CHARLES T.

(Chuck) CHOATE
MEMORIAL ADVISER OF THE YEAR

Deadline for receipt of nomination materials: Feb. 1, 2011

Nomination guidelines/criteria:

A. Member of TIPA
1. Minimum of three years of service as adviser in TIPA.
2. Not mandatory that the three years be at the same school. However, all schools
where the nominee was an adviser must be TIPA members.
3. Doesn’t have to be continuous service to TIPA. Years of service as adviser to
TIPA may be broken.

B. Nominated by letter from student editor/station manager

1. Include list of other students (present and former) for reference.
2. The nominating editor/station manager will be contacted.
3. There is no solicitation of student references by the committee. Other students are
contacted only if listed as a reference.

C. Recommendation from professional media

1. Recommendations may include alumni now working as professionals.
2. For those who wouldn’t have a former student in the professional field, the
nominee may be recommended by a professional in the school’s home city or a
professional who has employed one of the nominee’s students.

D. Recommendation from college/university administration

1. Recommendation from college/university administrator(s).
2. Recommendation from nominee’s immediate supervisor.

E. Awards won in TIPA are not a factor

Send all nomination materials

(receipt of materials) by Feb. 1, 2011 to:
Bob Bajackson
The University Star
Texas State University
601 University Drive
San Marcos, TX 78666

NOTE: Please include a self-addressed stamped postcard with the entry packet. This
will be used to acknowledge receipt of your materials.