2010 Outstanding Mentor Award
due October 15
Purpose
This award acknowledges and honors a person whose has enjoyed outstanding success in mentoring graduate students in the Southern Region.
Award
$1,000 plus travel expenses for the recipient to attend the 2010 annual CSGS meeting, where the presentation will be made at the awards luncheon.
Eligibility
- Any full-time tenured faculty member of a CSGS member institution who has successfully mentored a cadre of graduate students at the master's or doctoral level.
- Nominees must have gained distinction as a mentor on the nominating campus.
- Nominees must have a demonstrated and continuing success as a mentor over a significant portion of the candidate's career.
- o Reputation for facilitating student learning by making complex ideas understandable and meaningful to students.
- o Establishment and maintenance of high academic standards
- o Positive role modeling as a professional, with personal integrity, high ethical standards, and achievable standards for personal excellence.
- o Consistent and ongoing guidance of students regarding resources within and outside the university, conflict resolution, and advocacy for completion of the program of study in a timely manner.
- o Substantial influence on the academic and professional pursuits of students that may include funded research, co-authorship on publications, and co-presentations at national or international conferences.
Nomination and Selection Process
Faculty members must be nominated by their institutional colleagues; they may not nominate themselves. An institution can nominate only one candidate per award cycle. Nominations should include the following materials and be submitted as a complete package:
- A summary of the nominee's qualifications for the award.
- A letter of endorsement from the graduate dean (or equivalent) of the nominee.
- Curriculum vitae of the nominee.
- A letter of endorsement from the graduate dean (or equivalent) of the nominee. In the event that the graduate dean is nominated, the letter should be from the dean's current provost or president.
- A minimum of 3 letters of recommendation from former graduate students attesting to the mentoring provided by the nominee. The recommender must provide evidence of how the nominee contributed to the recommender's success and achievements.
- A minimum of 1 letter of support from departmental colleagues.
- An electronic copy of the complete original nomination package MUST be submitted through the CSGS website by October 15, 2009. No incomplete packets will be considered.
The Awards Committee will review nominations and make its recommendation to the CSGS Executive Committee in December.
Deadline
Nomination materials should be received by Dr. Mark Garrison,
Chair of the Awards Committee no later than October 15, 2009:
Dr. Mark Garrison, Interim Dean
School of Graduate Studies
Morgan State University
310 McKeldin Center
1700 East Cold Spring Lane
Baltimore, MD 21251
Phone: 443.885.3185
Fax: 443.885.8226
Email: mark.garrison@morgan.edu
