2024-2025 NCACES Emerging Leaders Program

The NCACES Emerging Leaders program was developed to allow student and new professional leaders to participate in NCACES activities, receive mentorship, and connect with professional networking opportunities.

Emerging Leaders will be selected to serve for one year. Three graduate students (master’s level and doctoral level students) and two new professionals (having graduated in the past year) will be selected as NCACES emerging leaders. Recipients must be an NCACES member at the time of application and fall into the graduate student or new professional categories. Emerging Leaders choose an area of interest within the division and receive mentoring related to that area. Emerging Leaders will provide a minimum of 50 hours of service to a NCACES committee, project, or task. Emerging Leaders will also have opportunities to learn the responsibilities associated with serving in elected leadership positions within our association.

Emerging Leaders will be featured on our website, social media, and recognized at the NCACES meeting at the ACES and NCACES Conferences.

Interested Applicants

Interested applicants should submit the following materials using the Emerging Leaders Application Form no later than May 5, 2024. 

1) Your curriculum vitae.

2) Two letters of reference describing your leadership skills and experiences (letters cannot come from members of the NCACES selection committee).

The selection committee will notify applicants of the status of their application by May 15, 2024.

If you have any questions, please contact the Emerging Leaders Committee co-chairs Dr. Hulya Ermis (Hu-Ermis@neiu.edu) or Dr. Victoria Sepulveda (dr.victoria.sepulveda@gmail.com).