Marilyn Odom Outstanding Graduate Student Award
The Alumni Association will honor the outstanding graduate student for 2012-2013 with the Marilyn Odom Outstanding Graduate Student Award. The winner will receive a plaque and recognition by the Alumni Association.
Criteria
Eligibility extends to graduate students completing their degree in August or December of 2012, as well as May of 2013. To be considered for nomination, a student must:
- have a GPA of 3.8 or better for all graduate work at SFA,
- be full-time graduate student at SFA with all graduate course work for the degree taken at SFA, and
- have at least twenty-four graduate hours of course work taken in residence at SFA.
Nomination Procedures and Deadlines
Nominations may be made by any SFA graduate faculty member. Nominator forms and supporting letters of recommendation will be submitted by the nominating faculty member to the Graduate School. Nominee forms will be completed by the nominee and submitted with the nominator forms and letters of recommendation to the Graduate School by February 26, 2013 so that the Graduate Council may make its selection at its meeting on March 28.
William R. Johnson Outstanding Thesis Award
Criteria
Eligibility: All theses completed in the calendar year (January 1 to December 31) preceding the one in which the award will be given. To be considered for this award, the following must be demonstrated:
- Significance and originality of the research embodied in the thesis.
- Appropriateness of style to discipline.
- Quality of writing.
- Quality of graphics when appropriate.
Nomination Procedures and Deadlines
Use the criteria to evaluate eligible theses. Submit to the Graduate office a copy of the best thesis one along with a Thesis Award Nomination Form explaining how the thesis fulfills the criteria. Only one thesis may be nominated for each department. This nomination form and a copy of the thesis must be submitted by the thesis director to the Graduate School by February 26, 2013.
Graduate Council Procedures
The Student Affairs Committee of the Graduate Council will solicit from departments, nominations for the thesis award. The Committee will review all theses nominations and recommend a winner to the Graduate Council. The Graduate Council will vote on the Committee's recommendation.
Presentation
A plaque will be mailed to the student who composed the thesis. The name of the winner, the title of the thesis, and the name of the thesis director will be included in the May commencement program.