2011 Homecoming Outstanding Senior
CANDIDATE INFORMATION SHEET
Name: _________________________________
Date: ______________
School: ________________________________
GPA: ______________
Major: _____________________________________________________________
Nominating party:
Official Student Organization (please list)
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Group of 50 + people
Box Number: ________________________
Cell Phone: ___________________
Email: ______________________________________________________________
Home Address: _______________________________________________________
List Campus Activities, Positions Held, and Dates Involved (or attach resume)
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Please respond to the following question in an essay of no more than 500 words. All
essays must be turned in with the application, no later than 5PM ON THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 29 to Claire Garst at claire.e.garst@vanderbilt.edu. Late
applications will not be considered.
Essay question:
How do you think your role as a student leader has positively impacted the
organizations with which you are involved, the entire Vanderbilt Community, and
yourself?
Outstanding Senior
The Outstanding Senior award is given during our annual Homecoming festivities to a
senior who has a minimum GPA of 3.0, that best represents Vanderbilt as a student leader,
and has positively impacted the organizations of which they are involved, as well as the
Vanderbilt community as a whole. The Outstanding Senior Award is the only award on
campus given that is both merit-based and student selected.
Process
1. Candidates must be full time, registered undergraduate students at Vanderbilt
University.
2. Candidates must be in their final year, have senior standing and cannot be scheduled
to graduate prior to the end of the 2012 spring semester.
3. Candidates must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher and the
Office of the Dean of Students will check grades.
4. Candidates must be able to demonstrate an active involvement in campus
organizations/activities.
5. Candidates must be nominated by the following:
a. Candidate may be nominated by a faculty/staff member
b. Candidate may be nominated by an officially recognized student organization.
Each organization may only sponsor one student.
2011 Candidate Selection Process
1. Candidates will fill out all sections of the application and email to Claire Garst at
claire.e.garst@vanderbilt.edu by Thursday, September 29th at 5:00 PM.
2. A panel of judges that will review the application to determine the top 40 students
based on the application and student involvement on campus. Students will be
notified on Friday, September 30.
3. The top 40 students will then be called back in for an interview with the panel of
judges. Interview dates are Monday, October 3rd and Tuesday, October 4th from 4:00
PM – 7:00 PM and will be held in Sarratt 208. The panel of judges will consist of
faculty and staff members. Students will be able to sign up for interview times on a
GoogleDoc.
4. The top 20 will be announced at the Sarratt Promenade on Monday, October 10th at
12:00 noon. They will also be notified and will have to attend a mandatory meeting
and picture session on Monday, October 10th at 3:00 PM in the Rand Upstairs dining
area. Theses pictures, along with brief profiles, will be featured in the Vanderbilt
Hustler.
5. Student voting will determine the finalist including the 2011 Outstanding Senior.
Voting will be held Tuesday, October 11, 2011 from 12:00 AM until 11:59 PM
online (https://studentorgs.vanderbilt.edu/elections ) and in the Sarratt Promenade
from 9 AM-4 PM. Students are allowed one vote on October 11th to select the 2011
Outstanding Senior. The top 10 finalists will be notified on October 12th.
The court of 10 finalists will be introduced at halftime of Vanderbilt’s Homecoming
Game on Saturday, October 22nd.