The recipient shall:

Eligibility

• Be a current member of SHAPE America and shall have held such membership for at least three (3) years.
• Full-time faculty member at an institution of higher education.
• Candidates may only be nominated by his/her chair, dean, supervisor, colleagues, and/or students.

Award Criteria

• Serve as an outstanding role model of professionalism by modeling appropriate professional behavior and positive professional standards.
• Encourage student involvement in professional opportunities, such as including students in service projects or research activities, supporting student membership in professional organizations/meetings, or enabling student attendance at professional meetings.
• Provide exemplary academic and professional preparation advisement for students.
• Serve as faculty advisor/supporter to student major club and honorary projects.