Mission Integration Awards
Mission Integration Awards
As the voice for student affairs professionals in Catholic higher education, ASACCU annually presents the Best Practices in Mission Integration awards to highlight and recognize best practices in various student affairs areas. The programs that are recognized each year intentionally articulate Catholic identity as an integral part of a student affairs program. Through the mutual sharing of ideas and their practical applications, ASACCU hopes to foster dialogue to deepen our members’ understanding of the interplay between Catholic identity and the ever-changing complexity of contemporary circumstances and student experiences on our campuses.
The categories for the Mission Integration Awards submissions are:
- Dean of Students, Residence Life, Health & Wellness, and related
- Student Activities, Leadership, Orientation, and related
- Human Dignity, Belonging, and the Common Good
- Integration of Principles of Good Practice
Programs submitted for consideration should be original to your campus. Programs that are developed based on common curriculum and objectives, especially as developed by outside vendors or companies, will not be considered. Each individual submission should be made in only one category.
Submit a 2025 Mission Integration Awards Nominations by April 4, 2025.
By recognizing certain practices or programs as excellent, we issue a challenge to student affairs professionals at Catholic institutions to provide exemplary service to our students. We hope you accept this invitation and submit your good work as a best practice of Catholic student affairs. We would encourage practitioners who have submitted projects in the past and were not selected to reapply as many of the winning selections were separated from other submissions by a fraction of a point.
2024 Dean of Students, Residence Life, Health & Wellness, and related
Student Activities, Leadership, Orientations goes to Loyola Marymount
University for “Restorative Culture-Building Partnership submitted by Julia
Wade
2024 Student Activities, Leadership, Orientation, and related
Diversity, Inclusion, and related goes to Loyola Marymount University for
“The Learning Community” submitted by Kandis Jernigan
2024 Human Dignity, Belonging, and the Common Good
Integration of the Principles of Good Practice goes to Villanova University for
“Bringing Social Justice Experiences to the Next LEVEL” submitted by Greg
Hannah
2023 Dean of Students, Residence Life, Health & Wellness, and related
The INSIPIRE Leadership Certificate (INSPIRE= INspired by Service, Purpose, Industry, Responsibility & Engagement)
Gabriel Pillay, Executive Director, Strategy and Planning, Dean of Students, Corpus Christi College & St. Marks College.
2023 Student Activities, Leadership, Orientation, and related
Celebrating the Five Freedoms: Loyola Marymount University’s First Amendment Week
Tom Nelson, Director of Student Media, & Kevin O'Keeffe, Assistant Director of Student Media, Loyola Marymount University.
2023 Human Dignity, Belonging, and the Common Good
“Listen with the Ear of Your Heart”: A Benedictine Approach to Interfaith Dialogue
Aaron Voth, Director of CSB Campus Ministry, Interim Director of Student Activities & Leadership Development,College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University.
2022 Dean of Students, Residence Life, Health & Wellness, and related
2022 Student Activities, Leadership, Orientation, and related
2022 Human Dignity, Belonging, and the Common Good