SBS Graduating Senior Award Nomination Form
To nominate as student for one of our SBS Graduating Senior Awards, please provide us with the following
student information:
Name:
First
Middle Initial
Student identification number:
Last
Email address:
Primary phone number: ( )
area code
Major(s):
Primary
Minor(s):
Cumulative GPA:
Secondary
Major GPA:
Award(s) for which you are nominating the student (Please check all that apply):
____SBS Outstanding Senior Award—This award is given to our “best all-round” graduating senior with a
record of outstanding academic achievement, a history of active citizenship on campus and/or in the local
Tucson community, and a demonstrated capacity for leadership. Department nomination required.
____SBS Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award—This award recognizes a graduating senior in the
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences who has demonstrated academic achievement, originality, and
creativity in an independent, undergraduate research project. Faculty nomination required.
____SBS Excellence in Leadership and Community Engagement Award—This award recognizes a graduating
senior who has demonstrated exemplary leadership skills through their involvement on and off campus and
their impact on the lives of others. Faculty, staff, and students may nominate candidates for this award.
Faculty, staff or students may nominate candidates for this award.
____SBS Perseverance Award—This award recognizes a graduating senior in the College of Social and
Behavioral Sciences who has persevered in the face of significant adversity to earn his or her university
degree. Faculty, staff or students may nominate candidates for this award.
____SBS Student Success Award—This award is given to a graduating senior who is a first-generation college
student. Faculty, staff or students may nominate candidates for this award.
One letter of nomination: Letters of nomination should provide detailed information of why the nominee
should be considered for the specific award for which she/he is being nominated. Please see the award
description for details regarding letter of nomination. If letter writers are nominating a particular student for
more than one award, please ensure the letter addresses the information pertinent to all of the awards for
which the student is being nominated.
Additional nomination materials required of all nominee:
Student’s Curriculum Vitae—descriptive of the nominee’s qualities, achievements, and contributions. The CV
must contain the student’s current address and hometown.
Current Academic Advisement Report—Student may obtain their report from UAccess Student and should
provide a pdf. copy of the report with their nomination materials.
Additional nomination materials required of students nominated for the SBS Excellence in Leadership and
Community Engagement Award:
1) A 500-word written statement generated by the candidate that 1) outlines what it means to be a leader
and 2) provides concrete examples of how their commitment to service and community have influenced
others.
Additional nomination materials required of students nominated for the Research Award:
1) A 500-word summary of research findings or output (including title of the project).
Additional nomination materials required of students nominated for the SBS Outstanding Senior Award:
1) One letter of nomination discussing the nominee’s qualities and achievements in scholarship,
citizenship, and leadership.
2) Curriculum Vitae descriptive of the candidate’s scholarship, citizenship, and leadership.
3) A short biographical sketch suitable for reading at the ceremony (should the student be selected).
Each department may nominate one student per award. Nomination packets for all SBS undergraduate
awards should be received in the SBS Dean’s Office no later than Monday, November 9, 2015. Student
Awardees will be recognized at the SBS Convocation Recognition Ceremony at the Centennial Hall on
Saturday, December 19, 2015 and his/her name will appear in the Convocation program.
For more information, please contact Isabel Contreras, Program Coordinator Senior, for the College of Social
and Behavioral Sciences. She may be reached at imc@email.arizona.edu 621-8402.