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Most of the awards presented by SoACE are received through a nomination process, vetted by committee, and then approved on by the board. One annual award, however, is given at the sole discretion the sitting President, based upon his/her desire to recognize a member who has distinguished themselves by their service to the Association. The President’s Award has been presented since SoACE’s founding in 2007.
During the President’s Reception at last year’s conference, Mark Colvenbach, the 2018-19 President, awarded Rachel King with one of two 2018 President’s Awards. Samantha Meyer from the University of Georgia also received the award. While on stage presenting the award, Mark shared the following about Rachel:
SoACE has experienced tremendous growth and success over the past few years. A large part of this success can be attributed to the creative, comprehensive and strategic work of Rachel King. Rachel spent a great deal of energy and time re-designing the Conference Newsletter which helped to transform the marketing and knowledge sharing associated with the Annual Conference over the past few years. Rachel was constantly meeting deadlines despite needing to rely heavily on many individuals to meet her goals. Despite this she remained extremely positive and elevated the professional nature of communication to membership regarding the upcoming conference. It is not a coincidence that the past 2 conference have been 2 of the most highly attended conferences in the eleven year existence of SoACE. We are forever appreciative to Rachel King for her role in SoACE’s continued success.
Rachel serves as the Assistant Director of Peer Programming for the University Career Center at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. In her role, Rachel provides career advising services to students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences while also managing the Peer Career Ambassador Program. Rachel’s primary responsibility is assisting students in all phases of career decision making, planning, and job search preparation. She also oversees the annual Liberal Arts and Sciences Summit hosted by the University Career Center.
A 2008 alumnus of UNC Charlotte, where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, Rachel comes to us with over four years of transferable work experience in the healthcare industry. During her two years serving as Recruiting Specialist with the University Career Center, Rachel completed her Master’s Degree in Higher Education Administration through Northeastern University in 2014 before moving into a career advisor capacity.
Rachel is native to Indiana and relocated to North Carolina as a youth. She loves her two labs, Callie and Calvin, all things crossfit, hiking and traveling!
