APA
Awards & Recognition Committee
APA Scholarships
1. Organize and carry out a fund drive each year to enhance the APA Scholarship Fund. A report of fund balances should be made at monthly Committee Chair meetings.
2. Carry out procedures for naming scholarship recipients (per guidelines) when there are enough dollars available to award scholarship
University Distinguished Service Award
1. Secure and coordinate nominations of APA members for the University's Distinguished Service Award. The APA designee to the University Distinguished Service Award Committee should help advise your committee on the process of nominating members for this award.
2. Present a recommended timetable for this process at the October APA Executive Board meeting. Plan on the assistance of APA officers and board to help with the nomination process.
Spring Luncheon
1. Work with PSSO and other appropriate committees of APA to plan a luncheon in the spring (April or May). At this luncheon PSSO and APA awards will be given to members.
2. Secure nominations, choose recipients, and present APA awards at the Spring Luncheon. Awards given by APA are the: Outstanding New Professional Award, Outstanding Professional Award recognizing an outstanding
administrator/professional with five or more years of service to
Western Michigan University. (Nominee does not need to be an APA member.), and the Tony Griffin Service Award recognizing outstanding service to
APA by a member.
3. Plans for this event should be presented to the APA Executive Board at its December meeting.
Officer, executive board, and committee chair recognition
1. Plan a program of recognition for the May General Membership meeting for APA members who have served as officer, board members, or committee chairs for the previous year. This should include a gift or memento for each person. It may include appreciation awards.
2. Plan an installation ceremony to introduce the newly elected officers and board to the APA membership at the September General Membership meeting. Participation of the out-going officers and board may be considered in this ceremony.
Committee chairs and executive board meetings
A committee report will be mandatory at each monthly Committee Chairs Meeting (first Friday of the month). This report will be combined with other Committee Reports and presented by the Vice President at the monthly meeting of the APA Executive Board (second Friday of the month.) If the Committee Chair is not able to attend a meeting your report must be submitted in writing to the Vice President prior to the monthly Committee Chairs meeting.