Scholarships

SoACE is offering one $2,000 scholarship to support attendance at the Annual SoACE Conference and two $500 scholarships to support participation in the LEAD Program.

Applications for scholarships to attend the SoACE Annual Conference and to participate in the SoACE LEAD Program are now closed.

Qualifications:

  1. Career Services Professional – Active employment within a college or university career services or experiential education center within the SoACE region.
  2. Employers – Active employment with an employer in the field of HR located within the SoACE region (those with college recruiting responsibilities will be given preference).
  3. Membership in SoACE.
  4. Preference will be given to professionals with:
    1. Two or more years of full-time experience in career services, recruiting, or related field and who have been given, or who aspire to, a managerial position and,
    2. Whose institution/organization has not had a recipient of the SoACE Professional Development Scholarships or the SoACE Fellowship in the past two years and,
    3. Demonstrated financial need for the scholarship and,
    4. Demonstrated involvement in an –ACE organization (NACE, SoACE, or state ACE).
  5. Completed application and requested materials.

Scholarship History

  • 2025 -- Lauren DeHaan, UNC Asheville
  • 2025 -- Lauren Searway, Southern Methodist University
  • 2024 -- Michelle Simmons, Old Dominion University Research Foundation
  • 2024 -- Katie Krikorian, Loyola University New Orleans
  • 2024 -- Sheniquia Haynes, University of Oklahoma
  • 2024 -- Kylia Stewart, Arkansas Tech University
  • 2023 -- Katie Mantooth, University of Tennessee at Martin
  • 2023 -- Emily Kelly, Southwestern University
  • 2023 -- Christy Mantzanas, Florida State University
  • 2022 -- Emily Kelly, Southwestern University
  • 2022 -- Katie Mantooth, University of Tennessee at Martin
  • 2022 -- Christy Mantzanas, Florida State University
  • 2021 -- Doris Alcivar, University of Central Florida
  • 2021 -- Karen Johnson, Tulsa Tech
  • 2021 -- Dylan Tedder, Arkansas State University
  • 2020 -- Megan Simpson, Austin Peay State University
  • 2020 -- Cheryl Hicks, Wake Forest University
  • 2020 -- Mason Murphy, Texas State University
  • 2019 --  Katie Ramirez, Trinity University
  • 2019 -- Ashley Rizzotto, Florida International University
  • 2019 -- Angel Iverson, University of Florida
  • 2019 -- Marisol Zacarias, Agnes Scott College
  • 2018 -- Dia Buchanan, Belmont University
  • 2018 -- Elizabeth Enck, University of Central Oklahoma
  • 2017 -- Valerie Kielmovitch Mandel, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • 2017 -- Donna Srader, Texas Tech University
  • 2017 -- Stacy Shields, University of Houston - Clear Lake
  • 2016 -- Tara Stevenson, Flagler College
  • 2016 -- Kathy Creel, Middle Tennessee State University
  • 2015 -- Jill Boatright, Loyola University New Orleans
  • 2015 -- Kenetta Pierce, Columbia College
  • 2014 -- Mary Mahoney, University of Tennessee
  • 2014 -- Ann Reynolds, Mounted Security Patrol
  • 2014 -- Tiffany Waddell, Wake Forest University
  • 2013 -- Heather Reece
  • 2013 -- Shereada Harrell, The University of Texas at Dallas
  • 2012 -- Charlie Wilder,  Mississippi State University
  • 2011 -- Michelle Jones, Elon University; Monica Choi, University of Texas at Austin
  • 2009 -- Mary Mahoney, University of Tennessee
  • 2008 -- Karen Jubert, University of Houston

Questions? Contact the SoACE Office ([email protected])