The Chronicle of Philanthropy, August 9, 2007, Thursday

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

August 9, 2007 Thursday

SECTION: MANAGING; Pg. 29 Vol. 19 No. 20

BYLINE: Awards

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The following awards have been presented for work in advocacy, fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas:

Corporate giving. The Points of Light Foundation (Washington) has presented its annual Awards for Excellence in Workplace Volunteer Programs, which honor companies that successfully promote community service among their employees. This year's recipients are AAA of Northern California, Nevada and Utah (Santa Ana, Calif.), Citi (New York), McGraw-Hill Companies (New York), Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Wash.), and the Salt River Project (Phoenix).

Education fund raising. The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (Washington) has presented several awards that honor books and doctoral dissertations on fund raising.

The Alice L. Beeman Research Awards in Communications and Marketing went to Liang-Hsuan Chen, a lecturer in the department of management at the U. of Toronto at Scarborough, for her U. of Toronto dissertation, "Choosing Canadian Graduate Schools From Afar: East-Asian Students' Perspectives"; and to Larry Lauer, vice chancellor of marketing and communication at Texas Christian U. (Fort Worth), for his book Advancing Higher Education in Uncertain Times, published by CASE Books.

The John Grenzebach Awards for Outstanding Research in Philanthropy for Educational Achievement went to William Nicholson, vice president of university advancement at Coastal Carolina U. (Conway, S.C.), for his U. of South Carolina (Columbia) dissertation, "Leading Where It Counts: An Investigation of the Leadership Styles and Behaviors That Define College and University Presidents as Successful Fundraisers"; and to Peter Frumkin, a professor of public affairs at the U. of Texas at Austin, for his book Strategic Giving: The Art and Science of Philanthropy, published by the U. of Chicago Press.

The H.S. Warwick Research Awards in Alumni Relations for Educational Achievement went to Xiaogeng Sun, assistant director of program evaluation at the Anchorage School District, for his U. of Nebraska at Lincoln dissertation, "A Multivariate Causal Model of Alumni Giving at a Midwest, Public University"; and to Ronald Ehrenberg, a professor of labor relations and economics at Cornell U. (Ithaca, N.Y.) and director of the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, for his book What's Happening to Public Higher Education?, published by Prager Publishers.

Research. The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana U. (Indianapolis) and the Association of Fundraising Professionals Foundation for Philanthropy (Arlington, Va.) have presented the inaugural Ernest W. Wood Fellowship Research Prize for doctoral research on fund raising to Yue (Jen) Shang, a Ph.D. candidate at the Center on Philanthropy. She has received $10,000 for her work using psychological theories to study donor experiences with fund-raising campaigns at local public radio stations.

Volunteerism. The National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (Washington) and the MetLife Foundation (New York) have announced the recipients of the Older Volunteers Enrich America Awards, which honor the achievements of volunteers age 50 and older. The Gold Honorees, whose organizations will each receive a cash donation:

-- Mary Hopkins, 80, of Carmichael, Calif., who volunteers at the Foster Grandparent Program (Sacramento) as a mentor for youths who have been involved in serious crimes.

-- Richard Kloc, 63, of Buffalo, N.Y., for volunteering at the Disabled American Veterans (Buffalo) in its van-transportation program, which provides free rides for veterans to medical appointments.

-- Ann Williams, 75, of Atlanta, for encouraging residents of Georgia to advocate the rights of older adults through the Coalition of Advocates for Georgia's Elderly at the Georgia Council on Aging (Atlanta).