Awards
Another CUPRAP membership perk is the opportunity to enter your institution’s work in our prestigious CUPPIE Awards Competition. Winners are presented with their awards at the Thursday awards dinner at our annual Spring Professional Development Conference. We also offer the CUPRAP Diversity Scholarship, The Arthur V. Ciervo Award for support and advancement of higher education, the Don Hale Award for service to CUPRAP, the Joseph W. Donovan Young Professional/Rising Star Award for a young professional with great potential under the age of 40, and the Dick Jones Scholarship for Aspiring Communications Professionals.
CUPPIE Awards
Since 2005, CUPRAP has been awarding CUPPIE Awards for creative excellence in marketing and communications to the work of member institutions in the categories of advertising, electronic media, print, public relations and marketing, writing and photography.
Arthur V. Ciervo Award
Awarded to a public relations professional, president, higher education advocate, public official or outstanding faculty or staff member who exemplifies CUPRAP’s fundamental purposes of supporting and advancing the understanding of higher education. The award is named in honor of Arthur V. Ciervo, founder and first president of CUPRAP.
Don Hale Award
Awarded annually to a CUPRAP member who has significantly contributed to the organization. The award is named in honor of Don Hale, CUPRAP’s second president, and for 20 years thereafter, editor of its newsletter.
Joseph W. Donovan Rising Star Award
This award recognizes a person with great potential in a communications field. The winner must be under 40 years old and must have been in higher education less than five years.
CUPRAP Diversity Scholarship
Recognizing the need to attract a more diverse group of professionals to the communications field, the College and University Public Relations and Affiliated Professionals (CUPRAP) sponsors the CUPRAP Diversity Scholarship. It is open to all minority and LGBTQ students attending an accredited college/ university that has membership representation in CUPRAP.
Dick Jones Scholarship for Aspiring Communications Professionals
Sponsored by Dick Jones Communications and awarded by CUPRAP, the Dick Jones Scholarship for Aspiring Communications Professionals is awarded to a full-time student in good academic standing enrolled in a CUPRAP member institution or a college or university in CUPRAP’s region.