Call for Nominations for Graduate Student Awards

The Graduate School invites nominations for the following student awards:

• Outstanding Dissertation– two awards, one in math/science/engineering and one in social sciences/business/humanities, $1000

• Graduate Student Teaching Excellence- two awards, one for GTA instructor of record and one for GTA who assists instructor of record, $1000

• Graduate Student Service Excellence– $1000

• Graduate Student of the Year– up to three awards, $500

• Outstanding Interdisciplinary Program Student– $500

• Outstanding Graduate Student– one master’s and one doctoral student per college, $500

All winners will be recognized during the Graduate Education Week banquet on March 27. More information about criteria, forms, and process for nomination can be found on our web page at http://graduateschool.vt.edu/awards.

The deadline for nominations is January 31, 2014 at 5 pm. Notifications of each college’s selection of their outstanding master’s and doctoral students are due by February 15 at 5 pm.

Email questions to grads@vt.edu or call 231-4558.