Would you like to acknowledge outstanding accomplishments of an alumnus from your master’s or doctoral graduate program? The Graduate School and the Alumni Association select the Distinguished Graduate Alumni Achievement Award recipient each year from those nominated. We will accept one nomination per department until March 26, 2010. The nomination requires submission of two letters and the nominee’s full vita. Submissions in the form of pdf files are preferred over paper submissions and should be emailed to grads@vt.edu. For the full instructions see http://www.graduateschool.vt.edu/alumni/award.html for description, link to nomination form, and address to submit. The award winner will be invited to be acknowledged at the Spring Commencement ceremony. His or her lodging at the Inn will be paid by the Graduate School. Contact Pat Goodrich with any questions: 540/231-4558
Graduate Student Award Nominations Deadline Feb 5
The Graduate School would like to encourage 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– $1000
- Graduate Student Service Excellence– $1000
- Graduate Man and Woman of the Year- $500
- Outstanding Graduate Student– one master’s and one doctoral student per college, $500
- Outstanding Interdisciplinary Program Student– $500
The deadline for the first four awards listed above is February 5 while the last two are due by February 19, 2009.