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Boston College Director of Network Services Joseph E. Harrington is this year’s recipient of the Ruth A. Michalecki Leadership Award from ACUTA, an international nonprofit educational association serving colleges and universities.
The award, presented to Harrington at the 43rd Annual ACUTA Conference in Dallas earlier this month, recognizes persons who motivate and foster collaborations to accomplish their institution or company’s goals, objectives and mission, and who participate in the education, training and mentoring of other professionals. Award winners also demonstrate initiative in creating programs, projects or activities that affect the community, and engage in activities that benefit ACUTA or the broader higher education community.
ACUTA, in its announcement of the award, described Harrington as “a forward-thinking individual [with] a reputation for being insightful and thorough — two of the many characteristics that make him shine in any leadership role. His department’s central responsibility is to constantly maintain, upgrade, and expand the physical plant while protecting this substantial investment and core business.”
A former president of ACUTA, Harrington has been active in the association for more than 10 years, serving in roles such as state coordinator, member of the Awards Committee and the Membership Committee, and director-at-large. As president, he was credited with taking a leadership role in forming a task force to facilitate better collaboration and information sharing, and in creating an award to honor ACUTA members’ service work.
ACUTA [www.acuta.org] represents nearly 2,000 individuals at about 700 institutions of higher education, with members ranging from small schools and community colleges to the very largest US institutions. ACUTA’s corporate affiliate members represent all categories of communications technology vendors serving the college/university market.