ACE is now accepting applications for its annual awards, and
nomination deadlines are approaching fast.Winners will be honored at the ACE Experience 2025 (ACEx2025) and the ACE Women's
Leadership Dinner, both taking place in Washington, DC, from Feb. 12-14. Learn more about each award and how to apply below.
TIAA Institute Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for Leadership
Excellence in Higher Education
The TIAA
Institute Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence in Higher
Education is named in honor of the late Theodore M. Hesburgh, president
emeritus of the University of Notre Dame, esteemed leader in higher education,
and former member of the TIAA and CREF Boards of Overseers for 28 years. This
award is intended to recognize a current college or university
president/chancellor who embodies the spirit of the late Reverend Hesburgh, his
commitment to higher education, and his contributions to the greater good.
Nominations for this award close Nov. 8. ACE is thankful for
the TIAA Institute’s support of this award. Learn more about the
Hesburgh Award here.
ACE Donna Shavlik Award
The ACE
Donna Shavlik Award, established in 1999, honors an individual whose
leadership demonstrates a sustained commitment to advancing women in higher
education through actions or initiatives enhancing women’s leadership and
career development, campus climate, and mentoring of women. The award was created
to honor Donna Shavlik, past director of ACE’s former Office of Women in Higher
Education.
Nominations will be accepted through Nov. 12. ACE is
grateful to Fidelity Investments for its support of this award. Learn more here.
ACE State Network Leadership Award for the Advancement of
Women in Higher Education
The ACE
State Network Leadership Award for the Advancement of Women in Higher
Education, established in 2004, recognizes an innovative program sponsored by a
state network within the ACE Women’s Network or by a college or university that
helped advance or support women’s issues in higher education. ACE has bestowed
this award since 2004.
Nominations close Nov. 18. For more information and to
submit nominations, click
here.
ACE/Fidelity Investments Award for Institutional
Transformation
Established in 2014, the ACE/Fidelity Investments Award
for Institutional Transformation honors institutions that have responded to
challenges in innovative and imaginative ways that allow the institution to
thrive. The winners of the award, which includes a small and large school
category, each receive a $10,000 prize.
The application deadline is Nov. 21. ACE is grateful to
Fidelity Investments for its support of this award. Click
here to learn more.
Register for ACEx2025
Designed for presidents and chancellors, ACEx2025’s high-level perspectives
will focus on the critical national and international issues impacting higher
education.
Registration is now
open to both ACE members and non-members. Members can register at a
discounted rate, and through Oct. 31, non-members can join ACE at a 20 percent
discount off membership dues and register for ACEx2025 at the member rate.
Contact the ACE membership
department to learn more.