Outstanding Spiritual Initiative Award
Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice Division Spirituality and Religion in Higher Education
Application Deadline: October 1, 2025 | Award Type: knowledge community
The mission of the Spirituality and Religion in Higher Education Knowledge Community is to enhance and contribute to the conversations about spirituality in higher education across all types of post-secondary institutions. This knowledge community welcomes practitioners, students and faculty members from the profession of student affairs as well as persons for whom spirituality and religion constitute a major element of their work in higher education.
The Spirituality and Religion in Higher Education Knowledge Community Outstanding Spirituailty Initiative Award is given annually to recognize programming that promotes students' worldview development on a college campus. The program or initiative chosen should demonstrate a significant impact on a college campus by promoting religious, secular, spiritiual or interfaith engagement among the student body. Special consideration will be given to creative programs that reach an interfaith or multifaith campus audience. Nominations for the award must provide evidence for why the campus program or initiative should be considered. In order to be eligible for the award, the campus(es) that benefited from the program must be institutional members of NASPA. A professional who works with the campus program or initiative may nominate.
Recipients of this award will be recognized at a SRHE KC open meeting held during or near the time of the annual NASPA conference.
If you have any questions, please email the Awards Coordinator.
