04/23/2018

Mark Pope Receives Highest Award

Mark Pope, NCDA's Eminent Career Award winner and former President, is now the "Thomas Jefferson Professor" at the University of Missouri. On April 18, 2018, Dr Pope was surprised to be given the Thomas Jefferson Award - the highest award in the whole UM System. Dr. Pope is a Curators’ Distinguished Professor in the College Education.

Mark Pope 2015The UM System President’s Awards are presented annually to faculty members who have made exceptional contributions in advancing the mission of the university and the broader community. UM will formally recognize Pope and other honorees during an awards celebration to be held in June. Dr. Pope will then join the NCDA annual Global Conference in progress in Phoenix.

Read more about the award and Dr. Pope's other NCDA awards and activities.

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2 Comments

Ellen Weaver Paquette   on Friday 04/27/2018 at 03:20 PM

How wonderful, appropriate and truly earned.
Congratulations, Mark!

Alicia Andujo   on Tuesday 06/05/2018 at 09:07 PM

You have always been a trail blazing leader from your early work with CACD in CA. Kudos Mark.

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