ACE State Network Leadership Award

 

​​The ACE State Network Leadership Award for the Advancement of Women in Higher Education recognizes an outstanding and innovative program, sponsored by a state network within the ACE Women’s Network or by an ACE member ​college or university, that helped advance or support women or women’s issues in higher education.

 

2024 Award Winner

University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) Roundtable on Empowerment in Leadership and Leveraging Aspirations (UMBrella)

 
 

Past Award Recipients​​

ACE has bestowed the ACE State Network Leadership Award since 2004, when the Inland Northwest Women in Higher Education Roundtable (WHER) ​​​​​​​​​​​ became the first recipient. Click to expand the area below to learn more about our past recipients.

2023: Executive Leadership in Academic Technology, Engineering and Science (ELATES) at Drexel University

2022: Higher Education Resource Services (HERS)

2021: ACE Women’s Network of Florida

2020: Women in Education Initiative of Mott Community College in Michigan​

2019: ACE Women’s NetworkOhio (ACE WNO)

2018: University of South Carolina's Women's Leadership Institute

2017: Oregon State University's Difference, Power and Discrimination (DPD) program

2016: Michigan ACE Network for Women Leaders in Higher Education

2015: Virginia Tech’s Women's Leadership and Mentoring Program (WLMP)

2014: University of Alabama's Graduate Parents Support (GPS) program

2013: BRIDGES Academic Leadership for Women

2012: Asilomar Leadership Skills Seminar: Community College League of California (CCLC)

2011: University of California at San Francisco's Diversity Pipeline Initiative, Leadership Conference

2010: New Jersey State Network's annual "Women of Color" Conference

2009: North Dakota State University Focus on Resources for Women's Advancement, Recruitment/Retention and Development (FORWARD) Program

2008: University of Kentucky, Circles of Power: A Leadership Program for Women Faculty

2006: Virginia State Network Senior Leadership Seminar

2005: Michigan State Network

2004: Inland Northwest Women in Higher Education Roundtable (WHER)​​​​​​​​​​​

 
 

​Nominations Closed

The deadline to submit nominations has passed. If you have questions about the nomination process or the award, please contact us at womensnetwork@acenet.edu.

The award will be presented during the ACE Women's Leadership Reception in Washington, DC on February 13, 2025.


​​​​Learn More

If you have any questions about the ACE State Network Leadership Award, please email womensnetwork@acenet.edu.​​

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