Award Criteria
The purpose of the award is to encourage, recognize and reward innovative efforts to enhance graduate student recruitment and enrollment. Nominations may relate to any initiative that positively impacts graduate student recruitment and enrollment including:
- Design and implementation of creative strategies/environments to enhance recruitment and enrollment i.e. virtual fairs, blogs, and others
- Design and implementation of creative strategies to enhance engagement with admitted students
- Collaborates and establishes relationships with other institutions to enhance recruitment and enrollment
- Design and implementation of strategies to increase diversity of the graduate student body
Nomination Procedure
Nominations may be submitted by a faculty, student or staff at Michigan Tech. Submit a 1-2 page nomination letter that includes (1) your name, (2) your e-mail, (3) your department and (4) the program, department, or college/school you are nominating.
Describe the innovation in enhancing graduate student recruitment and enrollment with an explanation as to how and why it has made a positive and significant impact.
The nomination(s) should be emailed to Heather Suokas or Mary Stevens, in the Graduate School by Friday, Feb. 15.
The recipient will be recognized and presented with a plaque at the Graduate Research Colloquium banquet on March 28.
Selection Committee
The Dean of the Graduate School will appoint and oversee a selection committee.
The recipient will be recognized and presented with a plaque at the Graduate Research Colloquium banquet on March 28.