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1) Graduate Student
Association of the Year - Any current graduate
student or advisor may nominate a GSGA-registered graduate group for
GSA of the Year. Included in the nomination should be a narrative
explaining what outstanding contributions the group has made to the
quality of graduate student life within its department/college and the
larger UC community. Furthermore, the statement should clearly identify
how the nominated GSA's actions reflect any/all of the six UC│21
guiding principles: scholarship, leadership, partnership, citizenship,
and cultural competency. The same group cannot
win the award two consecutive years.
2) Graduate Student of
the Year - Any current graduate student or advisor may nominate a
graduate student for Graduate Student of the Year. Included in the
nomination should be a narrative explaining what outstanding
contributions the graduate student made to the quality of graduate
student life within its department and among the University.
Furthermore, the statement should clearly identify how the nominated
graduate student's actions reflect a good mix of the six UC│21
guiding principles: scholarship, leadership, partnership, citizenship,
and cultural competency.
3) Graduate Student Award for Exemplary Scholarship - There are four awards
in this category, one in each of the following areas:
a) Physical Sciences
& Engineering
b) Life Sciences
c) Social and Behavioral
Sciences
d) Arts and Humanities.
This award is bestowed
upon those students that exhibit in their respective fields of study
the highest degree of scholarship as defined by the UC│21
Academic Plan: The creation and application of knowledge, with an
emphasis on scholarly inquiry, research, experimentation, investigation
and creative production.
4) Graduate Student Award for Exemplary Initiative - This award is bestowed upon the student that best exhibits
the guiding principles of leadership, citizenship, and partnership as
defined by the UC│21 Academic Plan:
Leadership:
Motivating others to take actions that would not otherwise have been
taken. Leadership is measured by the extent to which an individual or
groups of individuals can influence and energize the ideas, actions and
capabilities of others toward the betterment of society.
Citizenship:
The ability to apply knowledge and skills for responsible civic life
and action. UC's emphasis is on public engagement and ethical purpose.
Partnership:
Working collaboratively to address complex issues and problems, both
within and beyond the boundaries of UC. A university cannot solve
problems by working in isolation. It must do so by interacting with
others. By working in partnerships, we gain an understanding and
appreciation of what can be accomplished together that could not have
been accomplished alone. We also affirm the importance of diversity,
since constructive change often occurs when individuals and groups with
different identities and various priorities come together.
5) Outstanding International Graduate Student Award: Information on this award
is TBA.
Nomination information is
provided in this link : http://www.uc.edu/gsga/Nominate.html
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