Honors & Awards

AAACE confers several categories of awards to recognize and honor exemplary contributions to adult continuing education. The awards are a highly visible component of the association's statement about standards of excellence in the field. The AAACE awards process is under the leadership of the National Awards Committee.

Guiding Principles:

The AAACE awards process is based on:

• Having a limited, select number of association-wide awards to truly honor and recognize outstanding contributions to the field.
• Honoring leadership, service, knowledge, learners and practice in the field.
• Recognizing both individual and team or collective efforts.
• Open communication about the awards, the selection criteria, and process for each award.

Awards Ceremony

The AAACE National Awards Program is held annually during the AAACE conference. Winners will be notified by letter in September after the awardees have been selected. Each AAACE national award is an annual award. However if a worthy recipient is not identified for any particular award, the award is not given that year.

Nominations Deadlines

The deadlines for nominations for the Cyril O. Houle, Imogene Okes, Malcolm Knowles Awards, Outstancing Service Medallion and President's Award are June 30th.

Where to Send Nominations

Nominations for all the awards listed on this page should be sent to the AAACE office:

AAACE National Awards
10111 Martin Luther King, Jr. Highway
Suite 200C
Bowie, MD 20720
Telephone: (301) 459-6261
Fax: (301) 459-6241

Note: Some AAACE commissions also have awards programs. For additional information, click on the Commissions bar, and then select and click on any AAACE commission.

Notification

Nominators of award winners will be notified in writing. Nominators of non-winners will also be notified in writing.