UPCEA takes great pride in honoring exemplary colleagues, students, programs, and research. The Association recognizes institutional excellence, individual achievement, and contributions to the field of professional, continuing, and online education through its awards program.
Adelle F. Robertson Emerging Professional Continuing Educator Award
Jayzona Alberto
Stanford University
Julius M. Nolte Award for Extraordinary Leadership
Nelson C. Baker
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phillip E. Frandson Award for Literature
New Models of Higher Education: Unbundled, Rebundled, Customized, & DIY
Edited by Aaron M. Brower and Ryan J. Specht-Boardman, University of Wisconsin Extended Campus
UPCEA Business & Operations Award for Operational Excellence
Annette Webb
University of California, Riverside
UPCEA Engagement Award
California Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network
Stanford University
UPCEA Excellence In Advancing Student Success Award
WKU CARES
Western Kentucky University
UPCEA Outstanding Service in Postsecondary Instructional Design
Holly Fiock
Purdue University
Dorothy Durkin Award For Strategic Innovation In Marketing and/or Enrollment Management
Therese M. Grohman
Northwestern University
UPCEA Excellence In Teaching Award
Karen S. I. Gebhardt
University of Colorado Boulder
UPCEA Innovation in Alternative Credentials Award
Micro-credential Initiative
Kennesaw State University
UPCEA International Program Of Excellence Award
International Leadership Through Partnership: Master’s of Data Science Programme
Northwestern University
UPCEA Leadership In Diversity and Inclusive Excellence Award
Office of Educational Equity
University of Phoenix
UPCEA Outstanding Professional, Continuing, And/Or Online Education Student Awards: Credit And Noncredit
Nancy Khasungu Makale
University of Pennsylvania
UPCEA Outstanding Program Awards: Credit
Cannabis Science and Operations Undergraduate Certificate
Saint Louis University
UPCEA Outstanding Program Awards: Noncredit
Institute on Pedagogy and Technology for Online Courses
Columbia University
UPCEA Research and Scholarship Award
Kimberly M. Underwood
University of Phoenix
UPCEA Strategic Innovation In Online Education Award
Online Self-Paced Prerequisite Courses
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
You can find more information about the UPCEA awards program and peruse the accomplishments of past award recipients on the UPCEA Awards website.
Click here to view the 2022 Association Award Recipients.