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Rodie-Keintz Outstanding Staff Mentor AwardWhat is the purpose of this award? The Rodie-Keintz Staff Outstanding Staff Mentor Award is given to a staff member within ACUI Region 13 who has worked in the college union field for at least five years. Staff members qualified for this award must have served as an outstanding mentor, role model, and educator for students, graduate or undergraduate, and new professionals, in the student affairs/college union field. Qualified individuals must be considered encouraging and supportive for new professional entering this field and/or students who are considering a student affairs career. The award winner will have made contributions to the education, professional development, and continued success of students and new professionals in the field and be seen by these individuals as an example of professional excellence. What/Who is Rodie-Keintz? Rodie-Keintz is in fact the last names of two exemplary individuals who have made a dramatic contribution to Region 13 and their respective ACUI Member institutions. Monika Rodie is the Associate Director of the Shepherd Student Union at Weber State University. She has been involved in the Association of College Unions International for most of her career in the college union field, serving for four years as the Regional Director for Region 13 from 1997-2001. Rodie championed new professional issues and programs during her years as the Regional Director. The New Professional Development Series was implemented as a part of the Regional Conference and Rodie personally served on a regional committee for the development of new professional programs for five years. Her vision and commitment have kept the new professional program as a premiere program of ACUI Region 13. Brian Keintz was the Associate Director of the University of Arizona Student Unions at the University of Arizona. He had been a part of the Region 13 Leadership Team for ten years working at two other institutions in Region 13, including Colorado State University and the University of Wyoming. Keintz had been a strong advocate for new professional programs within Region 13 since 1992 when he began working at the University of Wyoming. Keintz designed, with the new professional committee, the New Professional Development Series for the 1997 Regional Conference and had been a part of planning and delivering this program every year. He served on the Conference Program Team for the 2001 ACUI conference in Albuquerque, NM where he led the effort to put the new professionals program in place at a national level. In 2005, Brian accepted the position of Director, University Center and Auditorium at Florida, Atlantic University. Region 13 will be forever grateful for his contributions. Qualities exemplified by a Staff Mentor award winner " Candidate is involved in the college union/higher education/student
affairs field through professional organization contributions and campus
involvement.
The successful candidate must: Selection Process 1. Nomination forms will be sent to all Region 13 members. The recipient of the Rodie-Keintz Outstanding Staff Mentor Award will be recognized during the Region 13 Fall Conference where they will receive an award of distinction honoring their service and dedication to the college union/student activities field. Further recognition will follow with a highlight of awards recipients to be included in the Region 13 Newsletter, The Western Wire. Deadline All nominations must be received by September 8, 2008. All nominators must fill out a nomination form and attach two letters of recommendation: one from a supporter student or staff from the nominee's home institution, and one from a colleague at another institution. Please send all nomination materials to: Patrick Nelson
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