- 2022 Recognition of Service, SPA Leadership Program, American University
- 2014 Medal of the Office of the President, Mount St. Mary’s University
- 2008 New Hampshire Institute of Politics, Recognition of the Founding
- 2006 Saint Anselm College President’s Award
- 2000 Pi Sigma Alpha Best Chapter Advisor
Recognition of Service, SPA Leadership Program, American University
2022
A plaque from the School of Public Affairs Leadership Program, dated September 1, 2022, recognizing his service as director of the program from 2015 to 2022.
Medal of the Office of the President, Mount St. Mary’s University
2014
Presented by President Thomas H. Powell in thanks for Dr. Manuel’s work as founding director of the university’s Institute for Leadership and of its Office of Competitive Fellowships. The bronze medal bears the university’s motto, Spes Nostra [Our Hope].
New Hampshire Institute of Politics, Recognition of the Founding
2008
A granite plaque in the shape of New Hampshire, inscribed “With gratitude to Dr. Paul Manuel for vision and leadership in the establishment of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College.”
Saint Anselm College President’s Award
2006
Paul Manuel, Anne Botteri and Dale Kuehne received the Saint Anselm College President’s Award in 2006 for their work in founding the New Hampshire Institute of Politics.
Pi Sigma Alpha Best Chapter Advisor
2000
The national political science honor society’s Best Chapter Advisor Award for 1999–2000, one of four given nationally, for the Upsilon Lambda Chapter at Saint Anselm College, presented at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association.
