professional Development Conference. Each symposium session is evaluated by multiple blind judges. The Conference Program Chair is responsible for coordinating, recruiting, assigning, and preparing judges, tabulating the results, and presenting the awards at the closing meeting of the conference. This award is presented in the form of a certificate.
*note: years with award winners missing indicate incomplete information in our archives. We are actively seeking to find and properly acknowledge all past award winners. If you have information to assist in this process, please contact the webmaster or historian.
PAST RECIPIENTS OF THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD INCLUDE:
| 1982 – Donna Coomer, Judith Jax, Brandon Smith, George Copa 1983 – William L. Hull 1984 – James A. Knight 1985 – George H. Copa, James A. Knight, Steve Scholl, Jeannette Daines, Gary Leske, Linda Ernst, John Persico, Jane Plihal (AVA), Harry F. Silberman, Ruth P. Hughes, L. Allen Phelps (AERA) 1987 – William Richardson, Michael Burnett, Jerome T. Kapes, Jerelyn Schultz, Robert Warmbrod, Ruth P. Hughes (AVA), Jane Plihal, George H. Copa, Charles Buzzel, Dena Stoner (AERA) 1991 – Charles Benson, Morgan Lewis, Gordon I. Swanson, Nevin Frantz, Jr. 1996 – Victor M. Hernandez (AERA) 1997 – Jay W. Rojewski, Roger B. Hill |
2003 – James Gregson, Lynn Reba, Ariene Garcia (AERA) 2005 – Donna Pearson, James R. Stone III 2010 – Neil Knobloch 2013 – James Bartlett, Jay Rojewski, Tara Schollenberger, Howard Gordon 2016 – Katherine Kandalec, James Bartlett, Adam Manley, Travis Park 2019 – Elaine Adams, Cynthia Pellock, Mary Jo Self, Alexis Williams 2020 – James Bartlett, Michelle Bartlett, Jordon Dolfi, Patrick Bourke 2021 – James Bartlett, Michelle Bartlett, Mark Threeton 2022 – Jeffrey Sun, Jodi Adams, Kristen Wingfeld, Jason Graves Runner up: S. Godbey, H. Gordon, L. Martinez, S. Shaw, H. O’Lawrence 2023 – Gresham Collum, Zach Hyder, Audrey Boochever, Jonathan Montoya Runner up: James Bartlett, II, Michelle Bartlett, Michelle Conrad, Jodi Adams, Sara Shaw, Lisa Martino |
The Outstanding Conference Paper Presentation Award is chosen each year from the research papers presented at the ACTER Research and Professional Development Conference. Each paper session is evaluated by multiple blind judges. The Conference Program Chair is responsible for coordinating, recruiting, assigning, and preparing judges, tabulating the results, and presenting the awards at the closing meeting of the conference. This award is presented in the form of a certificate.
*note: years with award winners missing indicate incomplete information in our archives. We are actively seeking to find and properly acknowledge all past award winners. If you have information to assist in this process, please contact the webmaster or historian.
PAST RECIPIENTS OF THE MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD INCLUDE:
| 1984 – Patricia M. Copa, James R. Stone III 1985 – George H. Copa (AVA), Roger G. Gabb (AERA) 1987 – James Greenan (AVA), James R. Stone III (AERA) 1990 – Jack Elliot (AVA), Douglas Strickland (AERA) 1991 – Laurie A. Stenberg, Lou Riesenberg (AVA), Mary M. Wagner (AERA) 1993 – Debra D. Bragg, C. Michael Harmon 1994 – Curtis R. Finch, June Schmidt, Susan Faulkner (AERA) 1997 – Carol A. Conroy (AERA) 1998 – Kathleen Stasz, Tessa Kaganoff 2003 – Heeja Kim (AERA) |
2005 – Donna Moore, Jennifer Rivera, William G. Camp (AERA) 2009 – Sinan Gemici, Jay W. Rojewski, In Heok Lee 2010 – Laura Santamaria, Travis Park, Barrett Keene, Elizabeth van der Mandele, Marissa Taylor, Antonia Richards, Shawn Anderson, Jonathan Velez, Greg Thompson 2019 – Carley Snider, J. Shane Robinson, M. Craig Edwards, Robert Terry Runner up: Kyungin Kim, Areum Han 2022 – Kayla Marsh, Christopher Eck, Dale Layfield Runner up: Scott Straub, John Cannon, Carol Billing 2023 – James R. Stone, Jon Schmidt-Davis, Lisa Shannon, Jen Gruber Runner up: Patricia Leibfreid |
The Outstanding Roundtable Session Award is chosen each year from the roundtables presented at the ACTER Research and Professional Development Conference. Each roundtable session is evaluated by multiple blind judges. The Conference Program Chair is responsible for coordinating, recruiting, assigning, and preparing judges, tabulating the results, and presenting the awards at the closing meeting of the conference. This award is presented in the form of a certificate.
*note: this award was introduced at the 2022 ACTER Conference. No prior year data exists.
PAST RECIPIENTS OF THE OUTSTANDING BEGINNING SCHOLAR AWARD INCLUDE:
2022 – Dave Macholz, Mickey Kosloski
Runner-up: Cara DeLoach
2023 – Shetay Ashford-Hanserd, Twyla Hough
Runners up (tied): James Bartlett, Michelle Bartlett
Runners up (tied): Sara Shaw, Lisa Martino
The Outstanding Abstract Award is chosen each year from the abstracts presented at the ACTER Research and Professional Development Conference. Each abstract session is evaluated by multiple blind judges. The Conference Program Chair is responsible for coordinating, recruiting, assigning, and preparing judges, tabulating the results, and presenting the awards at the closing meeting of the conference. This award is presented in the form of a certificate.
*note: this award was introduced at the 2022 ACTER Conference. No prior year data exists.
PAST RECIPIENTS OF THE OUTSTANDING DISSERTATION AWARD INCLUDE:
2022 – Natalie Miller
Runner up: Shetay Ashford-Hanserd, Lilliana Franco Carrera
Partner Awards
The Outstanding CTER Journal Award is chosen each year from the CTER manuscripts submitted and published in the most recent volume. This award is given to the author(s) whose paper had the highest ratings in the blind review process. This award is chosen using the empirical data from the review process by the CTER Editor and will be awarded in the form of a plaque.
*note: years with award winners missing indicate incomplete information in our archives. We are actively seeking to find and properly acknowledge all past award winners. If you have information to assist in this process, please contact the webmaster.
PAST RECIPIENTS OF THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD INCLUDE:
| 1981 – Connie J. Ley & Clyde Maurice 1982 – Connie J. Ley, David Passmore, Donna Coomer, Paul Campbell, & Pat Seitz 1983 – J. Dale Oliver, Dennis Hinkle 1984 – Linda S. Lotto 1985 – Donna M. Mertens, John A. Gardner 1987 – Jeannie Oakes 1990 – Steven Culver, Penny Burge, Daisy Stewart, Tim Wentling, Chris Roegge, Kenneth Gray, Dan Shang Wang, Theodore Lewis 1991 – Theodore Lewis 1992 – Theodore Lewis 1993 – N.L. McCaslin, Robert M. Torres 1994 – James Gregson |
1995 – L. Allen Phelps, Victor M. Hernandez-Gantes, John Jones, Dorothy Sanchez, Alejandro H. Nieri 1996 – Jay W. Rojewski 1998 – M. Beth Stevens, Penny L. Burge 2003 – Stephen Plank 2005 – Chris Zirkle 2007 – James R. Stone III, Oscar A. Aliaga 2010 – Travis D. Park, Ed Osborne 2014 – Billy R. McKim, John Rayfield, Julie Harlin, Andy Adams 2020 – Thomas Gauthier 2021 – Katherine B. Leu & Caren A. Arbeit 2023 – Corliss Thompson, Ellen Stoddard, Shariva White |
The Outstanding Poster Award is chosen each year from the posters presented at the ACTER Research and Professional Development Conference Poster Session. Each poster is evaluated by multiple blind judges. The Conference Program Chair is responsible for coordinating, recruiting, assigning, and preparing judges, tabulating the results, and presenting the awards at the closing meeting of the conference. This award is presented in the form of a certificate.
*note: years with award winners missing indicate incomplete information in our archives. As we work to combine the records of OTT and ACTER we are actively seeking to find and properly acknowledge all past award winners. If you have information to assist in this process, please contact the webmaster or historian.
PAST RECIPIENTS OF THE MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD INCLUDE:
2022
1st place: Jay Plasman, Marc Stein, Rachel Durham, & Zyrashae Smith
2nd place: Megan Gould, Meika Dado
3rd place: M. Bartlett, J. Bartlett, MJ Self, J. Cannon, S. Arnett-Hartwick, C. Billing, M. Borr, K. Elliott, A. Kitchel, J. Jeffrey
2023
1st place: Taija R. Jackson, Michael L. Pate, Rebecca G. Lawver, Dustin K. Perry, Scott W. Smalley, Jim Hafer, Don Edgar, Marvin Young, Celina Wille
2nd place: David Macholz, Mickey Kosloski
3rd place: Ryan Lundell, Jonathan Montoya
Omicron Tau Theta Service Awards
An award for the outstanding JCTE article of the year (volume) shall be made in the form of a certificate. It shall be named Omicron Tau Theta Outstanding Journal Article Award.
This award is administered by the JCTE Editorial Board.
An award for outstanding doctoral research shall be made in the form of a plaque. To be eligible for this award, the student must be a member of OTT in good standing and nominated by their advisor via email to the National OTT Advisor. The dissertation must be defended during the 12-month time period prior to the award.
An award for distinguished service to OTT shall be made in the form of a plaque. It shall be named Anthony G. Porreca Award for Distinguished Service to Omicron Tau Theta. It is to be administered by the OTT Executive Board and only when there is unanimity of feeling that such recognition is merited.
Criteria for Anthony G. Porreca Award for Distinguished Service to Omicron Tau Theta
- Multiple-year contributions to growth and advancement of local and national Omicron Tau Theta.
- Contributions in critical areas such as publications, chapter growth, and improvement, chapter and member services, leadership development, and/or research and innovation.
- Outstanding character and personality supportive of the mission of OTT.
- Intense interest in and a strong commitment to the aims and ideals of OTT.
- Multiple-year involvement in local and national activities of Omicron Tau Theta.
- Mentorship attitude and behavior toward less experienced members of OTT.
- Positive representation as leader and scholar throughout professional education career.
- Members who are in good standing and who have been OTT members for at least five (5) years are eligible for the award.
OTT OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AWARD
An award for distinguished service to OTT and CTE shall be made in the form of a plaque.
Criteria for Omicron Tau Theta Outstanding Professional Service Award
- The award is presented to an OTT member for outstanding service to the career and technical education profession and Omicron Tau Theta.
- Outstanding character and personality supportive of the mission of Career and Technical Education and OTT.
- Positive representation as leader and scholar throughout professional education career.
- Members who are in good standing and who have been OTT members for at least three years (3) are eligible for the award.
Nomination/Submission Instructions
The candidate’s nomination must be submitted to the OTT Executive Board in “Word” format and include the following information:
- An official nomination by an OTT member or OTT chapter.
- Candidate MUST be an OTT member
- Candidate information to submit:
- Brief statement (not to exceed 300 words) identifying reasons why the candidate deserves to receive one of the OTT “Service” Awards.
- Educational History (Institution, date, degree).
- Employment History (Educationally related).
- Support for the nomination – chronological list of all appropriate OTT (Omicron Tau Theta)/CTE (Career and Technical Education) related activities. For example,
- Contributions to local and national OTT/CTE
- Leadership activities in local and national OTT/CTE
- Service activities in local and national OTT/CTE
- Activities to Promote Research and Scholarship in OTT/CTE (may wish to list major publications/presentations).
- Submit nomination(s) in “Word” format to:
Dr. Elaine Adams
OTT National Advisor
adamsje@uga.edu
