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Civic Learning Wins 2 National Awards in 2008

NASPA Excellence Grand Gold Award

JMU OJA Receives Award

JMU Office of Judicial Affairs receives 2008 NASPA award: Joe Cassidy, Director of NASPA Excellence Awards Program; Wendy Young, Associate Director of Judicial Affairs; and Jilliam Joe, Center for Assessment and Research Studies.

The NASPA Excellence Grand Gold Award recognizes the contributions of members who are transforming higher education through outstanding programs, innovative services, and effective administration. In receiving the Grand Gold Award, the Civic Learning Program (for its mentoring and site components) was recognized as the highest achiever among more than 200 applicants. Members of the Office of Judicial Affairs and the Center for Assessment and Research Studies attended the NASPA conference in Boston in March 2008 to accept the award. For more information on this topic, please follow the links below:

NASPA Gold Award

ACPA CASD Emerging Best Practices in Student Affairs Assessment Award

This award was developed in 2006 to recognize innovative and high quality student affairs evaluation and assessment plans being implemented by ACPA members. In 2008, the Civic Learning program was recognized for its best practices. For more information on this topic, please follow the link below:

http://www.myacpa.org/comm/assessment/best_practices08.cfm

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