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American Association of University Administrators

AAUA Award Recipients (Since 2002)


THE JOHN BLACKBURN AWARD

2007: The John R. Kernodle Center for Service Learning (Mary Morrison, Director), Elon University.

2006: B. Jean Floten, President, Bellevue Community College.

2005: Ohio University, Office of Regional Higher Education (Stephen M. Flaherty, Associate Vice President), – “Taking Graduate Degrees to the Region and Beyond: Success Through Simplicity and Focus.”

2004: Benedictine University (Eileen Kolich, Associate Provost) – “Alternative Teacher Certification Program in Science and Mathematics.”

2003: Susan Sciame- Giesecke, Indiana University – “Indiana University Faculty Leadership Model”

2002: Joe A. Wiley, President, Rogers State University – “Successful Planning and Accreditation of a Two-Year/Four-Year Institution.”


THE NIKOLAI KHALADJAN INTERNATIONAL AWARD

2008: Jeffrey Aube, University of Kansas; and Oliver Reiser, Regensburg University (Denmark) – “A Transatlantic Dual Degree Program in Chemistry.”

2007: The Richard L. Walker Institute of International and Area Studies (Gordon B. Smith, Director), University of South Carolina.

2006: Kathryn Chang Barker, President, FuturEd, Inc.

2005: St. George's Hospital Medical School, University of London (Kenton Lewis, Assistant Registrar) – “Widening Access to Medical Education.”

2004: Office of Global Education (Carol Fimmen, Director), College of Business and Technology, Western Illinois University .

2003: Gale Young, California State University, Hayward – “A Principle-Based Partnership: CSU Hayward and Peninsula Technikon.”

2002: James K. Carr, Agricultural and Technical Institute of Ohio State University – “An International Experience in Residential Construction.”


THE EILEEN TOSNEY DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

2007: Salvatore G. Rotella, Chancellor, Riverside Community College.

2006: Robert M. Coard, Founding President, Urban College of Boston.

2005 : Francis E. Hazard, President, Urbana University.
Glenn A. Goerke, President, University of Houston.

2004: John Nazarian, President, Rhode Island College.

2003: Bob H. Suzuki, President, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

2002: William Lee Dandridge, Dean of the School of Education, Leslie University.


THE AAUA DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

2007: Dan L. King, General Secretary of AAUA.


THE DONALD GATZKE DISSERTATION AWARD

2008: Tatiana Melguizo (Stanford University), “What Types of Colleges Were Doing a Better Job Graduating Minorities in the 1980s and 1990s?”

2007: Rachael Murphey Brown (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill), “Allegiance to Race: Racial Identity, Academic Culture, and the Politics of African American Academic Intellectuals.”

2006: James R. Johnsen (University of Pennsylvania), “Leadership in Context: A Case Study of Presidential Effectiveness.”


THE LEO AND MARGARET GOODMAN-MALAMUTH DISSERTATION AWARD

2008: James M. Owston (Marshall University), “Survival of the Fittest? The Rebranding of West Virginia Higher Education.”

2007: Susan Beck-Frazier (East Carolina University), “Perceptions of Selected University Deans’ Leadership Behavior.”

2006: Loren J. Rullman (Indiana University), “Sources of College Student Political Cynicism.”


EXEMPLARY MODELS AWARDS

2008: Utah State University – “Fostering Student/Faculty Collaborations through the ‘Research Group’ Model.” (Presented to Kenneth R. Bartkus.)

2007: University of South Carolina Sumter – “A Student Development Transcript.” (Presented to Lynwood Watts).

2006: Simons Rock College of Bard – “Early College.” (Presented to Mary B. Marcy.)

Louisiana State University – “The Race, Hip-Hop, and Sports Learning Community at LSU.” (Presented to Louis Harrison Jr. and Leonard N. Moore.)

2005: University of Houston Clear Lake, School of Education – "Success Through Education Programs." (Presented to Dennis W. Spuck.)

2004: DeVry University – “iOptimize Integrated Learning System.” (Presented to Patrick Mayers.)

Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge – “Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership.” (Presented to Carolyn Collins.)