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Call for SACES 2025 Awards Nominations

July 12, 2025 5:17 PM | Rachel Gilreath (Administrator)

We are pleased to announce the opening of nominations for the 2025 Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (SACES) Awards. These awards highlight and celebrate excellence across teaching, supervision, mentoring, leadership, scholarship, social justice, and programmatic innovation within counselor education.

Each year, the SACES Awards recognize individuals and programs whose outstanding work uplifts our profession and inspires our community. By nominating a colleague, mentor, student, or program, you help shine a light on the meaningful contributions shaping our field today and into the future. We invite nominations for the following categories:

Individual Achievement Awards

  • Outstanding Teaching Award
  • Locke-Paisley Outstanding Mentoring Award
  • L. DiAnne Borders Clinical Supervision Award
  • Outstanding Tenured Counselor Educator Award
  • Outstanding Pre-Tenure Counselor Educator Award
  • Outstanding Graduate Student – Doctoral Level Award
  • Outstanding Graduate Student – Master’s Level Award
  • Courtland Lee Social Justice Award

Outstanding Program Awards

  • Outstanding Doctoral Counselor Education and Supervision Program Award
  • Outstanding Master’s Counselor Education Program Award


The deadline for submission is 11:59 PM on August 15, 2025. Please upload your complete nomination packet at https://fau.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1U0hPVSg4HDFASq.


Submission criteria and required materials can be found at https://saces.wildapricot.org/awards.


Award recipients will be honored at the 2025 ACES Conference in Philadelphia, PA. Let’s come together to recognize and celebrate the incredible work happening across our region. We look forward to receiving your nominations!


Warm regards,

Sejal Barden and Hannah Bowers Parker
SACES Awards Committee Co-Chairs

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