UCEA Awards Program

The UCEA awards program encourages and recognizes efforts and excellence within the educational leadership community. Award nominations should be submitted to UCEA Headquarters by May 30 of each year. 

• The Roald F. Campbell Award, given to senior colleague recognizing a lifetime of excellent achievement.



• The Jack A. Culbertson Award, given to a professor in the first six years of his or her career for some outstanding accomplishment.



• The William J.Davis Award, given annually to the author(s) of the most outstanding article to appear in Educational Administration Quarterly.



• The Excellence in Educational Leadership Award, given to practicing school administrators who have made significant contributions to the improvement of administrator preparation.



• The Paula Silver Case Award, given to an author of the most outstanding case published in the last volume of the UCEA Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership.



• The Master Professor Award, given to an individual faculty member whose record is so distinguished that UCEA must recognize this individual in a significant and timely manner.



• The Jay D. Scribner Mentoring Award, given to a educational leadership faculty who have made substantive contribution to the field by mentoring the next generation of students into roles as university research professors, while also recognizing the important role(s) mentors play in supporting and advising junior faculty.

Nominations for the Bridges, Campbell, Culbertson, Master Professor and Scribner awards are welcome from faculty member(s) of UCEA member institutions and partner institutions. Nominations should include four copies of the following:

• the candidate's curriculum vitae;
• a letter addressing the contributions of the nominee relative to one or more of the selection criteria;
• support letters from individuals who have been directly mentored by the nominee, and/or individuals who can attest to the nominee's mentoring strengths, are strongly encouraged.

A UCEA committee appointed by the Executive Director will review and evaluate the nominees. This committee will reserve the right to present this award to multiple candidates on any given year, or conversely, not to present this award should nominees not fully meet the selection criteria.

Deadline for nominations is May 30 and should be sent electronically to ucea@virginia.edu or by mail to: