University Leadership Award
Faculty and Staff: Nominate Students
Nominated Students: Answer Questionnaire
History
The University Leadership Award was established in 1979 by the Campus Leaders Association (which became the PACSO Committee of the Student Government Association) in an effort to recognize undergraduate student organization leadership. It was enlarged to include "undergraduate students from various involvement networks for their leadership during the current academic year" in 1988. The actual number of recipients from each involvement network is determined annually based on the numbers involved in each network. Leadership awards are presently given in the areas of Residence Halls, Student Organizations, Multi-Cultural Involvement, Athletics and the Arts.
Criteria and Standards
Any member of the university community may nominate undergraduate students from any of the identified involvement networks for a University Leaders Award. With this award, we honor undergraduates in good academic standing who have best demonstrated 10 identified leadership characteristics (view the list). The University Leadership Award is given to non-graduating students; graduating students are eligible for the Chancellor's Leadership Award. Those students nominated are asked to fill out a questionnaire which, along with the nomination letter, becomes the basis on which decisions are made. While the total number of recipients varies from year to year, around 50 undergraduates are usually honored.
Selection Process
One representative from each of the involvement networks serve on the University Leadership Award Selection Committee. The representative may be a faculty/staff member or a student. The committee members review the 10 identified leadership characteristics and independently rate each nominee on the degree to which their application information is consistent with those standards. The process is administered and the committee is convened by a staff member from the Campus Activities and Recreation Office.
The Award
The award is a wooden gavel with an inscribed band around the head of the gavel. The award winners are announced several weeks before the actual ceremony so that parents and others important to the recipients can be invited. The awards are presented at the spring Leadership Awards Ceremony, where the annual Mentor Awards and the spring/summer Chancellor's Leadership Awards are also presented.
Timing
The call for nominations is made by the end of February. The committee makes its decisions by the end of March and announcements are made by mid-April. The awards are presented at the Spring Leadership Awards ceremony which is held just before final examinations in the Spring.
Spring Leadership Awards Program
The Awards Program
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 7:00pm
with reception following at 7:45pm
Location: Alumni Room, DUC