The Graduate School recognizes the outstanding contributions that these GAs provide to students, faculty, departments, administrative units, and the University as a whole. The Graduate School awards approximately 80 Outstanding Graduate Assistant Awards annually, which represents roughly the top 2% of campus GA's in a given year.  The AY 19-20 Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award winners will receive a credit for mandatory fees in the Spring 2020 Semester and will be invited to attend the Graduate School's Annual Fellowship and Award Celebration in May 2020.

Eligibility:  Graduate students must be currently enrolled masters or doctoral students holding at least a half-time graduate assistantship (TA, RA, or AA) for Fall 2019 and Spring 2020.

Selection Process:  The AY 19-20 Outstanding Graduate Assistants will be selected by their college/school.  The nomination and selection process will occur during the Fall 2019 Semester.   

Nomination Process: Faculty may nominate students by emailing the completed form to the CA director & cc’ing BISI. Nominations are due Friday, November 22, 2019. BISI then forwards the best applications to the college, CMNS. Colleges and schools must submit their OGA selections to the Graduate School by Friday, December 6, 2019.  

Review past winners of the Outstanding Graduate Student Award here.