Minority Recruitment and Retention Award honors institutions that have demonstrated noteworthy commitment to the recruitment and retention of minority students for their campuses.
2025 – No Award Given
2024 – No Award Given
2023 – No Award Given
2022 – No Award Given
2021 – No Award Given
2020 – Manship School of Mass Communication, Louisiana State University
2019 – Department of Communication Studies, University of North Texas
2018 – Department of Communication and Film, University of Memphis
2017 – Department of Communication Studies, Furman University
2016 – Department of Communication, University of Louisiana – Lafayette
2015 – Department of Applied Communication, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
2014 – No Award Given
2013 – School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Southern Mississippi
2012 – No Award Given
2011 – No Award Given
2010 – Department of Communication Studies, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
2009 – Department of Communication and Journalism, Auburn University
2008 – No Award Given
2007 – No Award Given
2006 – No Award Given