PULLMAN, Wash.—Washington State University’s director of the Gender Identity/Expression and Sexual Orientation Resource Center (GIESORC) has been selected to receive the Region V outstanding service award from NASPA, the National Association for Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education.
Heidi Stanton Schnebly will be presented with the Fred Turner Award for Outstanding Service to NASPA at its western regional conference in Oakland, Calif. on Nov. 9.
According to NASPA’s website, the Fred Turner Award is equivalent to a lifetime achievement award—each recipient has brought honor and dignity to the student affairs profession, and to NASPA as an association, for a sustained period of time.
Individuals nominated for this award must have demonstrated leadership in NASPA at the state, regional, national or international levels and have been a NASPA member for a minimum of ten continuous years.
Stanton Schnebly came to WSU in 1998 as a Resident Education Director and then served as GISORC’s assistant director beginning in 2002, before being named director in 2005.
Stanton Schnebly’s nomination was coordinated by Leslie Webb, NASPA Region V chair. Stanton Schnebly started an LGBT college leadership conference on the Washington State University campus in 2004 and Webb organized a similar conference at Central Washington University a few months later. Together they co-founded what is now known as the Power of One Conference, an annual NASPA Region V LGBTQA leadership conference that helps students learn about intersecting identities while promoting social justice.
Contacts:
Heidi Stanton Schnebly, Director, WSU Gender Identity/Expression and Sexual Orientation Resource Center, 509-335-8841, hstanton@wsu.edu.
Steve Nakata, Marketing & Communications, Administrative Services, 509-335-1774, nakata@wsu.edu.