The John and Anne Hudzik Prize for Sustained Leadership in Higher Education Internationalization (Hudzik Prize) was established by former NAFSA president and chair of the NAFSA Board of Directors, John K. Hudzik and his wife, Anne. The Hudzik Prize is awarded to individuals who have made sustained contributions to internationalization in areas including administrative leadership, community engagement, education, and scholarship.
Candidates from anywhere in the world may be nominated for the Hudzik Prize by individuals or organizations from any country. The recipient will be chosen by a committee composed of senior higher education professionals representing a broad array of internationalization experience and will receive a monetary prize of U.S. $5,000. No more than one Hudzik Prize can be bestowed each year.
About John and Anne Hudzik
John Hudzik, PhD, served as the Michigan State University (MSU) dean and vice president of international programs from 1995 to 2010 and as acting university provost in 2005. He has been a distinguished champion for internationalization and an authority on its planning and execution for decades. Hudzik served as NAFSA president from 2008-2010, as a NAFSA Senior Fellow in 2015 and 2020, and authored several NAFSA publications: Comprehensive Internationalization: From Concept to Action in January 2011 and Comprehensive and Strategic Internationalization: Lessons Learned and Prospects in 2018.
John and his wife, Anne, have been married for 49 years; their story is a result of global education. Originally from Australia, Anne was the manager at a hotel in London when John arrived with MSU students on a program in 1974. Thus began what John calls their “life-long cross-cultural experience.” “Anne is thoroughly an internationalist through years of experience, viewpoint, and values,” he says:
"I hope the prize enables more individuals to step up to the plate and to be inventive contributors to the next generation of thinking about internationalization. And what I really hope is that the prize will call attention to the role of individual leaders and thinkers in advancing this field of internationalization." – John Hudzik
For more on the prize, read International Educator's interview with John Hudzik.
Call for Nominations
Deadline to apply is January 6, 2025.
Criteria
- Nominators can be individuals or organizations from any country. Each nomination must include a minimum of two nominators from different countries. One of the nominators must be a current NAFSA member. Self-nominations are permitted.
- A complete nomination requires submission of the nominee’s résumé or CV no longer than five pages and a completed nomination form.
- Current members of the NAFSA Board of Directors as of the application closing date (January 6, 2025) are not eligible for consideration nor to be nominators.
- NAFSA staff are not eligible for consideration nor to be nominators.
- The nominee does not need to be a NAFSA member.
- The nominee has demonstrated success in advancing the meaning, practice, and outcomes of higher education and has documented shaping internationalization programmatically and conceptually in the following areas, recognizing that strengths may vary by category:
- Administrative leadership:
- Evidence of the implementation of successful, strategic internationalization efforts at an institution or organization through administrative leadership.
- Community Engagement:
- Evidence of engagement of individuals or organizations external to the higher education institution through policy, advocacy, programming, or other strategies that expanded the impact of internationalization efforts to communities.
- Education:
- Evidence of a broad impact of internationalization efforts influencing the education sector through development of individuals in international education, formal or informal teaching or mentoring, and/or influencing policy or advocacy supporting higher education internationalization.
- Scholarship:
- Evidence of written work that has influenced public discourse on internationalization in higher education including thought leadership, refereed journal articles, books, or other publications.
- NAFSA does not bestow posthumous awards.
- Nominations that do not comply with the award criteria or nomination procedures will not be considered.
FAQs
Q: What language will be accepted in the nomination?
A: The nomination form and current résumé or CV must be submitted in English. Any citations to scholarship or other contributions can be included in any language.
Q: Do the nominators need to be citizens of two different countries?
A: Nominators do not have to be citizens of different countries but do have to represent two different international experiences in international education. NAFSA will not be verifying the citizenship of nominators.
Q: Does the nominee need to be based at a higher education institution?
A: No, the nominee does not need to be based at a higher education institution.
Q: Do the nominators need to be based at a higher education institution?
A: No, the nominators do not need to be based at a higher education institution.
Benefits and Recognition
The awardee will receive:
- A monetary prize in the amount of U.S. $5,000
- Complimentary registration to attend NAFSA Annual Conference and Expo to receive this award
- Recognition at the NAFSA Annual Conference and Expo
- A framed recognition plaque
