NACCU New Professional Award

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About the NACCU New Professional Award

 

The New Professional Award is awarded annually to an individual who has made significant contributions to their institution, the industry and to the Association within a relatively short period of time.


2025 Award Sponsored by Secanda

 


Nominations

Nominations are open!

Submit your nomination here. 

Submissions Deadline: January 31, 2025


Details

Nomination/Selection Criteria

The NACCU New Professional Award recognizes an institutional member who is an early-industry professional. This person will have demonstrated exceptional initiative and made impactful contributions to the field in their short time in the industry, showcasing outstanding potential for future leadership roles through commitment to advancing industry practices and fostering positive change in their organization. This individual may be self-nominated or nominated by an individual from another NACCU institutional member, an individual from a NACCU Corporate member, or by the nominee’s institution. A nomination from the individual’s institution should illustrate the nominee’s contribution to the success or enhancement of the program, and may be submitted by a supervisor, faculty, staff, senior administrator, customer of the program, or a department that works with the identification and transaction system program. A letter of support from a colleague must be received with the nomination.

Criteria:

  • Achievement in the campus card industry or tangential auxiliary field
  • Demonstrated commitment to the card office ideal
  • Engaged in their role with the goal to improve the campus experience
  • Service to the Association
Award Selection

The Awards Committee Chair will determine whether the entry meets the eligibility requirements as well as obtaining any required supplemental documents. Each qualifying submission will be scored using a common scoring method individually by Awards Committee members. The Chair will collect scoring from committee members and tally a total score for each submission. The submission receiving top score will be the recipient.


NACCU New Professional Award Recipients

 

Markus Quon, University of California, IrvineMarkus Quon

University of California, Irvine

2024 recipient of the NACCU New Professional Award

Markus Quon has been characterized as open and willing to head in a new direction without hesitation, and possesses an amazing ability to open his thinking to new possibilities...    MORE

Nikayla Lampkins, Tufts UniversityNikayla Lampkins

Tufts University

2023 recipient of the NACCU New Professional Award

Nikayla attended her first NACCU conference in 2022 and has shown initiative by serving as a member of the Engagement Committee and contributing to the Guide to Going Mobile. She has been an active participant on the NACCU listserv and Listserv LIVE! events.   MORE

 

Wayne Fields, UCI IrvineWayne Fields

University of California - Irvine

2022 recipient of the NACCU New Professional Award

This year’s recipient is known for his collaborative professional leadership, focus on retention, recovery and re-population of his campus due to COVID-19, and his immediate adoption of enthusiasm for NACCU participation and resource utilization. MORE

 

Jennifer McDonaldJennifer McDonald

Georgian College

2021 recipient of the NACCU New Professional Award

“I was touched and pleasantly surprised to find out that my colleagues had taken time out of their busy schedules to nominate me for this award,” said Jennifer. “When I joined the card industry a few short years ago, I very quickly realized what a valuable asset being a member of the NACCU community is. I was eager to give back to a group that had given me so much support and camaraderie. Thank you so much for this honor. It really means a lot to me to be recognized by such an incredible group of people.” MORE

 

Courtney PetrizziCourtney Petrizzi

The University of Alabama

2020 recipient of the NACCU New Professional Award

“I am incredibly honored to be the 2020 recipient of the New Professional Award,” said Courtney. “In 2017, when I first started in my position, I knew absolutely nothing about card systems, but that didn’t stop me from pouring my heart into everything I did on behalf of The University of Alabama.” MORE


 

William BourlierWilliam Bourlier

University of Southern California

2019 recipient of the NACCU New Professional Award

William joined USC in March 2015. He brought a high level of energy and creativity to the operation, and poured himself into the campus card environment. William made it his mission to learn as much as he could through NACCU’s listserv, web conferences, annual conferences, presentations, and networking. MORE

 

Erin ChezickErin Chezick

Carleton University

2018 recipient of the NACCU New Professional Award

Erin has made a significant impact since joining Campus Card at Carleton University. She developed and implemented a comprehensive student staffing process that has proven beneficial for all that have adopted it. MORE

 

Martha PerrotinMartha Perrotin

Colorado State University

2017 recipient of the NACCU New Professional Award

Since joining the Ram Card Office, Martha has led the design and implementation of SharePoint tools, devised to improve the data management of the front office transaction activity and ID production for efficient inventory and tracking. Additionally, she led the creation and implementation of vending work order SharePoint tool that manages and tracks work orders and communicates them to the respective vendors. MORE

  

2016: Melissa Hannah

2015: Angela Edge

2014: Scott Thompson

2013: Marsha Amanova

2012: Patrick Genest

 

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