Diversity Advancement Founders Award

The Diversity Advancement Founders Award was established in 2004 in recognition and honor of the founding members of the MCPA Affirmative Action Committee (Thelma Cook, Linda Bates-Parker, Tony Proctor, Vance Shaw, and Mike Shin). These five (5) pioneers provided wisdom and perseverance in the quest to diversify our organization. This award honors their legacy and the continuation of this mission. The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding contributions of Midwest ACE members who provide consistent and significant leadership related to issues of diversity.

The nomination deadline is March 18, 2024. The recipient will be announce at Trends in Recruiting 2024.

SUBMIT A NOMINATION

Recipients:

2022

Carmen Umberger, Bradley University

2021

Jennifer Tasneem, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2020

Funmilayo Ojikutu, Northwestern University

2019

Tradara McLaurine, Indiana State University

2015  

Andres Garza, Illinois Institute of Technology

2014

Laura Kestner-Ricketts, Marquette University

2013 Aisha Ghori, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology