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AWARDS PROGRAM

AACE proudly recognizes the outstanding contributions of its professional and graduate student members through its annual awards program. Each year, the organization bestows three awards on deserving members based on their scholarly pursuits and/or dedicated service to the profession.

Exemplary Practices Award

AACE, through its Exemplary Practices Award, recognizes persons and programs which best exemplify the mission of AACE. By annually giving this award to a person or program, AACE seeks to acknowledge the rendering of important service in assessment or examples of outstanding assessment practice which have signioficance for the counseling profession.

Nominees are not required to be members of AACE or ACA. Members of the Executive Council and the Exemplary Practices Award Committee and their programs are not eligible to be nominated during their terms of service.

If you would like nominate yourself or a deserving colleague you can download the EPA Nomination Procedures here.

Previous Award Recipients:

2010	Award Not Given
2009	Award Not Given
2008	Bradley Erford	Testing and Assessment Advocacy and Advancement (Lifetime achievement)
2007	Award Not Given
2006	David Jepsen	Career Development and Career Decision-Making (Lifetime achievement)
2005	Award Not Given
2004	Phil Lewis and Dave Rivkin	O*Net Career Exploration Tools
2003	Patricia Elmore and colleagues	Competencies in Assessment and Evaluation for School Counselors
2002	Thomas Harrington and Arthur O'Shea	Harrington/O'Shea Career Decision Making System-Revised
2001	Joint Committee on Testing Practices	Rights and Responsibilities of Test Takers: Guidelines and Expectations

Donald Hood Student Research Grant

AACE continues its commitment to excellence in scholarship and clinical practice through the awarding of the Donald Hood Student Research Grant. This annual grant program is designed to recognize and honor those who are seeking to complete research investigations that show promise for outstanding contributions to the counseling profession.

The recipient of the Donald Hood Student Research Grant will receive a cash award up to $500.00, a certificate of recognition, a free ticket for the AACE annual award luncheon, and acknolwedgement of the award in AACE's various news outlets (Newsnotes, Newsbytes, and on the website).

Click here to download a copy of the Donald Hood Student Research Grant Application Procedures.

Previous Award Recipients:

2010	Kelly Emelianchik, Old Dominion University
2009	L. Marinn Pierce, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
2008	Erin Mason, Georgia State University
2007	Laura Welfare, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2006	Amy Land, Georgia State University
2005	Tamba-Kuii Bailey, Georgia State University
2004	Danica Hays, Georgia State University
2003	Randy Watts, University of North Carolina at Greensboro;	Reginald Tucker, Harvard School of Public Health
2002	Hung-Bin Sheu, University of Maryland
2001	Simone Lambert, University of North Carolina at Greensboro;	Carl Sheperis, University of Florida

MECD Editor's Research Award

Each year, the MECD Editor and the AACE Member-at-Large for Awards have the responsibility for selecting the MECD Editor's Research Award. This award is given to the author or authors of the the manuscript deemed to have made the greatest contribution to the professional literature. Authors are eligilbe for this award if their manuscript was published in Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development from July 1 to June 30 of the previous year.

The MECD Editor's Research Award recipient(s) will receive a cash stipend of $500.00, a certificate commerating the award, and acknolwedgement at the AACE annual awards luncheon. In addition, the winning author(s) will be chosen as AACE's nominee for the ACA Research Award.