United Educators Receives Gold Stevie® Award for Online Training
Bethesda, Md., April 24, 2026 — United Educators (UE) received a Gold Stevie® Award from the 24th Annual American Business Awards® in the “Achievement in Online Training” category.
In 2026, this premier business awards program attracted more than 3,700 nominations from public, private, for-profit, and nonprofit organizations.
Hazing Prevention: What Campus Employees Should Know helps higher ed institutions broaden hazing prevention efforts beyond students and student-facing staff. It prepares employees to recognize, understand, and respond to hazing risks. The course uses scenario-based instruction to address both obvious and subtle forms of hazing behavior.
Judges praised the course’s strong instructional design, realistic scenarios, and practical value. One called it a “well-designed course addressing a meaningful institutional risk” and said its “scenario-based instruction and emphasis on nuances of hazing behaviors indicate high-level instruction design.” Another said the course “presents a strong and socially important response to a serious institutional risk” and praised its decision to make all campus employees part of the prevention framework.
“This award reflects UE’s commitment to helping education leaders address real-world risks with practical, effective solutions,” said Christine McHugh, UE’s Associate Vice President of Risk Management. “This course helps institutions equip employees across roles to recognize and respond to hazing risks.”
UE provides insurance coverage and risk management products and services, including online learning, available at no additional cost to UE members. And non-members can purchase select course collections.
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About UE
United Educators (UE) provides liability insurance and risk management solutions to meet the unique needs of K-12 schools, colleges and universities. UE serves members from large university systems to small, independent K-12 schools, providing coverage and tools to help institutions confidently manage education-specific liability risks. UE has received an A (Excellent) financial strength rating from AM Best every year since 1998. UE is among Ward’s 50® top-performing insurance companies.