Award Criteria
The purpose of the award is to encourage, recognize and reward innovative efforts to enhance graduate student success. Nominations may relate to any initiative that positively impacts graduate student success including degree completion, attrition or time to completion of graduate study including:
- Design and implementation of innovative and creative pathways to enhance degree completion
- Design and implementation of pathways to decrease time to completion
- Design and implementation of pathways to decrease attrition from the program
Nomination Procedure
Nominations may be submitted by a faculty, student or staff at Michigan Tech. Please 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 success 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.