Professional & Student Awards
Awards Open:
To Be Determined
Awards Close:
To Be Determined
Questions
If you have questions, email
Dean Jim Cox.
The William S. Livingston Outstanding Graduate Student Academic Employee Award honors outstanding performance by graduate student academic employees.
Nominations must be sponsored by a faculty member, and each graduate program may submit one nomination for each category. All prizes will be announced in spring of 2023.
The nomination categories are:
- Teaching assistant
- Assistant instructor
Eligibility
All graduate students are eligible for nomination for an award if they held one of the required appointment titles during the prior academic year.
Nominations
Nominations must be initiated by faculty or an administrative supervisor. Nominators are required to solicit all required documentation from their respective nominees and to upload it on the nominee’s behalf.
The Graduate School's Online Awards System
Nominations should be submitted by the hiring department or program using the Graduate School’s online awards system, which you can access at this link.
Documentation
The Student Awards System will direct the nominator to a series of questions regarding the student’s performance. The nominator may upload a letter in lieu of responding to the questions provided. For full consideration, the letter must address the following questions:
- What are the nominee's primary responsibilities in his or her position?
- How have you observed his/her outstanding performance in this position?
- In what ways has this nominee been innovative or superior in their performance?
- Please provide anecdotal evidence that supports his or her excellence in this
position. - Have other colleagues (faculty, students, staff) also commented on the
outstanding performance of this nominee?- If so, what are the nature of those comments? Feel free to give some examples
of such comments.
- If so, what are the nature of those comments? Feel free to give some examples
- Add any additional comments, if any, you wish to include to support this
nomination. - If this is a TA nomination based on an AI's recommendation, please give the
name and email of the AI.
2022 Award Recipients
Michal Calo, TA
English
College of Liberal Arts
Vincent Viviani, TA
Chemistry
College of Natural Sciences
Michelle Rabe, AI
English
College of Liberal Arts