Click here for a list of award recipients
OBJECTIVES:
- To recognize outstanding graduate students for their
achievements.
- To increase the profile of graduate education at ETSU.
- To help promote excellence in graduate research.
AWARD DETAILS:
Five types of awards are given out each year:
- Dissertation award: up to 1 per year.
- Thesis awards: up to 3 total per year.
- Arts amp Humanities 1 award
- Education amp Social Sciences 1 award
- Computer Science, Mathematics, Technology amp the Sciences
1 award
- Capstone Project (non-thesis culminating project) award: up to
1 per year.
Individual plaques as well as a monetary award
of $250 (as funds allow) for each award recipient will be presented
at an annual awards ceremony in April sponsored by the School of
Graduate Studies.
One large plaque for each type of award will be on display in the
School of Graduate Studies lobby.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
- Students must be nominated in writing by an ETSU graduate
faculty member.
- Thesis or dissertations must be approved by the student's
advisory committee, must have been successfully defended, and
must have received final approval from the Graduate School.
- Capstone/culminating project write-ups (non-thesis) must have
received final approval from advisor/department, and a copy must
be submitted with the nomination.
- Nominees must be in good academic standing (have a minimum GPA
of 3.0) with expected graduation in the current academic year or
have graduated within the previous 12 months.
- Students nominated in a previous year are not eligible for
re-nomination.
NOMINATION PROCEDURES:
Applications will be submitted to the School of Graduate Studies.
Application form/instructions can be found in the
Thesis/Dissertation section of the
Graduate School's
forms page.
- The student is nominated in writing by an ETSU graduate
faculty member using the nomination form and including a letter
supporting the nomination.
- Attach a copy of the student's curriculum vitae (3 pages max).
(Note: Theses and dissertations have a CV included, although
this is usually very brief. The CV supplied with the nomination
can be up to 3 pages in length)
- Send the nomination form and attached CV to the attention of
Dr. Wayne Gillespie, Assistant Dean, School of Graduate Studies,
ETSU Box 70720, Johnson City, TN 37614.
- Nominations are due by March 16, 2009.
EVALUATION OF NOMINEES:
- Nominations will be reviewed by committee (1 per award
category or sub-category). Each committee will be made up of
ETSU graduate faculty members with expertise in the general
categories, and they will be chaired by a member of the ETSU
Graduate Council.
- The dean or assistant dean of the School of Graduate Studies,
who is responsible for approval of ETD's, will also attend each
meeting. Each committee has the right to decline choosing an
award recipient for any given year depending upon the quality of
the nomination pool.
- Award recipients will be notified through a letter from the
School of Graduate Studies. Copies of the letter will be sent to
their nominator, program chair, and departmental chair.
List of Outstanding
Thesis, Dissertation and Capstone Award Recipients
2008-2009
2007-2008
2006-2007
2005-2006
2004-2005
Outstanding Award Nomination Form for 2009
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