NAFSA International Education Award for Leadership and Collaboration

1. The primary nominator must be a current NAFSA member. Current members of the NAFSA Board of Directors and NAFSA staff are not eligible for consideration. Individuals may not self-nominate.  
2. The nomination requires submission of the nominee’s résumé or c.v. 
3. The nominee has at least 15 years of leadership in international education, an appreciable portion of which should be in policymaking positions in organizations or institutions with a recognized role in international educational exchange.  The nominee does not need to be a NAFSA member.
4. The nominee has documented collaborative contributions in at least two of the following areas:
   1. Fostering collaborative relationships among individuals and organizations within or outside the United States, leading to greater opportunities for educational exchange participants or practitioners
   2. Conceptualizing, initiating, and managing international education programs of a significant scale
   3. Helping practitioners with diverse ideas and approaches to reach agreement on new or improved international education programs
   4. Mentoring of younger professionals, helping them advance in their careers in international education 
5. Nominations must include two additional letters of support. Letters of support may be from NAFSA members or from non-members.

If the nominee is not awarded in the first year of submission, the nomination will carry over for one year for consideration as long as the nomination remains eligible for the award. The primary nominator must meet the award criteria on each deadline for the next year. NAFSA does not bestow posthumous awards.

Nominations that do not comply with the award criteria or nomination procedures will not be considered.
 

The awardee will receive:

• Complimentary registration to attend NAFSA Annual Conference to receive this award
• Recognition at a NAFSA Annual Conference
• Acknowledgement on signage at the NAFSA Annual Conference and on the NAFSA website
• A video interview to be hosted on the NAFSA website
• An opportunity to review Shared Interest proposals for a future annual conference
• A framed recognition plaque to display at their home or office or a donation made in their honor to a charity in partnership with NAFSA
• An invitation to write a NAFSA blog post on their connections to international education, NAFSA leadership, etc.

Listed below are the past recipients of the International Education Award for Leadership and Collaboration with their professional affiliations at the time of the award presentation.

• Cynthia Green, Florida State University (2023)
• Hilary Landorf, Florida International University (2022)
• David Levin, U.S. Deportment of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (2019)
• Shelby Lewis, Clark Atlanta University (2018)
• Ally Calhoun Mack, Jackson State University (2016)
• M. Peter McPherson, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) (2016)
• Scott Stevens, University of Delaware (2015)
• Mary Sue Coleman, University of New Mexico (2014)
• Julia Chang Bloch, U.S.-China Education Trust (USCET) (2001)
• Zuhair A.G. Humadi, Higher Committee for Education Development (HCED), Government of Iraq (2010)
• Caroline Matano Yang, Fulbright Program (2009)
• Ward Chamberlin, American Field Service (2008)
• Christian Bode, German Academic Exchange Service (2007)- Read Bode's acceptance speech
• Humphrey Tonkin, University of Hartford (2006)
• Harriet Fulbright, Fulbright Program (2005)
• Alice Stone Ilchman, Jeannette K. Watson Fellowships (2004)
• Axel Markert, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (2004)