3/16/04

AUBURN PROFESSOR HOLLY STADLER NAMED ACE FELLOW FOR 2004-05

AUBURN -- Holly A. Stadler, professor and head of Auburn University's Department of Counseling and Counseling Psychology, has been named an American Council on Education Fellow for 2004-05.

The ACE Fellows Program, established in 1965, is designed to strengthen institutions and leadership in U.S. higher education by identifying and preparing promising faculty and senior administrators for responsible positions in college and university administration.

ACE selected 35 Fellows, nominated by the presidents and chancellors of their institutions, for 2004-05. Each ACE fellow will focus on an issue of concern to the nominating institution while spending all or a portion of the academic year working with a college or university president and other senior officers at a host institution.

Stadler said she will spend two semesters next year at a host school yet to be named.

"I've asked to be placed at one of three university systems," Stadler said. "I would prefer the University of North Carolina System, the University of Maryland System or the University of Georgia System."

Stadler said her areas of focus would be how policy becomes practice within a large university system, working with governing boards and committees and strategic planning.

Founded in 1918, ACE is the nation's largest higher education association, representing more than 1,600 college and university presidents and more than 200 related associations nationwide.

ACE seeks to provide leadership and a unifying voice on key higher education issues and influence public policy through advocacy, research and program initiatives.

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CONTACT: Stadler, 334/844-2878.