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.

 

2025 Award Winner

South Carolina Women in Higher Education (SCWHE)

 
 

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.

2024: University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) Roundtable on Empowerment in Leadership and Leveraging Aspirations (UMBrella)

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 Network–Ohio (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.


​​​​Sponsor

This award is generously sponsored by Sophia Learning.

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​​​​Learn More

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

ACE Women's Network