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Volume XIX Number 6

Honors

2005–2006 Community Award Winners

During STC’s 53rd Annual Conference in May, Society past president Suzanna Laurent announced the winners of the annual community achievement and pacesetter awards. These awards honor STC chapters and special interest groups (SIGs) that have distinguished themselves.

Community Achievement Awards

The community achievement awards recognize exceptional accomplishments in fulfilling the goals of STC.

To earn awards of Merit and Excellence, communities complete key activities and apply for recognition to the community achievement awards evaluation committee (CAAEC). A community that earns an Excellence award may also apply for recognition as a Chapter or SIG of Distinction. After reviewing applications and nominations from the CAAEC, the STC board of directors selects the Communities of Distinction. (Only one Community of Distinction recipient is selected for each of the size categories established at the beginning of the fiscal year.) The 2005–2006 community achievement award recipients are listed below.

Communities of Distinction
Chapters with more than 600 members
Boston

Chapters with 301 to 600 members
Lone Star

Chapters with 151 to 300 members
Phoenix

Chapters with 76 to 150 members
Orlando

Chapters with 41 to 75 members
Southern Arizona

Chapters with 40 or fewer members
South Carolina Midlands

Student chapters with 20 or fewer members
Mercer University

SIGs with 1,500 or more members
Instructional Design and Learning

SIGs with 1,499 members or fewer
AccessAbility

Communities of Excellence
AccessAbility
Boston
Carolina
Houston
India
Instructional Design and Learning
Lone Star
Management
Mercer University
North Carolina State
Northeast Ohio
Orlando
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Silicon Valley
South Carolina Midlands
Southern Arizona
Texas Tech University
Washington, DC

Communities of Merit
James Madison University
Philadelphia Metro

Community Pacesetter Awards

The community pacesetter awards recognize STC communities for highly innovative and successful activities. In contrast to the achievement awards, which recognize exceptional strength across many activity types, the pacesetter awards are designed as one-time celebrations of excellence in the specific activity for which the community is nominated. Chapters are recommended for the award by their regional director; SIGs are nominated by the SIG advocate on the STC board of directors. The 2005–2006 community pacesetter award recipients are listed below.

Birmingham
Canada West Coast
Houston
International Technical Communication
Metro Baltimore
Online
Orange County
Policies and Procedures

For more information about the community achievement and pacesetter awards programs, download the guidelines from the STC Web site.