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Five awards of $500 each will be granted each year at an awards ceremony and reception for recipients and their families during the week preceding commencement. The recipients and their citations will be listed in the commencement program. The awardees will be hooded on stage at the main commencement ceremony as representatives of all Ph.D. recipients. Awardees will be expected to participate in a Graduate School colloquium scheduled during commencement week. Only those students who have either completed all degree requirements or anticipate the completion of all degree requirements, including the successful defense of their dissertation, in time to be hooded at the May doctoral graduation and hooding ceremony, may be nominated. Please electronically submit each nominee's profile. Nominations must be made by the student's Graduate Program Director or Department Chair.
The GCF&AC will consider the following when reviewing nominations:
1. The outstanding merit of the candidate's dissertation and its research base.
2. In the conduct of their doctoral studies, that the student made exceptional contributions in ability or service to the university of such a nature as to warrant special citation.
3. In completing their doctoral studies, the candidate overcame personal or social handicaps of an unusual nature, warranting special recognition.
Nomination should include:
- A letter of nomination.
- A letter of support from the student's advisor. (Additional letters in support may also be included.)
- One page dissertation summary including dissertation title and actual/proposed defense date.
- A brief draft citation.
- The student's C.V.
Deadline is February 29, 2012
Recent Winners| 2011 | : | Jacqueline Faherty, Physics and Astronomy Sarah Gray, Ecology and Evolution Christian Holzner, Physics and Astronomy |
Ying Liu, Materials Science and Engineering Liliana Naydan, English Xiaomeng (Mona) Xu, Psychology |
| 2010 | : | Leandro Almeida, Physics & Astronomy Yevgen Borodin, Computer Science Xiaojing Huang, Physics & Astronomy |
Zhi Pan, Material Sciences Ilmo Sung, Physics & Astronomy |
| 2009 | : | Douglas Boyer, Anatomical Sciences Amanuel Beyin, Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences |
Shivani Ahuja, Physics & Astronomy Jada Hamilton, Social and Health Psychology Melissa Patterson, Chemistry |
| 2008 | : | Kieran Boyle, Physics and Astronomy Yi Chen, Materials Science Eliza Congdon, Biopsychology |
Jeremy Holt, Physics and Astronomy F. Marc Michel, Geosciences |
| 2007 | : | Bengt Allen, Ecology and Evolution Harold Bien, Biomedical Engineering Gabrielle Chiaramonte, Psychology |
Brenda Elsey, History Minhua Shao, Material Sciences |
| 2006 | : | Kaustabh Ghosh, Biomedical Engineering Andisheh Abedini, Chemistry Rama Calaga, Physics and Astronomy |
Mitch Irwin, IDPAS Deborah Stoner-Ma, Chemistry |
