SACE Awards NominationsPlease remember your opportunity to nominate fellow members for SACE awards. Nominations for board positions will be held at a later date due to the pending vote on a merger with SWACE. A message has gone out to all SACE members with a link to the Awards Nomination Form, which has a deadline of this coming Friday, November 3. Descriptions of the awards and criteria are available on the nominations form. Nominations will be accepted between now and 5:00 p.m. Friday, November 3. If you haven't received a nominations form message, please contact the SACE Office. SACE AWARDS are: The AJAX-Griffin
Distinguished Service Award Tracy
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Spotlight on New Member Organization- Welcome to SACE, Newell Rubbermaid! Newell Rubbermaid is very excited to be partnering
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Acknowledging the passing of two long-time SACE Members:
Patricia O'Connor, Ph.D., Duke University Director of Career Services (retired), former SACE President and Ajax-Griffin Award Winner, and long-time Parliamentarian for the SACE Annual Membership Meeting.
Dr. O'Connor was 78 years old, and passed away at the Duke Medical Center on September 9, 2006.
Leon Warren, North Carolina A&T State University, Director of Career Planning and Placement and Associate Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs for Career Services (retired), long-time SACE member.
Mr. Warren was 69 years old, and passed away at the Duke Medical Center on September 9, 2006.

Several members of SACE played active roles in the SWACE Conference held in New Orleans in June:
LACE members Kimberly Billedeau, Pamela Patton, Joan Gallagher, Julie Couret, Dustin Laroux, and Nicole Bush supplied information at the Hospitality Desk. Shannon Murphy served as Door Prize Co-Chair; Marian Minnard and Leonard Williams served as Co-Chairs of the Entertainment Committee. Carolyn Thomas served as Conference Co-Chair and received the President's Award. Congratulations!
A big thank you to our members for supporting SWACE and our upcoming merger!
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The NACE National Meeting & Exposition will take place May 29-June 1, 2007 at the New York Marriott Marquis at Times Square.
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Regional Roundup ... Reports from the StatesFloridaOn August 10 & 11 we held our Florida Career Professionals Association (FCPA) fall Board meeting. Traditionally we hold this meeting at the site of the upcoming conference. This gives us the opportunity to tour the facility and meet with our event coordinator. Dona Gaynor from Florida Institute of Technology is our Vice President and 2007 conference chair. She is already busy developing the menu, assembling committees and creating the conference theme and logo. Since the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort is our site, it’s almost obligatory to have a racing or NASCAR theme. During some of the lighter moments at the recent Board meeting we brainstormed about remote controlled car races and NASCAR jacket decorating contests. We’re all looking forward to another great FCPA conference next June 27-29. I’m sorry to announce that our FCPA Information Manager, Matt Cardin, has accepted a new job in the Boston area. We wish him much success and will sorely miss his devotion to FCPA and the Board. Our Past President, Mike Tooke, and I are busy with the search for a replacement. As several of the Board members scramble to fill in, we truly appreciate how important this position is to our organization. We recently polled our members to see how best to move forward with our goal of keeping the conference food and beverage costs down. We work hard to keep our conference fees down while still providing great meals and refreshment breaks. As many of you probably know, this is no small task. I am pleased to say that many of our members took time to respond with their thoughts and suggestions. Many commented about how much great networking occurs during these conference meals. All suggestions will be compiled and used as we finalize the menu for 2007 and begin to plan for conference 2008. If any of you have tackled this challenge and want to share your insight I would love to hear from you. My e-mail is gatchd@mccfl.edu. Due to travel budget restraints, I will not have the pleasure of attending the upcoming SACE conference. Mike Tooke will be there to represent FCPA. He is a veteran at this and will not only represent us well but will also thoroughly enjoy the opportunity to network with all of his SACE friends. I look forward to a report from Mike at our next Board meeting in January. FCPA truly values our close relationship with SACE and wishes you a very successful conference. Dee
Dee Gatch, FCPA President, Manatee Community College BACK TO REGIONAL ROUNDUP HEADLINE GeorgiaSo far, 2006 has been a very busy year for GACE and its members! GACE finished the school year in April with another fantastic statewide career fair. Our 2nd annual College-to-Career Fair showcased more than 150 employers and connected them to over 800 students from across the state. This GACE sponsored event provided employers with “Just the Right Candidate…at Just the Right Time.” Our 2006 GACE Conference was held in mid-May this year at Sea Palms Resort in St. Simons Island and what a great time we all had! Our theme was “Navigating the Career Jungle” which was facilitated by professional development sessions and exciting networking opportunities, including a Survival Team Trivia Challenge at the closing banquet. As for the upcoming year, the Board of Directors and Committee Chairs have already been brainstorming new ways to continue to develop GACE. I began my tenure as GACE President in August following some unusual circumstances (as I was originally slated for President Elect.) However, with the assistance and guidance of our past President and other long-time GACErs, I was able to hit the ground running and begin transitioning our new Board and Committee chairs into their respective roles. We have already begun planning our year by building on the successes of our past presidents. We intend to focus on developing and growing our membership, enhancing our technology, and providing outstanding networking events. Based on what I’ve seen so far, we have just the right group of individuals to turn these goals into realities.
Last, but certainly not least, GACE will be one of the sponsors this year for the opening conference event at the 2006 SACE Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. We look forward to seeing you there! Kristie Couch, Director of GeorgiaHIRE BACK TO REGIONAL ROUNDUP HEADLINE North CarolinaThree
NCACE Members Honored at 2006 Conference The Furney K. James Outstanding Service Award recognizes outstanding service rendered to NCACE by a member or former member of the association. The recipient of this year’s award was Dana Sumner, Associate Director of Employer Relations at the Meredith College Career Center. Dana has held a variety of leadership positions within NCACE, most recently serving on the 2005-2006 Executive Committee as a College Representative and Conference Co-Chair. She is also a past recipient of the North Carolina Career Development Association’s New Professional Award. Anyone who has met Dana can attest to her professionalism, enthusiasm and dedication to her students and the Association. Dr. Marie Sumerel, Director of Career Services with Meredith College was recognized by NCACE as the Outstanding Professional for 2006. Dr. Sumerel has 27 years of experience in the field of Career Development, Counseling and Leadership. Her experience is vast and includes work at small colleges, large universities as well as consulting and work in corporations. She is recognized as a publisher of career development related articles, a presenter at many regional and national conferences and was the first college career professional in North Carolina to develop and implement an internet-based career development course. The NCACE Outstanding Employer Award recognizes a company for its support of NCACE. This year’s recipient was Duke Energy. Scott Jolley and Holly Woodson accepted the award on behalf of the company. Duke Energy is a long-time member and steadfast supporter of the Association. Over the many years of supporting its employees’ membership in the Association, Duke Energy and its team members have contributed to the growth, leadership and success of NCACE. Employees of Duke Energy have served NCACE in positions that include conference committee leadership and executive board members. Congratulations to all of the award recipients! Shan Woolard, Wake Forest University BACK TO REGIONAL ROUNDUP HEADLINE
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Reports from the SACE CommitteesInformation ManagementDo you need some great material to make a presentation? Would you like to share some great material to help other SACE members with their presentations? Welcome to the SACE Resource Room! This site allows members to share resources and best practices on a variety of essential career services. We encourage you to submit your workshop material, print resources, and Best Practices ideas and also search this database to gain new ideas. Go to the SACE website and click the Member Resources tab. Then when you click on a protected member resource link, you’ll be prompted to sign-in in order to access the item. Currently, the Membership Directory and the Resource Room are so protected, to limit access to SACE members. If you click on Resource Room, you’ll see the following: What would you like to do?
Your Management Information Committee has worked diligently to prepare the Resource Room for your use. A number of print resources, workshop materials, and best practice ideas have already been added. Now we need additional ones and we are looking to our membership to contribute. During the business meeting, our committee will be sharing an overview of this area of the website with everyone. However, you don’t have to wait until December to contribute or use it. Jump in and give it a try. It is surprisingly easy! When you see them, say thanks to this wonderful committee for their contributions: Skip Hunt with our SACE office, Scott Maynard with Mississippi State University, Myrna Hoover with Florida State University, Mark Hunter with Virginia Tech, and Kate Williams with Clemson University. Donnie
Brown, Tindall Corporation MembershipFellow members of SACE; it gives me great pleasure to serve you in the capacity of the Vice President for Membership. As your representative, I promise to do my very best in representing you on the executive board. We have one major challenge ahead and that is increasing membership. We have identified three initiatives in our efforts to increase membership.
Over the next several months, career center directors will be called upon to assist us in increasing employer membership by soliciting their employers who participate in career fairs and on-campus recruitment programs. Additionally, colleges and universities who have graduate Counseling and Higher Education programs will be targeted for membership. As you know, many individuals in our profession come from the Counseling and Higher Education programs and it seems reasonable that we should pursue those individuals for membership in our association. Marcia Harris, Director of Career Services, University of North Carolina (CH), suggested that we explore the graduate counseling program and we thought the suggestion was a great idea. Additional information will be sent out in the very near future about these three initiatives. If you have any suggestions or recommendations about increasing membership, please feel free to contact me at (757) 823-8462 or ndmontgomery@nsu.edu. Nash D. Montgomery, Norfolk State University Professional DevelopmentMark your calendars! SACE is registering as a site for this NACE event, in order to make it possible for SACE Conference attendees to participate: NACE Virtual Seminar, Wednesday, December 6th, 1:00-2:00pm.
This webinar immediately follows the closing session of our SACE conference, so we will offer it onsite in Atlanta at a GREAT rate to members who wish to stay, following the conference, and participate. Do you talk to candidates on IM (Instant Messenger)? Do you know how to source using social networking sites like Facebook or Friendster? Do you use iPod recordings to get your messages across? Millennial students are using these new technologies. Recruiters who know how to leverage new media and communicate like a millennial have new ways to find talent and recruit new hires. Career center staff: find out how you can also use these technologies to your advantage and how to coach your students on using them professionally with the greatest impact on their job searches. This seminar will cover:
Several sessions at the SACE Conference in Atlanta will be held to meet criteria for our Emerging Leaders program, including some that will be presented as part of our Masters’ Series – utilizing our experienced members in training our up-and-coming leaders in the profession. Watch for conference registration information for details. For more information on the Emerging Leaders Program and Masters’ Series, visit http://www.sace.net/members_professionaldevelopment_leadershipdev.php. We are looking for members to serve as volunteers on all SACE committees, but especially at the upcoming SACE conference. A summary of volunteer opportunities may be found at http://www.sace.net/members_professionaldevelopment_volunteeropps.php. This will also lead you to the SACE Volunteer Application Form: http://sace.net/members_volunteer_form.php. If you are interested in helping in any way, please complete this form as soon as possible. There’s no better way to meet other members and get involved – VOLUNTEER TODAY!! Toni McLawhorn, Vice President for Professional Development SACE Welcomes New and Transfer Members
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