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Leaders In International Higher Education
Awards
Nominations deadline is in the fall of each year.
- Charles Klasek Award
- The Harold Josephson Award for Professional Promise in International Education
- Timothy J. Rutenber Award
- Counselors
Charles Klasek Award
Klasek Award Nomination Form 2012 (14 KB)
Each year AIEA presents the Charles Klasek Award at the Annual Conference. "Chuck" Klasek was a founding member of AIEA from Southern Illiniois University at Carbondale and served as its third president. In addition to being a real leader in the founding of AIEA, Chuck was an excellent example of an effective international education administrator. He took on many tasks within AIEA including, in 1992, the editing and publication of "Bridges to the Future: Strategies for Internationalizing Higher Education." When Chuck died, the Executive Committee felt that a fitting tribute to his outstanding service to AIEA and to the field of International Education Administration would be to present an annual award in his name. The single criterion for the award is that the recipient should have given long-term and outstanding service to the field of International Education Administration. Past recipients are:
| Robert Slater, National Security Education Program |
2011 |
| Madeleine Green, American Council on Education | 2010 |
| JoAnn McCarthy, University of Pennsylvania |
2009 |
| David Larsen, Arcadia University | 2008 |
| Stephen Dunnett, SUNY Buffalo | 2007 |
| John K. Hudzik, Michigan State University | 2006 |
| Tony Adams, Macquarie University - Sydney | 2006 |
| Barbara Turlington, American Council on Education | 2005 |
| Thomas H. Hoemeke, University of North Texas | 2004 |
| Axel Markert, Eberhard-Karls-Universitaet Tubingen | 2003 |
| Jack Van de Water, Oregon State University | 2002 |
| Barbara B. Burn, University of Massachusetts-Amherst |
2001 |
| Burkart Holzner, University of Pittsburgh |
2000 |
| Joe W. Neal, University of Texas at Austin |
1999 |
| Ralph Smuckler, Michigan State University |
1998 |
| Harold Josephson, University of North Carolina - Charlotte |
1997 |
| LaMarr Kopp, Pennsylvania State University |
1996 |
| Charles Klasek (posthumous), Southern Illinois University |
1995 |
The Harold Josephson Award for Professional Promise in International Education
Josephson Award Nomination Form 2012 (16 KB)
Each year the Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA)presents the Harold Josephson Award to a deserving graduate student at one of the member institutions. The award was established to honor the memory of Dr. Josephson, a long-time leader in AIEA and Assoc. Vice Chancellor of International Programs at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, who died in 1998.
The award recognizes emerging leadership in international education through the student's graduate study and research, especially research in the field of international education. The award includes a $1,000 travel grant to attend the annual conference of AIEA, complimentary conference registration, and an opportunity to report on her/his research to conference attendees.
Member institutions are invited to submit nominations (only one per institution) for the Harold Josephson Award. Any current AIEA member may submit the form.
Criteria for selection include: demonstrated interest in the field of international education; research for completed graduate courses that demonstrate research skills and insights; other tangible recognitions from the home institution (outstanding graduate teaching award, leadership in graduate governance on the campus, campus nomination for Fulbright, NSEP, or other nationally competitive awards).
The annual winner of the Harold Josephson Award will be included in the conference program and recognized at the annual business meeting.
2011 Recipient - Leasa Weimer, University of Colorado Boulder
Leasa Weimer is a third year doctoral student in the University of Georgia Institute for Higher Education. Currently, she serves as the Graduate Fellow for the Franklin Residential College and works as a Graduate Assistant in the Office of International Education. In addition, she has served as a teaching assistant for the UGA Costa Rica spring break study abroad program and the Global LEAD South African summer study abroad program. In 2009, she lived, worked, and studied for six months as a Graduate Resident in the UGA Oxford program. Her research agenda focuses on the political economy and the international student market. Prior to pursuing a PhD, she was awarded a European Union Erasmus Mundus scholarship wherein she completed a joint master’s degree program, living and studying in Oslo, Norway; Tampere, Finland; and Aveiro, Portugal. Leasa earned a bachelor’s degree in Communication and Psychology from the University of Colorado Boulder.
2010 Recipient - Martha Bloem, University of Texas at Austin
Martha Bloem is a second-year graduate student at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on the intersection of education policy and international affairs, and how greater access to higher education leads to sustainable socioeconomic development in developing countries. Ms. Bloem is the Sponsored Student Graduate Assistant in the UT International Office, facilitating the admission and placement of sponsored international students. Ms. Bloem has also served on various selection committees for international education scholarships, and she designed a cultural curriculum for Rice University’s sponsored student programs. Prior to graduate school, Ms. Bloem was the Program and Development Coordinator at Minds Matter of NYC, Inc., an academic mentoring nonprofit that helps high-achieving, low-income high school students in their pursuit of a college education. Ms. Bloem graduated from UT-Austin with a bachelor’s degree in Cultural and Social Anthropology.
2009 Recipient - Elizabeth Stallman, University of Minnesota
Elizabeth Stallman is a Ph.D. candidate in comparative and international development education at the University of Minnesota; she will graduate in May 2009. Her dissertation is a mixed-methods investigation of intercultural competence and racial
identity among White American undergraduates who study abroad. She is the lead research assistant on a three-year, federally-funded research project investigating the long-term impact of study abroad on alumni’s global citizenship. She received her M.A. in international educational development from Teachers College, Columbia University, where she also served as assistant director of International Services. She received her B.A. in international politics from Penn State University. From 1994 to 1996 she was a participant on the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program for which she taught English to Japanese high school students in Shizuoka, Japan.
2008 Recipient - Mark Salisbury, University of Iowa
Mark Salisbury is a doctoral student in Student Affairs Administration and Research and a research assistant in the Center for Research on Undergraduate Education at the University of Iowa. He was the co-principle researcher on the University of Iowa
Internationalization Assessment Project in conjunction with the American Council onEducation Internationalization Laboratory. Salisbury is also a recipient of the 2007 Paul Opstad Scholarship for his work on behalf of international students. He
has over a decade of experience working in higher education, including programming for international and honors students, researching and implementing strategic initiatives for enrollment planning, advising undergraduates, and coaching intercollegiate soccer at three different institutions. He earned his Master’s Degree in American Studies from the University of Kansas in 1997.
2007 Recipient - Dawn Graham, Purdue University
Dawn Graham is a fourth-year doctoral candidate in counseling psychology
at Purdue University. She is presenting her two-year longitudinal study on intercultural competence and problem solving among short-term study abroad students. She has worked at Purdue’s Study Abroad Office for the past two-and-a-half years under the direction of Assistant Dean Brian Harley and Dean Riall Nolan. Her current studies continue to bridge the disciplines of psychology and international education. She studied as an undergraduate in the UK and has traveled to more than 20 countries. Graham received her Bachelor of Science in psychology from the University of Evansville and her Master of Arts in applied behavioral science: counseling from Valparaiso University in Indiana.
2006 Recipient - Michele S. Schwietz, University of Pittsburgh
has over 20 years of experience in research and administration and is the Assistant Dean od Research at IUP. She has written grant proposals funded by the U.S. Department of Education and the Kresge Foundation.
2005 Co-Recipients - Jill Hermsen, University of Missouri, Columbia; Nicole Lamers, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Timothy J. Rutenber Award
Rutenber Award Nomination Form 2012 (14 KB)
The Timothy J. Rutenber Award is a new award established to honor AIEA members who have rendered long-term and outstanding service to the Association. This occasional award is named for the late Timothy J. Rutenber, who served as Director of the Secretariat and Treasurer of AIEA until his death in 2004. An associate member of AIEA since 1992, Rutenber was an outstanding manager of the day-to-day affairs of AIEA and a wise steward of the Association's resources. His work on behalf of AIEA epitomizes the ideal of service excellence. In his name, awardees will be recognized at the Annual Conference for truly exceptional service of long duration to AIEA. To be eligible, nominees must be current AIEA members and have been actively involved in AIEA for more than five years.
2011 Recipient - Riall Nolan, Purdue University
2010 Recipient - None Awarded
2009 Recipient - Joseph D. Tullbane, St. Norbert College
2008 Recipient - Duleep Deosthale, Knowledge Exchange Institute
2007 Recipient - Earl Kellogg, University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana
2006 Recipient - Judy C. Young, University of Texas at Arlington
Counselors
Counselor-status is awarded by AIEA to long-standing members of AIEA who have made significant contributions to the organization throughout the years. The Executive Committee of AIEA votes to bestow counselor-status on deserving members.
George C. Christensen, Iowa State University
Burkhart Holzner, University of Pittsburgh
Margaret A. Kidd, University of Texas at Austin
Edward H. Moseley, University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
Joe W. Neal, Texas International Education Consortium
Gerald M. Slavin, The University of New Mexico
Ralph H. Smuckler, Washington D.C.
Earl Kellogg, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
John C. Heyl, Old Dominion University
HONORARY MEMBER
Dr. Oscar Arias, Former President of Costa Rica, Nobel Laureate (Peace)