COUNCIL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN
STUDENT AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2006

The Council for Exceptional Children's Standing Committee on Students is pleased to announce the awards and scholarships competition for 2006. There are four awards and two scholarships for CEC student members and one award for a professional member of CEC. Procedures for completing an application are set forth in the following pages.

Each of the winners will be recognized at the awards ceremony during the Council for Exceptional Children's Annual Convention and Expo, will be recognized in CEC Today and on the CEC Web site, and will receive a certificate or plaque of recognition from CEC. Some awards include a scholarship or stipend. Recipients are not required to attend the Convention to receive their award.

All CEC student members fulfilling the requirements of the individual award or scholarship are eligible to compete. No student will be awarded more than one CEC award or scholarship each year. Student members currently sitting on the Standing Committee on Students, the Student Representatives to the Representative Assembly, or the CEC Board of Directors are not eligible for monetary awards. Only professional members are eligible to receive the Gorin Award.

• Susan Phillips Gorin Award: This award honors CEC professional members, especially CEC student chapter or unit advisors, who demonstrate exemplary personal and professional qualities and make outstanding contributions to CEC student membership and exceptional children. Nominations must be postmarked by November 1, 2005.

  2006 Gorin Award Nominations Packet
  [.pdf file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader]

• Outstanding CEC Student Member of the Year Award: Each year CEC recognizes both an undergraduate and graduate student who have made outstanding contributions to CEC and exceptional children. Nominations must be postmarked by November 1, 2005.

  2006 Outstanding Student Member Award Nominations Packet
  [.pdf file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader]

• Graduation Awards: To encourage professional membership in CEC and provide support for expenses incurred while in school, CEC awards two graduation stipends, one to an undergraduate and one to a graduate CEC student member upon completion of their education. Application packets must be postmarked by November 1, 2005.

  2006 Graduation Award Nominations Packet
  [.pdf file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader]

• CEC Ethnic Diversity Student Scholarship: Each year CEC awards a scholarship to a culturally diverse CEC student member who has made outstanding contributions to CEC and to exceptional children. Application packets must be postmarked by November 1, 2005.

  2006 Ethnic Diversity Scholarship Nominations Packet
  [.pdf file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader]

  CEC/CEC Black Caucus Scholarship: Each year the CEC Black Caucus of Special Educators awards a scholarship to a CEC African American student member who is currently pursuing a degree in special education. Application packets must be postmarked by November 1, 2005.

  2006 CEC Black Caucus Scholarship Nominations Packet
  [.pdf file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader]

• The Canadian CEC Outstanding Student Member of the Year Award: This award is presented to a Canadian student who has contributed time, energy, and support Canadian CEC and exceptional children. Nominations must be received by January 31, 2006 by the Canadian CEC Past President. The nominations form for this award is posted on the Canadian CEC Web site at http://canadian.cec.sped.org.

  Please address any inquiries about CEC's student awards and scholarships to Membership Services, Attn: Student Committee, at CEC Headquarters.
  mbrship@cec.sped.org