CollegeEdge Announces First Annual Counselor of the Year Award; Award to Focus on Unique Contributions of Professional School Counselors and Mentors.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 1999--SNAP Technologies, Inc., producers of the CollegeEdge web site and the leader in the online "going to college" market, announced today its first annual Counselor of the Year awards contest. Working closely with the guidance counseling community, CollegeEdge is creating several awards to applaud the dedication and hard work of guidance professionals and mentors as they help students realize their full career and educational potential. This announcement comes at the commencement of National School Counseling Week, scheduled for February 1-5, 1999. National School Counseling Week focuses public attention on the unique contributions of professional school counselors A school counselor is a counselor and educator who works in schools, and have historically been referred to as "guidance counselors" or "educational counselors," although "Professional School Counselor" is now the preferred term. who work to address the personal/social growth and academic and career development of all students to enable them to achieve success. CollegeEdge is providing a Counselor of the Year award in the following categories: Middle or High School Counselor, Community Based Organization Counselor, Community College Counselor and Mentor. Applications are available at the CollegeEdge web site, www.CollegeEdge.com/counselor/award. "As a company whose mission is to ease the transition to college for students, CollegeEdge recognizes the invaluable contributions of school counselors and mentors," said Young Shin, president and chief executive officer of SNAP Technologies. "National School Counseling Week provides an excellent platform to announce our counselor awards program. We look forward to working with the national counseling community to recognize the incredibly valuable work of these worthy individuals." Finalists and winners for the counseling award categories must be active counselors for schools, community colleges or community based organizations. Mentors can be anyone that has provided valuable guidance to one or multiple individuals. Nominations can be submitted via the CollegeEdge web sites from February 15 to June 15, 1999. Submissions must include the name and contact information of the person making the nomination, the nominee name Nominee Name A name that is used by the corporation as a generic registered owner on a stock or bond certificate. The use of nominee names makes the processing of security transfers easier. and contact information, and a description of why their nomination should win the award. The awards will be announced in September. Winners will be presented with a 3-year license for the CollegeEdge Career and College Guidance System (CCGS CCGS Canadian Coast Guard Ship CCGS Cass County Genealogical Society (Texas) CCGS Cell Cycle Block, G1-to-S CCGS Clermont County Genealogical Society (Clermont County, Ohio) CCGS Cape Cod Genealogical Society Library ) and a $1,000 scholarship awarded in his/her name to be given to a student of his/her choice. CCGS enables guidance professionals and administrators to track, manage and improve students' career and educational outcomes. Additional prize information will be posted on the web site. To submit nominations and to learn more about the awards and prizes, go to www.CollegeEdge.com/counselor/award. For additional information on the awards or becoming a corporate sponsor, contact Antonette Volpendesta, avolpendesta@collegeedge.com or Connellan Coxwell, ccoxwell@collegeedge.com or 415/778-6262. About Snap Technologies, Inc. and CollegeEdge CollegeEdge is the No. 1 destination for the "going to college" market. Assisting millions of CollegeEdge.com users to explore and apply to college, CollegeEdge also enables guidance counselors guidance counselor Child psychology A school worker trained to screen, evaluate and advise students on career and academic matters to track, manage and improve students' career and educational outcomes. Best of all, leading institutions including Stanford, MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Yale use the Enrollment Services System to better recruit, admit and enroll qualified students. SNAP Technologies, Inc. is partnered and aligned with leading business and educational organizations, including: Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. , MIT, Princeton, Excite, Inc. (XCIT), Netscape Corp. (NSCP NSCP National Schistosomiasis Control Program NSCP National Space Communications Program NSCP Native (Mode) Service Control Point (Tandem) ), Business Week On-line, COE See common operating environment. , Boys and Girls boys and girls mercurialisannua. Clubs and many others to increase and improve access to higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. . |
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