Each year, AFA recognizes outstanding contributions by our members/colleagues in 11 different categories. Those categories are listed below. The awards presented at the Closing Banquet are the Dr. Robert H. Shaffer, Jack L. Anson, Sue Kraft Fussell Distinguished Service Awards, and the Dr. Kent L. Gardner Award. All other awards are presented at other times during the AFA Annual Meeting.
Previous winners
- Click to see the list of all Individual Award recipients.
- Click to see the list of all Institutional and Organizational Award recipients.
- Click to see the list of all Publication Award recipients.
Nomination instructions
2024 award nominations are now open! Individual and Elevation in Practice award nominations will be due June 7, 2024 at 11:59 PM PT. Look out for the 2024 award winner announcements during AFA’s Awards and Recognition Week, September 30 through October 4, 2024.
Please review these 10 Tips for an Outstanding Nomination as you prepare to submit a nomination. This year’s submission form allows you to begin a nomination and go back to it later, so you do not need to complete the nomination submission all at once.
Individual Awards
- Dr. Kent L. Gardner Award
- Jack L. Anson Award
- Dr. Robert H. Shaffer Award
- Sue Kraft Fussell Distinguished Service Awards
- Gayle Webb New Professional Award
- Dissertation of the Year Award, Presented by Dyad Strategies
- Shelley Sutherland Outstanding Volunteer Award (please note: the nomination form for this award will be made available in September 2024)
- Amy Vojta Outstanding AFA Foundation Volunteer Award (please note: the nomination form for this award will be made available in September 2024)
Letters of Support for Individual Awards
Within the nomination submission form, nominators will have the opportunity to upload letters of support for the following Individual Awards:
- Dr. Kent Gardner Award
- Jack L. Anson Award
- Robert H. Schaffer Award
- Sue Kraft Fussell Distinguished Service Award
- Gayle Webb New Professional Award
Note: only three (3) letters of support can be uploaded for each nominee. Strong letters of support go beyond statements about personal relationships and address the nominee’s achievement of the award’s criteria.
Elevation in Practice Awards
Focusing on innovation, impact and inclusion, the newly reimagined programming awards focus less on traditional programming and more on originality towards advancements of the modern fraternal movement. The Elevation in Practice Awards highlight up to three winners in the three categories, across all membership types within the Association of Fraternity and Sorority Advisors.
Full descriptions and criteria for each of the Elevation in Practice Awards can be found in the nomination form when you select the award title.
- Elevation in Practice – Innovation
- Elevation in Practice – Impact
- Elevation in Practice – Inclusion
You can find the nomination form by logging into FSCentral, navigating to the AFA Portal, and clicking the “AFA Submissions” tile to access the nomination form platform. Please contact Dr. Will Frankenberger, 2024 Awards & Recognition Committee chair, with any questions.
