Recognition

Awards

Grants AWARDED

Keup, J. R. & Young, D. G. Advising Solutions Network Core Partner Grant. Funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through NASPA; July 2018-November 2022 ($330,500).

Young, D. G. & Keup, J. R. A Study of the State of College and Career Readiness in South Carolina (subcontract of Center of Excellence for College and Career Readiness) funded by the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education; September 2014-August 2016 ($84,041). Continuation through June 2017 ($35,000). Continuation through June 2018 ($35,154). Continuation through June 2019 ($32,000). Continuation through June 2020 ($32,000). Grand total: ($218,195).

HONORS/AWARDS

Selected by graduating class as one of two faculty to perform the Hooding of Candidates at Higher Education and Student Affairs Master’s Degree Hooding Ceremony – University of South Carolina – 2019

Faculty Member of the Year, Higher Education and Student Affairs (Selected by students) – Student Personnel Association, University of South Carolina – 2019

Faculty Inductee – Chi Sigma Alpha Student Affairs Honor Society, Delta Chapter, University of South Carolina – 2019

Selected to offer the “Hooding Address” at Higher Education and Student Affairs Master’s Degree Hooding Ceremony – University of South Carolina – 2018

Best Poster (with co-author Jennifer Keup) – National Symposium on Student Retention – 2017

Fellow – National Data Institute – Association for Institutional Research, National Science Foundation, National Center for Education Statistics – 2013

Roger B. Winston Outstanding Doctoral Student – College Student Affairs Administration, The University of Georgia – 2012

Outstanding Graduate Student (Doctoral) – Georgia College Personnel Association – 2012

Prairie Area Advisor of the Year – Virginia Tech Residence Hall Federation – 2003

Award Nominations

Award for Outstanding Teaching in U101 - 2015, 2017