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NCURA to
honor Dr. Milton Cole with Distinguished Service Award
By Megan Armstrong '06
On Nov. 1 the National Council of University Research
Administrators (NCURA) will present Dr. Milton Cole of Villanova’s Research
Office with its Distinguished Service Award at the council’s 46th
Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. NCURA will recognize Cole and present him
with a plaque in recognition of his contributions to NCURA over the past 17
years. NCURA established the award in 2001 as a way
to recognize members of the council who have made sustained and distinctive
contributions to the organization. According to NCURA, Cole not only meets
the criteria for this esteemed award, but his services to the council far
surpass them. In his seventeen years as an NCURA member, he has served in
almost every capacity. Some of his responsibilities have included program
chair, workshop coordinator, workshop faculty, moderator, panelist,
discussant, committee member, evaluator and national committee chair. Cole
also has made over a dozen presentations at regional and national meetings
and has served on the Board of Directors, the Publications Committee, the
Professional Development Committee and Editorial Board.
In addition to these formal roles, Cole has helped
NCURA in several intangible ways. Whether posing an insightful and
articulate question to a keynote speaker at an Annual Meeting or sharing his
professional experience with NCURA’s newest members, “…the extent and
quality of Milton’s contributions to NCURA have helped to make the
organization stronger,” noted NCURA past president, Dr. Steven Hansen of
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.
In response to receiving this honor, Cole remarked,
“Throughout the years I have found this organization invaluable in terms of
the access it provided to representatives of funding agencies, and the
opportunity to network with some of the greatest minds in the
profession. That this august organization should choose to honor me for
‘distinguished service’ is gratifying and humbling.”
Established in 1959, NCURA serves its members and advances the field of
research administration through professional development, the sharing of
knowledge and by fostering community. |
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