Award Information

Each year SEAHO recognizes outstanding members by honoring individual professionals with awards. To continue with this tradition, please consider nominating one of your SEAHO colleagues. Each nomination packet should include two (but no more than five) letters of support from colleagues including your formal nomination letter.

The SEAHO Service Award
Each year, all SEAHO member institutions may recognize one person from their institution to receive a SEAHO Service Award. The award offers the institution an opportunity to recognize a staff member who has made a significant contribution to the residence hall students and the housing organization. Please include nominee's name, institution, and address in conjunction with the nominator's address information in the letter/email of nomination.

The SEAHO PEACE Award
The PEACE Award (Providing Educational Advocacy for Cultural Excellence) is presented to a member to honor and recognize outstanding contributions and service to the SEAHO region through advancement of diversity and multiculturalism. Such advancement can be attributed to advocacy, leadership, mentorship, educational initiatives, and programming. The recipient must have been a member of a SEAHO institution for at least one full academic year and will have demonstrated exceptional service in the areas of diversity and multiculturalism on their home campus and/or to SEAHO.

The SEAHO Outstanding Mid-Level Professional Award

This award is presented to a mid-level housing professional who supports and mentors entry level and support staff, works to recruit students and retain colleagues in the field, and creates new strategies for connecting with students and improving the department, while sharing their experiences in the field. This professional is dedicated to working with students, the department or profession.

The SEAHO Founders Award
This award gives special recognition to an individual who, through dedicated service and initiative to SEAHO, has epitomized the work and endeavors of the founders. Recipients must have actively served in the SEAHO Region as a housing/residence life professional for at least five years; have served on a minimum of two different SEAHO committees or task forces or been a member of the Governing Council; and, have made contributions to SEAHO and the housing/residence life profession that are judged to have been instrumental in furthering the advancement of the organization and the profession it represents.

The James C. Grimm Outstanding New Professional Award
This award is presented to a new professional in Housing/Residence Life who is within his/her first three years of professional-level employment and has demonstrated outstanding performance to his/her campus and profession, therefore demonstrating potential for a successful and effective career in housing.

The Humanitarian Recognition Award
This award recognizes an individual or individuals within SEAHO who has/have gone above and beyond the call of duty for a student in crisis by demonstrating physical effort, spiritual commitment, or act of bravery, determination, and courage. The recipients for this recognition must be a member of SEAHO; have two letters of support from a colleague, supervisor, or persons who they supervise, and a letter from the Chief Housing Officer, Dean of Students, or Assistant/Associate/Vice President for Student Affairs showing support.

The Graduate Student of the Year Award
This award gives special recognition to an individual who, through dedicated service to their home institution, has shown dedication to the profession and the students that they serve.

The Charles W. Beene Memoral Award
At the 1982 SEAHO Conference, the Charles Beene Memorial Service Award was established in memory of Charles Beene, Director of Housing at the University of Mississippi. This award is presented annually to the individual judged to have contributed most to the success of SEAHO during the previous year. Nominations should state what the nominee has done in support of SEAHO and include the completed Awards and Recognition Nomination Form.

SEAHO REPORT Feature Article of the Year Award

The SEAHO Report Feature Article of the Year Award was established in 2001 and first awarded in 2002. The SEAHO Report Editor(s) coordinates the SEAHO Report Feature Article of the Year Award selection. The SEAHO Report Editor(s) should submit copies of the SEAHO Report to each of the SEAHO State Editors. Under the leadership of the SEAHO Report Editor(s), the Committee selects the best feature article from the most recent three (3) issues following each annual conference. The Committee also has the opportunity to name up to two (2) other articles for “Excellent Submission” recognition. The SEAHO Report Editor(s) presents the awards at the annual conference.

SEAHO Housing and Academic Collaboration Award
This award is presented to a housing department that currently has programs in place where academic affairs are intentionally involved in on-campus residential communities.  The Housing and Academic Collaboration Award will recognize a program and/or community that involves collaboration between Housing and Academic Affairs.

For more information regarding SEAHO Awards and Scholarships, please go to www.SEAHO.org

Please submit all Award and Scholarship Applications to the address below.

All nomination and application materials must be submitted by January 13th, 2010.