Waryold Receives The Melvene Draheim Hardee Award

Dr. Diane “Daisy” Waryold, professor in the Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling, was honored with the Melvene Draheim Hardee Award at the 2021 Southern Association of College Student Affairs (SACSA) Conference in Norfolk, Virginia, on November 14, 2021.

“As a scholar and professional in the field of student affairs, this award is a dream that brings my professional life full circle,” said Waryold. “I have to admit that I am still processing the recognition and was caught totally off guard.” 

“One thing is clear, however, this is a crowning achievement of my life’s work, and I am deeply honored to share space with previous award winners that celebrate the life of THE MENTOR- Dr. Melvene Hardee,” she added.

Daisy Waryold Receives AwardDr. Daisy Warold is presented the Melvene Draheim Hardee Award. Photo submitted.

The Melvene Draheim Hardee Award is one of SACSA's biggest awards and recognizes contributions to student personnel work by a member of the Association. Recognition is for achievement in one or more of the following areas:

  • Development of a model program or concept that impacts student personnel work in the Southeast.
  • Significant research and/or publication.
  • Providing outstanding leadership in professional organizations and/or endeavors.
  • Any unique and outstanding contribution to student personnel work that calls for acceptance and acknowledgment throughout the profession. 

Named for Dr. Melvene Draheim Hardee - a professor at Florida State University and known as “The Mentor” to many of her students - the award recognizes the impact she had on the student affairs profession as well as the SACSA. In addition to her professorial role, Hardee served the profession as a charter member of SACSA, SACSA president, and both NASPA and SACSA named their dissertation of the year in her honor.

Waryold’s Impact on Student Affairs Administration

Waryold began her career in student affairs administration in student housing and is now considered an expert in the field of student conduct. She is a founding and charter member of the Association for Student Conduct Administration (ASCA) and served as president. She also served as director of the Donald D. Gehring Campus Conduct Administrators Academy.

Waryold joined the Reich College of Education faculty in 2004, and she currently continues her connection to student conduct by serving on the Appalachian State University Academic Integrity Board and University Conduct Board. 

She has contributed to several institutions - University of Florida, Florida State, Duke, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and App State - and was the Executive Director of the Center for Academic Integrity and Program Administrator for the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University. The combination of these campus-based and professional association roles highlights the influence Waryold has had on student conduct and academic integrity in the southeast and across the broader field.

Aligning with her practice-based roles related to student conduct, Waryold is also the co-author of two editions of Student Conduct Practice: The Complete Guide for Student Affairs Professionals, published in 2008 and 2020. This text is utilized in many student affairs and higher education graduate programs and is widely considered a seminal work on this topic. The text is a strong example of how Waryold collaborates with colleagues and weaves theory and practice together.

Hardee’s Impact on Waryold

“As I reflect upon my work as a scholar-practitioner, my story is one of a combination of incredible luck, determination, and destiny,” said Waryold.

“I am a first-generation college student who was told by my high school guidance counselor that I was not college material,” Waryold noted. “And thus, I was so incredibly fortunate to have had Dr. Hardee as a professor, and mentor during my doctoral studies at Florida State University.” 

“She saw the potential in me at a time in which I had not yet discovered it. Her commitment to her students, her demanding style, and her passion for social justice issues in higher education were formative to the shaping of my personal and professional identities,” Waryold continued.

Waryold recounted how Hardee encouraged her and other students to attend professional conferences, such as SACSA. 

“SACSA has subsequently served as a professional home,” said Waryold. “As a professor, I now encourage students enrolled in the student affairs administration program to attend the SACSA conference and to invest in SACSA in their professional development journey.” 

“Life has come full circle.”

Daisy Waryold wins award
Published: Dec 7, 2021 8:46am

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