R 011706Z MAR 13

ALCGPSC 030/13
SUBJ: MWR AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
1.  The International Military Community Executives Association
(IMCEA) will present MWR awards and scholarships in July 2013 at a
location to be determined.  IMCEA awards offer commands a unique
opportunity to recognize exceptional members of the command
performing MWR duties.  Nominees for MWR awards may perform MWR
duties as a collateral assignment and may be appropriated or
non-appropriated funded employees.  The following are the award
category criteria and format for submission:
    A.  Irv Rubenstein Memorial Award:  Designed to recognize
exceptional achievement of an MWR manager with less than two years of
managerial experience.  Winners of this award display exceptional
coaching, mentoring, leadership and management skills, achieve
particularly outstanding performance results in their programs, and
possess great potential for continued success in military MWR.  All
MWR managers who have assumed management duties since 1 January 2011
are eligible for this award.  Each Service has an award winner.
    B.  Roy C. Olson Award:  Presented each year to an MWR
professional who exemplifies the high quality of standards set by the
awards namesake while serving in the MWR programs of the Marine Corps
and the Navy.  The award winner is selected from nominees of all five
Services based on outstanding contributions to MWR, demonstrated
leadership, professionalism, dedication, innovative skills, and
genuine caring.
    C.  MWR Leadership Award:  This award is designed to recognize
senior officials who have consistently demonstrated exceptional
leadership skills and who make particularly significant contributions
to the betterment of MWR programs.
    D.  IMCEA Hall of Fame:  Presented each year to an IMCEA member.
Inductees have achieved major successes within the military MWR
profession through consistent exemplary leadership, innovation and
creativity, dedication, caring, and resourcefulness.  They are proven
leaders in their field and their contributions to Service personnel
and their families worldwide are unmatched by their peers.
    E.  IMCEA and Paul Reece Founders Award:  Presented annually to
those individuals who have been active in establishing IMCEA chapters
and who have been responsible for IMCEA membership recruitment.
    F.  Roy C. and Dorothy Jean Olson Memorial Scholarship: 
Presented
annually to family members of current IMCEA professional members.
The applicant must be graduating from high school in the school year
of application submission or be currently enrolled in a college or
university.
    G.  Robert W. Brunsman Memorial Scholarship:  Presented annually
to encourage development of MWR professionals, this scholarship is
open to all IMCEA MWR professionals. The applicant mus be enrolled in
an undergraduate of graduate degree-seeking program at a college or
university.
2.  This year's award submissions are required electronically.  A
copy of the nomination form may be obtained at the IMCEA web site:
WWW.IMCEA.ORG, then click on IMCEA Awards Program to select the
appropriate nomination application.  Submit electronic nominations to
Community Services Command (CSC) no later than 26 Apr 2013.  Your
email date will document the submission date.  Email nominations
shall include command approval.
3.  Those individuals meeting the criteria for the IMCEA scholarships
may obtain scholarship application information at the IMCEA web site
and send completed applications to the address provided.
4.  For questions about these awards, please contact Mr. Gary Scheer,
MWR Director, at 757-842-4903.
5.  RDML Dave Callahan, Commander, CG Personnel Service Center,
sends.
6.  Internet release authorized.