2008 Woodie Awards
ISU Alumni Association announces Outstanding Student Achievement Award recipients
Ryan Hunter
Issue date: 4/18/07 Section: News
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"The nominations that come in are spectacular in the amount of activities they do at and away from school," said Thompson. "They usually have families, part time or more jobs, and participate in community activities."
Unlike previous years, the emphasis for selecting the winners is no longer GPA. "There's been less emphasis placed on GPA more recently, and student organizations and civic activities has taken precedence," said Thompson.
Thompson explained that any full-time student that graduated this past December, or that will graduate in May or August was eligible to be nominated by faculty, staff, or even fellow students. Student nominations, however, required the approval of a fulltime faculty member to be considered.
Nomination forms had to be submitted to Alumni Relations by Jan. 1 for consideration, with each college being encouraged to nominate at least three students for consideration. The College of Arts and Sciences, the largest at ISU, is divided into three sub-colleges: fine arts and humanities, natural sciences and mathematics, and social sciences. The graduate school is also divided into masters and doctoral programs, each being allowed to submit three or more nominations.
Upon nomination, students are contacted and asked to provide more information on their achievements and activities. This information is then forwarded with the nominations to a three-person selection committee comprised of a faculty member from their respective college, an ISU alumni, and an ISU student Ambassador.
Winning students are asked to name the professor that has been the most influential during their time at ISU, who is then also honored at the banquet.
As part of the prestigious nature of this award, winning students will lead their respective colleges during commencement in May. Thompson noted that the qualifications of the award recipients shows the quality of the entire student body at ISU.
"[The winners] are a small sampling of the high quality students that we have at ISU," said Thompson. "We can only honor 22, but the number of amazing nominations is usually three times that, and who knows how many others could have been nominated but weren't."
Unlike previous years, the emphasis for selecting the winners is no longer GPA. "There's been less emphasis placed on GPA more recently, and student organizations and civic activities has taken precedence," said Thompson.
Thompson explained that any full-time student that graduated this past December, or that will graduate in May or August was eligible to be nominated by faculty, staff, or even fellow students. Student nominations, however, required the approval of a fulltime faculty member to be considered.
Nomination forms had to be submitted to Alumni Relations by Jan. 1 for consideration, with each college being encouraged to nominate at least three students for consideration. The College of Arts and Sciences, the largest at ISU, is divided into three sub-colleges: fine arts and humanities, natural sciences and mathematics, and social sciences. The graduate school is also divided into masters and doctoral programs, each being allowed to submit three or more nominations.
Upon nomination, students are contacted and asked to provide more information on their achievements and activities. This information is then forwarded with the nominations to a three-person selection committee comprised of a faculty member from their respective college, an ISU alumni, and an ISU student Ambassador.
Winning students are asked to name the professor that has been the most influential during their time at ISU, who is then also honored at the banquet.
As part of the prestigious nature of this award, winning students will lead their respective colleges during commencement in May. Thompson noted that the qualifications of the award recipients shows the quality of the entire student body at ISU.
"[The winners] are a small sampling of the high quality students that we have at ISU," said Thompson. "We can only honor 22, but the number of amazing nominations is usually three times that, and who knows how many others could have been nominated but weren't."
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