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Now Accepting Nominations for McKenzie Award

  • Friday, September 13, 2019
  • Thursday, October 31, 2019

The James F. McKenzie Award

To honor Dr. James F. McKenzie for his incredible work in health education in Indiana, InSOPHE offers the James F. McKenzie Award for Certified Health Education Specialists. This is intended to be given to an InSOPHE student member who is registered to take the M/CHES exam and displays his/her plans for using the credential to make an impact in the field of health education. The award includes reimbursement for the exam fee, following student documentation of successful passage of exam.

The applicant should meet the following criteria:

*Full-time enrollment is defined as 12 or more credit hours for undergraduate students and 9 or more credit hours for graduate students.

How to apply

-Applications must be made by a current member of InSOPHE.

-Nomination/recommendations for this award must include the application form and a letter of support.

-In addition to completing the application form, all applications must include a 300-word statement.

Self-nominations

If self-nominating, the 300-word statement must address the following:

  • How has your education affected your plans for the future as a health education specialist?

  • How will becoming CHES/MCHES enhance your future career plans? 

Nominating a fellow insophe member

If nominated by a professional, please address the following in your letter of support:

  • Why do you feel that the nominee will make a difference in the field of health education in the future and make a qualified CHES/MCHES?

Applications and nominations must be submitted by the date of the final M/CHES application deadline for the Spring and Fall exams, prior to the student taking the exam. This date indicated on NCHEC's website and may be subject to change per year. 


Applications should be sent to: secretary@insophe.org 

by October 31, 2019 for the Fall Award.


Application Process

Secretary will compile applications and share with the board. Board members will review and score all applications using the scoring rubric prior to the next monthly meeting. Highest scoring applicant on board review rubric will be notified of the board’s decision and must submit M/CHES exam scores once they are available before exam fees will be reimbursed. Only the exam held closest to the application date will be considered for reimbursement for the award.

If the original awardee of the James F. McKenzie Award does not pass the exam, the runner-up of the award will be notified.  After the applicant has submitted passing M/CHES exam scores, all other applicants will be notified of not receiving the award.


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