2025 Beacon Award Nomination Form

NWCCU is seeking nominations for the Beacon Award for Excellence in Student Achievement and Success. The Beacon Award is an annual award recognizing institutional or programmatic accomplishments in student achievement and success at NWCCU member institutions.

Winning institutions will be recognized during the NWCCU Annual Conference (held December 2-4, 2025).

Deadline: August 15, 2025
Institution/Nominee Information








Beacon Award Criteria
Award winners must demonstrate the following: 
  • Clearly identifiable programmatic efforts that consistently champion student academic success and achievement demonstrated through meaningful student outcome innovation and examples.
  • Evidence of a complete assessment process including assessment collection, analysis, and specifics of how the assessment data analysis led to program improvement.
  • Evidence that the program directly led to student success and achievement such as student learning outcomes, increased retention rates, and increased completion or graduation rates.
  • Evidence that the innovation is replicable.



Thank you for your nomination! Winners will be notified in September.