Each year ACUHO-I honors individuals who — through their work, effort, and spirit — have left an indelible mark on the association and the campus housing profession. We honor those individuals each year at the conference and they, in turn, earn a permanent spot on the ACUHO-I Wall of Honor so that future generations can see their names, honor their memories, and be inspired by the paths they have blazed.

ACUHO-I AWARDDON MOORE

During the course of his career, Don Moore gave freely

of his time and talent to all aspects of the profession. After receiving his J.D. in 1957 from Emory Law School, he became one of the most knowledgeable people in higher education law, a new and evolving issue for the time. He was an outstanding speaker on legal issues and provided significantly to the evolving literature base as well. For all of that and more, he is recognized as the 2014 ACUHO-I Award winner.

After a career that spanned some four de-cades, Moore retired as the vice president for student affairs at Oglethorpe Uni-versity in 1999. He began his housing career at Emory University in 1956 and was involved in some aspect of housing and residence life throughout his career.

Many of his ACUHO-I mentors were the original founders of the associa-tion. He followed in their footsteps as the president of ACUHO during the 1971 conference at Colorado State University. He was an editorial board member for the association’s Journal and a contributing author to several monographs and articles.

In addition, he served as the SWACUHO pres-ident in 1969-70. In the mid-1960s, Moore was one of the four founders of SEAHO and served as the first conference host and president in 1964-65 when he hosted the conference at Emory University in 1965. Don Moore continually demonstrated his commit-ment to the improvement of his profession. The history of his professional engagement is long and illustrates the depth he brought to the profession.

The ACUHO-I Award is, quite simply, the highest recognition the association can bestow upon a member.

This award, presented to an individual who has retired from the profession, recognizes the full scope of his or her outstanding contributions. This award honors those who have made a career of contributing to ACUHO-I as well as the field of campus housing and food service.

Originally presented in 1964 to S. Earl Thompson, the first president of ACUHO-I, the award has since been bestowed upon a wide variety of individuals. Regardless of what positions they have held or at what institutions they have worked, what the honorees all hold in common is an unwavering commitment to the profession.

OUTSTANDING CORPORATE FRIEND AWARDANDY McDADE

Andy McDade has served as the Presi-dent of On Campus

Marketing since 1986. Prior to that he was a community advisor, student manager, and graduate assistant at The College of New Jersey. His experiences there helped launch the original care package fundraising program. Today he is the winner of the ACUHO-I Outstanding Corporate Friend Award.

By designing products and services that students and parents appreciate, he has helped develop a dialogue between the cam-puses and families that has become a valuable part of college life. He has shown that fundraising can go beyond financial support; it can have a heart rooted deeply in what’s best for campus organizations and

fostering student success.

In his nomination it was noted that McDade has “been a constant and consis-tent supporter of ACUHO-I and the ACUHO-I Founda-tion. Whether it is sponsor-ing events and activities, or the giving of time from he and his staff, he has supported every level of our association.”

For more than 26 years, McDade has served and shared his knowledge with ACUHO-I, NACURH, and ACPA on a national and regional basis. Above all, he is most proud that he supports and leads a won-derful group of profession-als at OCM. More than a company, they have always been a close-knit team focused solely on the needs of students, campuses and families.

For the most dedicated ACUHO-I corporate members, their involvement goes beyond the bottom line. Even though they may spend most of their time in an office, a board room, an exhibit hall, a factory, or on the road, that doesn’t mean they are any less interested in optimizing the student living experience.

The winners of ACUHO-I’s Outstanding Corporate Friend Award are motivated by more than profits as they provide invaluable products and services, sponsor events, contribute to the ACUHO-I Foundation, and offer valuable insights and feedback on the direction of ACUHO-I and its activities. They collaborate with customers as they offer solutions. They are an integral piece of the campus housing puzzle.

JAMES L. HURD AWARDTONIE MIYAMOTO

Noted as a “pro-gressive, inclusive leader” as well as

an individual “committed to supporting social justice, inclusive organizations and communities, and princi-ples of diversity,” Tonie Mi-yamoto is the 2014 James L. Hurd Award honoree.

As the director of communications and sus-tainability for housing and dining services at Colorado State University, her team oversees marketing, public relations, web communi-cations, social media, mul-timedia, and sustainability for a live-in population of 7,000 students.

Actively involved in ACUHO-I since 2006, Miyamoto has served as the chair of the Marketing and Communications Commit-tee, as well as various roles with the Business Opera-tions Conference including

local events and volunteers chair, the program chair, and conference chair. She also is a regular contributor to the Talking Stick mag-azine and has presented numerous times at the ACUHO-I Annual Confer-ence & Exposition as well as the ACUHO-I Business Operations Conference, establishing herself as a “consummate professional, eager to share information and knowledge with col-leagues and to collaborate with others.”

Of her work with ACUHO-I, it was said she always meets it “with dedication, energy, and enthusiasm,” and that there are “few others who have always been an outstanding role model for not only professionals of color but for all within the university community and our profes-sional organizations.”

As the first African-American president of ACUHO-I, it is appropriate that the award that recognizes outstanding contributions by a member of color be named in James Hurd’s honor.

A former Tuskegee Airman, Hurd was an Air Force pilot during the Korean War. Later he earned a master’s degree in education psychology from Howard University. He would also serve that university as auxiliary enterprises director.

His understated approach could be summed up at the conclusion of the 1976 annual conference. In his presidential address he said, “I won’t take credit for any of [the smoothness of the conference], but the mere fact that you are part of something, you just feel good, and you see things moving so swell and so fine. So many, many people are responsible for that.”

HERSTORY AWARDROSANNE PROITE

Dr. Rosanne Proite is the director of the department of

housing and residential Life at Texas State University and the winner of the 2014 Herstory Award. She has served Texas State since 2007 and previously served as the executive director for campus life at the Univer-sity of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, director of housing and residence life at Florida Atlantic University, asso-ciate director of housing for residential life at the University of Illinois at Ur-bana-Champaign, assistant director of housing and din-ing services at Kansas State University, and residence hall director at the Universi-ty of Iowa.

In her work she “helped connect, share ideas, and provide resources to those who would eventually take on key roles.” In addition, it was noted she “has been actively involved with well over $60 million in the

planning, design, and con-struction of seven new res-idence hall complexes and the renovation of historic residence halls on several campuses across the United States.”

Proite has served on a variety of ACUHO-I com-mittees, including being a very early member of the ACUHO-I Women’s Issues Committee (1990 to 1992). She served on the Program Committee, the Research and Information Commit-tee and was the secretary on the ACUHO-I Executive Board. She also contrib-uted to the ACUHO-I online course on campus architecture, sharing her “well-rounded perspective” as well as a “depth of knowl-edge, worthy of sharing.”

ACUHO-I is proud of its history of inclusion and has been fortunate to have had several female professionals impact both the association and the profession.

With leaders such as Deanne Molinari, ACUHO-I’s first female president, or Carmen Vance, the founding chair of the ACUHO-I Foundation, women have been instrumental in all that the association has achieved.

This award honors all the past women presidents of ACUHO-I and is presented in recognition of an outstanding woman professional who has served campus housing through courage, leadership, a pioneering spirit, honor, and commitment. This award recognizes the association’s past, celebrates its future, and encourages more women to lead within ACUHO-I.

ROELF VISSER GLOBAL INITIATIVES AWARDRICHARD KINGTON

An “innovator who builds strong relationships with

stakeholder groups as he leads with passion and pur-pose, striving for excellence in relation to the student experience,” Richard King-ton is this year’s winner of the Roelf Visser Global Initiatives Award.

Kington has been director of accommodation services at the University of Edinburgh for 11 years and a supporter of ACUHO-I for much of that time by attending numerous activi-ties and initiatives including the annual conference, the ACUHO-I Global Housing Summit, and several study tours. Active within the UK based College and Univer-sities Business Officers (CUBO), he was instrumen-tal in CUBO becoming an

ACUHO-I affiliate in 2010. Kington currently sits on the association’s member-ship committee focusing in particular on retaining cur-rent international members and further growing the association’s international membership.

Kington’s own experi-ences with ACUHO-I have enabled the University of Edinburgh to significantly expand and develop its residence life activities, support, and programs. Re-cruitment of residence life professionals from the Unit-ed States was an important part of that development. The university continues to evolve its residence life ac-tivities, helped significantly by the many opportunities he and his team have had to engage with ACUHO-I and its members.

When the “I” was added to ACUHO-I, it meant a world of difference. Formally adopted in 1980, the “I” made a statement that the impact of the association would reach not just across the country, but across the continent and the world.

Roelf Visser, who was instrumental in the formation of the ACUHO-I Southern Africa Chapter, epitomized those ideals. His skill in working with all races and ethnicities enabled him to enact dramatic change, and he possessed a vibrant energy for his work, his housing colleagues, and his country. The award in his name honors those who show dedication to ACUHO-I’s strategic internationalization goals and who have made significant contributions to extending the profession’s global network.

JUDY SPAIN AWARDSHIGEO IWAMIYA

In his career, Shigeo Iwamiya has worked at several campuses and

worn several different lead-ership hats. Currently, the ACUHO-I LGBT Network chair and an ACUHO-I Foundation regional repre-sentative, he also has been the MACUHO president, a Rutgers University LGBT task force member, and even the New York Gay Football League assistant commissioner. Still, for all his titles, many cited his intangible elements when nominating him to be the winner of the 2014 Judy Spain Award.

Of Iwamiya, one wrote that, he was an “active member of the Rutgers University LGBT Center and its Safe Zone training program. As a chief hous-ing officer, he illustrates openness and support to his students and colleagues... Between his campus role and his personal leadership, he is an ideal role model for

the LGBT community.”

Another noted that, “Ensuring that others do not feel alone is Shigeo’s most endearing character-istic. At the 2010 Annual Conference I witnessed Shigeo intentionally invite new-to-ACUHO-I young professionals to the planned LGBT “Out On the Town.” This event, quickly becom-ing an annual tradition, was an opportunity early into the conference for LGBT professionals and their allies to gather after the conference reception.”

In addition, it was said that, “Based on his own personal experiences, he is willing to share his journey through life to assist others in learning about difference either for themselves or in relation to others,” and that, “He has generated excite-ment for what it means to be equal and by being true to himself has become a mentor and friend to so many.”

While director of residence halls at The University of Wisconsin-Stout, Judy Spain once said, “The place where a student lives has a tremendous effect on his education. If students are unhappy where they live, this is going to have an effect on their studies.”

When she made this statement, she was referring to a new policy that allowed students to personalize their rooms. It also could refer to her tireless efforts to improve the student experience. Along with serving ACUHO-I, she was the first female president of UMR-ACUHO and was highly involved with NACURH. In her career she was a mentor to many staff and students as well as an inspiration to all LGBT individuals and their allies. For that reason her name graces the award honoring those who contribute to the LGBT community through activities that promote positive growth, development, and education.

RESEARCH & PUBLICATION AWARDNORBERT W. DUNKEL & JAMES A. BAUMANN

Last year ACUHO-I published the six-vol-ume Campus Housing

Management book set. Since then professionals have been “incorporating chapters into staff devel-opment plans,” using it as “a cornerstone of many conversations with staff,” and repeatedly referencing it during professional devel-opment events such as the ACUHO-I Chief Housing Officers Institute. For their work “coaching writers to editing chapters to nudg-ing authors along” project editors Norbert Dunkel and James Baumann earned the 2014 ACUHO-I Research and Publication Award.

Since publication, the books have been described as “a major contribution to the scholarship in housing and residence life,” “the quintessential go-to pub-

lication for every housing professional, student affairs professional, or anyone with an interest in campus housing,” and “the defin-itive compilation of our work in campus housing.”

Dunkel is the associate vice president for student affairs at the University of Florida while Baumann serves as the director of communications for ACUHO-I. Their nomina-tions praised the “work that went into these books; from selecting, mentoring, and encouraging authors… to revising draft after draft.” In addition, it was said, “Their ability to see this project through from vision to the end result – a book series that summarizes a wealth of knowledge for the housing professional – is truly a gift to the housing profession.”

Campus housing professionals rely on research and data to guide them in their work. One must remember that many of today’s tried-and-true practices were once just theories and hypothesis. The ability to make educated choices is due to the individuals who analyze and assess the profession. In addition, we recognize those who approach both operations and administration with an academic eye, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.

Through this award, ACUHO-I honors those individuals who made a significant contribution to the body of research and publications related to campus housing. By rewarding those who have laid the path, we are confident there are many more discoveries on the road ahead.

ROBERT P. COOKETALKING STICK ARTICLE AWARDKATHY BUSH HOBGOOD & VERNA GARDNER HOWELL

What are the qual-ities that every campus housing

professional should posses? Kathy Bush Hobgood and Verna Gardner Howell set out to answer that question with their Taking Stick article “The Quintessential Professional.” By providing that answer in a way in which judges noted was “applicable to all levels and all areas within the student housing industry” and also for being “well written and [providing] a good range of additional resources for further reading” they are honored with the 2014 Robert P. Cooke Talking Stick Article of the Year award.

Bush Hobgood has worked in campus housing for 21 years and currently

is the director of residential life at Clemson University. Gardner Howell recently retired from Clemson as the associate vice president for student affairs, having worked at the institution since 1980. Together they crafted an article that explored the idea of going “beyond the concept of doing your job well in the technical sense” to look at “a habits-of-mind skill set that must also be acquired.”

In the article they write “becoming a quintessential professional is about who you are and who you want to be. It is about what you do and why you do it.” With their article, not only did they describe professional-ism, they demonstrated it in a most vibrant manner.

In 1983 ACUHO-I members received the first issue of the Talking Stick magazine, a new publication designed to provide individuals with a self-study resource and to respond to issues facing campus housing in a timely manner. The first editor was Robert P. Cooke, then the director of housing at the University of Texas at Austin.

When the Talking Stick magazine was launched, replacing the previous association newsletter, it was Cooke who worked with the executive board to establish the publication standards that would lead production of the magazine. Now, each year his name honors an article that epitomizes the insight and education that campus housing professionals have come to expect from their association.

Th

e Journ

al of College and

Un

iversity Studen

t Hou

sing

Association of College & University Housing Officers – International

• Sexiled: Privacy Acquisition Strategies of College Roommates

• The Impact of Being a Resident Assistant on Intercultural Effectiveness and Socially

Responsible Leadership Development During College

• Adding Breadth and Depth to College and University Residential Communities:

A Phenomenological Study of Faculty-in-Residence

• Does It Matter Where College Students Live? Differences in Satisfaction and Outcomes

as a Function of Students’ Living Arrangement and Gender

• New to the Neighborhood: Community Perspectives on Off-campus Student Housing

• Invitational Engineering in the Residence Halls

• Looking For a Good Educator-Architect-Social Engineer? Start with Today’s Housing

Professional: Invitational Engineering—Good Counsel Then and Now

• Religion and Spirituality

• Making Room at the Inn: Implications of Christian Legal Society v. Martinez for

Public College and University Housing Professionals

• Accommodating the Spiritual and Cultural Practices of Native American College

and University Students

• The Coming Out Process Among Non-religious Undergraduate Students: Implications

for Residence Life Professionals

• Fostering Fellowship: Church Participation of Students Living On Campus

• Spiritual Exchange in Pluralistic Contexts: Sharing Narratives Across Worldview

Differences

• Incorporating Religiosity, Spirituality, and Mindfulness into the Professional

Development of Residence Life Staff

Volume 40, No. 2 • 2014

Volume 41, No. 1 • 2014

Religion and Spirituality Theme Issue

Vol. 40, No. 2 / Vol. 41, N

o. 1 • 2014

The Journal of College and University Student Housing

The Journal of College and University Student Housing

Volume 40, No. 2 + Volume 41, No. 1 • 2014

ACUHOjournal-CoverFNL Apr1.indd 1 4/1/14 9:57 PM

BETTY L. HARRAHJOURNAL MANUSCRIPT AWARDDANIELLE TWIGG

The winner of the 2014 Betty L. Harrah Journal Manuscript

of the Year Award, titled “New to the Neighborhood: Community Perspectives on Off-campus Student Housing,” was authored by Danielle Twigg. Her article was distinctive in that it focused on community perceptions of off-cam-pus student housing in Australia. Given the unique context of the study, this study broadens the scope of how one might think about issues in student housing. Moreover, this inquiry used a mixed method approach that added rigor to the work and illuminated partici-pants’ voices. The selection committee was impressed by the strength of Twigg’s writing and her attention to the ways in which housing professionals can work

with the local community to improve students’ living experiences.

Twigg is an adjunct professor currently working with both Griffith Uni-versity in Australia and Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Following careers as an early childhood teacher and researcher in both Australia and North America, Twigg worked for the Australian government on strategic initiatives in relation to achieving universal access to quality kindergarten pro-grams for all children. She also teaches in the area of higher education adminis-tration which allows her to follow her growing interest in the lived experiences of learners from childhood to adulthood in the Age of Technology.

Each year a manuscript from the Journal of College & University Student Housing is honored for its organization, research, and originality as well as its educational value and its significance to the campus housing profession. In recognition of her contributions, this award is named for Betty L. Harrah.

A dedicated professional at Ball State University and a noted mentor to many students, Harrah was honored as the first recipient of the James C. Grimm Leadership and Service Award, as well as the ACUHO-I Award. A self-described “individual who enjoyed the fine art of argument” and who also valued professional development and the professionalism of ACUHO-I publications, Harrah left her mark on both her institutions and her association.

Th

e Journ

al of College and

Un

iversity Studen

t Hou

sing

Association of College & University Housing Officers – International

• Sexiled: Privacy Acquisition Strategies of College Roommates

• The Impact of Being a Resident Assistant on Intercultural Effectiveness and Socially

Responsible Leadership Development During College

• Adding Breadth and Depth to College and University Residential Communities:

A Phenomenological Study of Faculty-in-Residence

• Does It Matter Where College Students Live? Differences in Satisfaction and Outcomes

as a Function of Students’ Living Arrangement and Gender

• New to the Neighborhood: Community Perspectives on Off-campus Student Housing

• Invitational Engineering in the Residence Halls

• Looking For a Good Educator-Architect-Social Engineer? Start with Today’s Housing

Professional: Invitational Engineering—Good Counsel Then and Now

• Religion and Spirituality

• Making Room at the Inn: Implications of Christian Legal Society v. Martinez for

Public College and University Housing Professionals

• Accommodating the Spiritual and Cultural Practices of Native American College

and University Students

• The Coming Out Process Among Non-religious Undergraduate Students: Implications

for Residence Life Professionals

• Fostering Fellowship: Church Participation of Students Living On Campus

• Spiritual Exchange in Pluralistic Contexts: Sharing Narratives Across Worldview

Differences

• Incorporating Religiosity, Spirituality, and Mindfulness into the Professional

Development of Residence Life Staff

Volume 40, No. 2 • 2014

Volume 41, No. 1 • 2014

Religion and Spirituality Theme Issue

Vol. 40, No. 2 / Vol. 41, N

o. 1 • 2014

The Journal of College and University Student Housing

The Journal of College and University Student Housing

Volume 40, No. 2 + Volume 41, No. 1 • 2014

ACUHOjournal-CoverFNL Apr1.indd 1 4/1/14 9:57 PM