Student Success
Build Your CV with Awards and Honors
Kansas State University graduate students are recognized for their accomplishments and contributions through the awards listed below.
These awards are coordinated by the Graduate School, Alumni Association, Office of the Provost, K-State Chapter of Golden Key, Council
of Graduate Schools, and the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS).
More information at: k-state.edu/grad/students/awards/
GSC and MAGS Awards for Graduate Student
Teaching Excellence
The GSC Award for Graduate Student Teaching Excellence
recognizes one master’s and one doctoral GTA who have
excelled in classroom teaching. Recipients of the GSC teaching
award serve as Kansas State University's nominees for the
annual MAGS Excellence in Teaching Award.
Award
$ 500 scholarship to each
GSC awardee
$750 honorarium if
selected for MAGS award
MAGS/ProQuest Distinguished Thesis Award
Award
MAGS/ProQuest Distinguished Thesis Award
This award recognizes a thesis that contains original work and
makes an unusually significant contribution to the discipline. The
effective date of degree award must fall in the period of July 1,
2014 to June 30, 2016, inclusive. Master’s students in Social
Sciences and Engineering/Math/Physical Sciences are eligible for
the current award year.
$750 honorarium to one
winner in each area
Presidential Awards for Excellence in
Undergraduate Teaching
Deadline
Sept. 23 - Department heads/chairs to
submit to college deans
Oct. 7 - College deans submit to
Graduate School
Oct. 26 - K-State nominees for MAGS
selected by review committee
Deadline
Sept. 23 - Department heads/chairs to
submit to Graduate School
Oct. 14 - K-State nominee for MAGS
selected by review committee
April - Winners recognized at MAGS
annual meeting
Award
Deadline
These awards recognize and reward excellence in teaching
performance in the undergraduate program. Four awards are
made each year, and one of these awards will go to a GTA.
Coordinated by the Office of the Provost.
$5,000 honorarium
February
Alumni Association Awards
Award
Deadline
Graduate Award for Outstanding Leadership and Service –
Awarded to a graduate student who has made an impact by serving
and leading the graduate student population.
Graduate Award for Outstanding Academics – Awarded to a
graduate student who has contributed to his/her academic field of
study.
Tony Jurich Award – Honors a graduating graduate student who
has demonstrated a commitment to community leadership and
service through Jurich’s Core Leadership Tenets.
Award Plaque
February and March
Alvin and RosaLee Sarchek Predoctoral Honors
Fellowship and Travel Awards in Molecular Biology
Award
Deadline
$17,000 to one fellowship
recipient
$1,000 each to up to three
travel award recipients
March 1
Award
Deadline
The award recognizes PhD candidates who demonstrate excellence
in scholarship through publications and other accomplishments
appropriate for his or her academic field. Eligible students must be
admitted to candidacy, entering the last year of his or her program,
be enrolled in Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 and plan to graduate in May
or August 2016.
Number and amount of awards
determined by selection committee
April 1
Golden Key Awards for Outstanding GTA and GRA
Award
Deadline
Each year Golden Key recognizes one outstanding GTA and one
outstanding GRA who have been nominated by their faculty
supervisors.
Award plaque
April
CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award
Award
Deadline
This award recognizes dissertations representing original work that
make an unusually significant contribution to the discipline. The
effective date of degree award, or the completion of doctoral degree
requirements, must fall in the period of July 2014 to June 30, 2016,
inclusive. Doctoral students in Social Sciences and Engineering/Math/Physical Sciences are eligible for the current award year.
$2,000 honorarium to one
winner in each area
June 3- Department
heads/chairs to submit to
Graduate School
June 22- K-State nominee
for CGS selected by review
committee
December - Winners
recognized at CGS annual
meeting
These awards recognize PhD candidates who have excelled in
scholastics and research that relies significantly on one or more
contemporary molecular biological techniques. Students must show
evidence of effective communication of research results through
publications in leading journals and presentations at national and
international meetings.
University Distinguished Professors
Graduate Student Award