Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Sarah Laux received two awards from the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) - College Student Educators International at its annual convention Monday, March 7 in Montreal, Canada.
Laux is an assistant director of civic engagement with SIUE’s Kimmel Student Involvement Center. She received the Annuit Coeptis Award, which honors five emerging professionals at a dinner where there is a wide-ranging discussion and exchange about professional issues. The dinner carries on a tradition established by Professor Philip A. Tripp and Ursula Delworth, who loved to challenge their contemporaries and junior colleagues in a spirit of personal and professional sharing, good humor and thoughtful intellectual debate. The Latin phrase annuit coeptis reflects Tripp’s and Delworth’s optimism for the future of the profession by suggesting that “He has smiled upon that which we have begun.”
Laux also received the Commission for Student Involvement Outstanding Mid-Level Professional Award.
An Alton native, Laux earned a bachelor’s in business administration and a master’s in higher education administration from Saint Louis University.
About ACPA
American College Personnel Association (ACPA) is headquartered in Washington, D.C. at the National Center for Higher Education It is the leading comprehensive student affairs association that advances student affairs and engages students for a lifetime of learning and discovery.
ACPA was founded in 1924 by May L. Cheney and has nearly 7,500 members representing 1,200 private and public institutions from across the U.S. and around the world. ACPA members include graduate and undergraduate students enrolled in student affairs/higher education administration programs, faculty and student affairs educators from entry level to senior student affairs officers, and organizations and companies that are engaged in the campus marketplace.
Photo: Sarah Laux, assistant director of civic engagement with SIUE’s Kimmel Student Involvement Center.