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The David Eshelman Outstanding Campus Adviser Award will not be awarded this year, but will return in 2025. Learn more about this decision here.

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David Eshelman Outstanding Campus Adviser Award

Deadline for nominations: June 1

The Outstanding Campus Chapter Adviser Award, initiated in 1978, is presented annually to the person who has made an exceptional contribution to the campus chapter for which he or she serves as SPJ adviser.

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2022 Honoree
Teresa Talerico,
Texas A&M San Antonio
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Prior Winners

2021   Nicholas Hirshon, William Paterson University
2020   No winner chosen
2019   Nicholas Hirshon, William Paterson University
2018   Colleen Steffen, Ball State University
2017   No winner chosen
2016   No winner chosen
2015   Nerissa Young, Ohio University
2014   Chris Delboni, Florida International University
2013   Mike Reilley, DePaul University
2012   Jenny Wohlfarth, University of Cincinnati
2011   Mead Loop, Ithaca College
2010   No winner chosen
2009   Beth Konrad, Loyola University Chicago
2008   Dr. Kathleen Wickham, University of Mississippi
2007   Rick Brunson, University of Central Florida
2006   No Award
2005   Ernest Wiggins, University of South Carolina
2004   Dr. George Keeler, University of La Verne
2003   Dr. Richard Johns, University of Iowa
2002   Sue Kopen Katcef, University of Maryland
2001   Charles Davis, University of Missouri
2000   No winner chosen
1999   Neil Ralston, Truman State University
1998   Sree Sreenivasan, Columbia University
1997   Harriette Bias Insignares, Tennessee State University
1996   Richard “Dick” Leonard, Marquette University
1995   Gerald Kato, University of Hawaii
1994   Elizabeth Frass, Eastern Kentucky University
1993   George W. Kelly, East Tennessee State University
1992   Raleigh Mann, University of North Carolina
1991   Marsha Della-Giustina, Emerson College
1990   George T. Arnold and Ralph J. Turner, Marshall University
1989   No winner chosen
1988   Donald Lambert, Ohio University
1987   No winner chosen
1986   Michael Emery, California State University-Northridge
1985   No winner chosen
1984   Henry Lippold, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
1983   Richard Lytle, Texas Tech University
1982   Herschel “Pete” Wilson, Humboldt State University
1981   David L. Bennett, Northern Arizona University; Roy Gene Clark, Sam Houston State University; Ralph Izard, Ohio University; J. Brent Norlem, St. Cloud State University
1980   Rob Daly, Kansas State University; Charles Fair, Virginia Commonwealth University; Thomas H. Heuterman, Washington State University; King D. White, Oklahoma State University
1979   Paul Atkins, West Virginia University; Merrill Bankester, Memphis State University; James Highland, Western Kentucky University; Robert Warner, University of Wyoming

In 1993, the SPJ board voted to change the award name to the David Eshelman Outstanding Campus Adviser Award in honor of Eshelman, a longtime member of the Society, founder of, and longtime adviser to, the Central Missouri State SPJ Chapter and board parliamentarian.

Eligibility

Nominees must be a member of SPJ and serve as a chapter adviser.

Nominations

Nominations must be made by an SPJ chapter officer. Nomination form should be accompanied by a letter of recommendation from a chapter officer(s) that highlights chapter programing for the prior year, attendance at the Excellence in Journalism Conference/Regional Conference and addresses why the nominee is deserving of this national recognition. Self-nominations are not permitted.

Winner Announcement and Presentation

Winner will be honored at the SPJ National Convention.

Deadlines

All entries should be submitted no later than June 1.

For More Information

Contact SPJ Headquarters at 317-927-8000 or e-mail: [email protected]