Honors

2021	Distinguished Service Award, Founding Advisory Board Member, Clemson University Institute for Parks.
2021	Lifetime Achievement Award, ACPA-Student Educators International.
2021	Innovative Practice Award, ACPA-Student Educators International renamed: Harold E. Cheatham Innovative Practice Award.
2020	I. Dwaine Eubanks Fellow, Emeritus College, Clemson University.
2012	Inducted into the Society of Distinguished Alumni, Pennsylvania State University.
2006	Admitted to Fullbright Senior Specialist Roster
2000	Grazella Shepherd Award for Excellence in Education, Case Western Reserve University Alumni Society and Educators Forum
2000	Who’s Who in America. Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, Marquis Publications
2000	Board of Trustees Award for Faculty Excellence, Clemson University
1999	1999 Diamond Anniversary Honoree. Recognized for distinguished contributions to higher education, American College Personnel Association
1998	Board of Trustees Faculty Award, Clemson University
1997	Inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Clemson Chapter
1997	1997 Recognized as Pioneer in Psychology and Counseling "Legacies and Traditions: Harold E. Cheatham and the Cathedral of Learning" by J.G. Pontottero in The Counseling Psychologist, 25,(3),428-452,1997
1995	Inductee, Skull and Bones Society
1995	Howard B. Palmer Faculty Mentoring Award (Penn State)
1995	The Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (Research Award). American Counseling Association, National Convention, Denver, Colorado
1994	Pennsylvania College Personnel Association (PCPA) Outstanding Contribution to the Profession
1993	American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Contribution to Knowledge Award presented at the National Conference, Kansas City, Kansas
1993	American College Personnel Association (ACPA), Senior Scholars (inducted at National Convention, Kansas City, Kansas)
1992	Forum on Black Affairs (Penn State), Humanitarian Service Award,14th Annual Martin L. King, Jr. Celebration
1990 - 1991	Fulbright Senior Scholar (India)
1991	American College Personnel Association, Committee on Multicultural Affairs (CMA) Outstanding Program Award
1988	U. S. Navy/American Society for Engineering Education; Summer Faculty Research Appointment (Senior Level) DEOMI, Patrick AFB, FL
1987	Benjamin E. Mays Scholar in Residence, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
1979	Danforth Associate, Danforth Foundation, St. Louis, MO
1972	Scholarship Grant; Ratner, Miller, Shafran Foundation, Cleveland, OH
1968	Graduate Fellowship, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
1967	Alpha Phi Alpha, Iota Iota Lambda Chapter (Ithaca, NY) Man of the Year Award
1967	Fellowship Study Tour of India, U. S. Office of Education, New York State Education Department
1966	Fellowship, New York State Education Department, Maxwell School, Syracuse University
1965 - 1966	Fellowship, Russian Language Institute, Colgate University
1964	American Studies Institute Fellowship, Eastern Baptist College, Saint David's, PA