Call for ExCEL Award Nominations
Nominations due Friday, February 27
We hope that you will also help the Graduate School in recognizing our outstanding graduate students and faculty by sending us nominations for those two awards.
We must have your nominations in our office no later than Friday morning, February 27th. You should send your nomination, with a brief paragraph explaining why the nominee deserves the award, to Susan Hallatt by 12:00 noon on Friday, February 27.
If you have questions about the process, please feel free to write or call the Graduate School Office at (843) 953-5614.
The Office of Multicultural Student Programs and Services is now accepting nominations for the 2009 Multicultural ExCEL Awards. This event is designed to honor students, faculty, staff, and neighbors (individuals, agencies or companies) for their dedication to enhancing diversity and multiculturalism on our campus and in the community. This dedication can be displayed through their teaching, athleticism, student leadership, departmental support or commitment to the community.
With the exception of three student award categories (Septima P. Clark, Eugene C. Hunt, and Lucille S. Whipper), we do not see race as the primary factor in the nomination or selection process. It is our hope that you will nominate the most deserving recipient based on the criteria provided for each award and their commitment to providing a welcoming campus environment for everyone. All CofC students, full-time faculty, staff, and administrators are eligible to receive these awards.
2009 ExCEL Award Categories
Undergraduate Student Award Categories
- 2009 Outstanding Student of the Year (Final selections of the student awards are made by each academic school).
- School of the Arts
- School of Business and Economics
- School of Education, Health, and Human Performance
- School of Humanities and Social Sciences
- School of Languages, Cultures, and World Affairs
- School of Sciences and Mathematics
- Outstanding Female and Male Athletes of the Year (Final selections of the student athletes of the year are made by the coaches)
- Outstanding Student Organization of the Year
- Outstanding SPECTRA Student of the Year
- Outstanding SCAMP Student of the Year
The Graduate School Student Award Categories
- The Graduate School Student of the Year
Alumni Award
- The Eddie Ganaway Distinguished Alumni Award
Faculty Awards
- Outstanding Faculty of the Year
- School of the Arts
- School of Business and Economics
- School of Education, Health, and Human Performance
- School of Humanities and Social Sciences
- School of Languages, Cultures, and World Affairs
- School of Sciences and Mathematics
- The Graduate School
Staff and Administrator Awards
- Outstanding Staff Member of the Year
Faculty, Staff and Students are eligible for the following awards
- The Unsung Champion Award
- The President Leo I. Higdon Outstanding Leadership Award
- The President Alex Sanders Outstanding Public Service Award
- The President Theodore Stern Visionary Award
- The President Harry Lightsey Humanitarian Award (In Memory)
Deadline: Nominations must reach the Office of Multicultural Student Programs and Services by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 27, 2009. We cannot accept late nominations. Recipients of the awards will be revealed at The Multicultural ExCEL Awards ceremony on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 4 p.m. You can pick up nomination packets at the STERN CENTER through Friday 2/27/09 from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. If you would like to access the nomination criteria for each category and the nomination forms online, go the Multicultural Student Programs and Services website at http://www.cofc.edu/~msps.
Selection: Nominations for the 2009 Multicultural ExCEL Awards will be reviewed and adjudicated by the committee. All decisions of the committee are final. In the event there are no nominations for a particular category, the 2009 Multicultural ExCEL Awards committee will submit the nominations. Members of the Multicultural ExCEL Awards committee are not eligible to receive awards. The award recipients will receive recognition during the program, in the local newspapers, the Student Affairs newsletter, on the Multicultural Student Programs and Services website, and in a widely distributed press release.
