The American College of Health Care Administrators is proud to recognize the Maine Chapter of ACHCA as a 2011 recipient of two ACHCA Chapter Excellence Awards. The awards were presented last month at the awards banquet at ACHCA’s Annual Convocation and Exposition in New Orleans, La.

The prestigious Chapter Excellence Award recognizes a project developed by an ACHCA chapter to address a member need or chapter objective. Preference is given to initiatives that support the mission of ACHCA and its strategic objectives.

One award-winning activity was an initiative entitled “Leaders as Mentors,” in which members of the Maine Chapter who are fellows and/or certified nursing home administrators actively mentor administrator-in-training students as well as newly licensed administrators.

The program is open to any newly licensed or student administrator in the state. The Maine Chapter was also recognized for its professional-quality online newsletter, which keeps members and others informed of its activities and serves as a recruitment tool.