Dean of College Guidance Sam Moss received the Association of College Counselors for Independent Schools’ 2016 Marty Elkins Award for Excellence in College Counseling at the National Association for College Admission Counseling annual conference this month.
“The story of Sam Moss’ life is one of giving, and I know many of us in the room are better counselors and people because of gifts Sam has given us, or because of the gift of having worked with Sam, or because of the gift of simply knowing Sam,” said Ari Worthman, ACCIS Board chair.
Moss has served as past chairman of the ACCIS Board of Trustees, past member of the NACAC Board of Directors and Executive Committee, and past president and Board advisor of the Southern Association for College Admission Counseling (SACAC). He has also served on the National Merit Scholarship Selection Committee, The College Board Southern Regional Council, and on admissions advisory boards of Georgia College, Oglethorpe University, Auburn University, the University of Georgia, and the University of Miami.
The Darlington alumnus holds a B.A. from Sewanee: the University of the South and an M.A. from Jacksonville University. He completed additional studies at Oxford University.
Established in honor of the first executive director of ACCIS, the Marty Elkins Award recognizes those whose work enriches the profession of college counseling and who best embody the principles of the organization’s mission statement.
