Profiles a dozen recipients of the Council of Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Circle of Excellence Awards for Alumni Relations, Communications, and Development. (EV)

Editors of nine top institutional publications were surveyed. All of them work with limited staff and budget and produce Council for Advancement and Support of Education award-winning publications. Key tricks of the trade include make a formal editorial calendar, focus on topics important to readers, etc. (MLW)

The article summarizes responses of 30 alumni directors to a survey concerning creative ways to recognize alumni and volunteers for outstanding service. Examples are given of specialized award categories, innovative award mementos, and special ceremonies. (DB)

A survey of schools, colleges, and universities about how they make their award ceremonies memorable is discussed. The best prizes, the best award categories, and the best awards ceremonies are described. (MLW)

The Council for Advancement and Support of Education's Teacher of the Year John Roth teaches students that conclusions shouldn't come easily, encouraging them to question everything they hear, read, or assume, including what he says. (MSE)

J. W. Carmichael, Jr., the Council for Advancement and Support of Education's 1990 National Professor of the Year, is profiled. Carmichael is a professor of general chemistry at Xavier University of Louisiana whose unorthodox style, curriculum development, and role as a mentor for premedical students have earned respect among students and the…

Rosemarie Tong, CASE's Professor of the Year, notes that ethical issues arise in everyday life. She wants to make philosophy available to those whose lives are focused on practical activity. Her most popular class is a survey course in women's studies. (MLW)

CASE's 1984 Volunteer of the Year award went to Frank Owen Heywood Williams for his work with Renbrook School, where he founded a Grandparents' Group six years ago. He has raised funds for colleges, independent schools, hospitals, ballet companies, music festivals, and political parties (MLW)

Charles Pine, CASE's Professor of the Year, is a professor who gets students to know and love math and physics and who has emerged as a leading teacher of math teachers. It started when Pine found that his students couldn't do the math involved in his physics classes. (MLW)

CASE Recognition Awards for 1986 are described. Awards were presented for: program excellence, volunteer of the year, special events, alumni relations, student recruitment, publications, fund-raising, electronic media, book publishing, etc. (MLW)

Ralph Ketcham of Syracuse University is CASE's 1987 Professor of the Year. His name is associated with four different academic areas: political science, history, public affairs, and American studies. (MLW)

A total of 294 schools, colleges, and universities received prizes in this year's CASE Recognition program. Awards were given in: public relations programs, student recruitment, marketing, program pulications, news writing, fund raising, radio programming, school periodicals, etc. (MLW)

Jefferson Medalist John Hope Franklin has cultivated a lifetime of achievement in teaching, scholarship, and civil rights. The medal honors a college graduate who has made extraordinary contributions to American society. (MLW)

CASE's 1989 National Professor of the Year was J. Dennis Huston, a professor of English at Rice University, who directs a new Humanities Foundation Course for science and engineering students. The one-year core course grounds science and engineering freshmen in history, literature, and culture. (MLW)

College alumni who are corporate directors have significant fund-raising potential. Charitable award programs allow corporate directors to designate nonprofit organizations to receive gifts when they die or retire; employee stock ownership programs can provide a private stock market for a potential donor seeking philanthropic opportunity and tax…