奖

的 Don and Jan O'Dowd 研究生 Award goes to a top graduate student annually, who has made outstanding contributions through exemplary leadership and/or service at 365英国上市官网, 和/或周围社区. 

的 Outstanding 研究生 Mentor Award recognizes the extraordinary efforts of individual faculty who serve as mentors to OU graduate students and their outstanding contributions to students' academic, intellectual and professional development. We encourage all current graduate students to 提名他们的导师 今天.

Nominations are due Monday, November 4, 2024 by 5 pm.

赢家 will be recognized at Founders Day and will receive a $1,000 award to be paid to the faculty.

资格

教员, including department chairs and graduate program coordinators, from academic departments offering a master's or doctoral graduate program are eligible. 此外，被提名人必须:

• Be active in graduate education at OU for a minimum of three years
• Not have won this award in the previous five years

标准

教师 can contribute to the development and support of graduate students in a variety of ways. 的 following criteria are intended as general guidelines for nominating faculty members:

• Encourages graduate student publication, 外部拨款资助, 会议演讲, and other professional development opportunities
• provides a supportive environment which facilitates the development of best performance and talents from graduate students
• cultivates the development from student to colleague
• acts as an advocate and mentors graduate students in administrative, 组织, 以及专业事务
• attracts graduate student to OU through active recruitment and academic/scholarly reputation
• educates students in the culture and procedures appropriate to their discipline; helps students network with other scholars in their field
• promotes intellectual growth and critical thinking
• provides career guidance to students to find professionally-relevant employment
• actively assists students progress through the degree in a timely manner and helps students develop in those areas particularly critical to their professional success

提名程序

Nominations may only be made by graduate students and all nomination materials must be prepared by graduate students. If more than one student wishes to nominate the same faculty member, students may prepare one nomination form and nomination letter as a group. When submitting a group nomination, please select one member of the group as the primary nominator.

All sections of the nomination form must be completed and received by the published deadlines. 的 award selection committee will not review incomplete application.

选择

的 recipient of the award will be selected by the 研究生委员会. 的 decision of the selection committee is final and not subject to a review process.

赢家

• 2023年-李佳教授
• Year 2022 - Professor Osamah Rawashdeh
• Year 2021 - Professor Albert Meehan
• Year 2020 - Professor Deborah Jane Doherty
• Year 2019 - Professor Jennifer Vonk
• Year 2018 - Professor Lisa Welling
• 2017年度:李乐东教授
• Year 2016 - Professor Julia Smith
• Year 2015 - Professor Virgil Zeigler-Hill
• Year 2014 - Professor Jacqueline Wiggins

To acknowledge the critical importance of producing quality dissertations and thesis, 365英国上市官网 established an annual competition to confer up to two graduate dissertations and one thesis award. 的 intent of the award is to showcase excellence in graduate work, and to partially defray the cost of producing an outstanding document. 教员 choose one STEM and one Non-STEM dissertation or thesis for this annual award.

博士学位的奖金是1000美元.D. dissertation and $750 for a master’s thesis.

2022年获奖者名单

• Dr. Lubna Khasawneh - Most outstanding dissertation award - System Engineering
• Michael Powers - Most outstanding thesis award - Biological Sciences