Nominate a Student

Nomination Deadline for 2025 Awards: Friday, December 13, 2024

Student Leadership Award

Recognizes a student who contributes positively to the community, empowers others, and inspires those around them. Scroll for nomination form below.

General

  • Undergraduate student in a degree program currently enrolled in at least 6 credits
  • In good standing with the University
  • Minimum 2.5 GPA semester or cumulative average either as of spring or fall 2023

Specific

  • Student does not have to hold a leadership position in the group
  • Student makes significant contribution to their club/group that moves the organization forward
  • Student’s contribution makes a positive impact on the University community
  • Student demonstrates outstanding leadership skills, empowers others, inspires a shared vision, role models inclusive and ethical leadership

Servant Leadership Award

Recognizes a student who supports the growth of others and the community by embodying the tenets of the Servant Leadership Model (Greenleaf, 1977). Scroll for nomination form below.

General

  • Undergraduate student in a degree program currently enrolled in at least 6 credits
  • In good standing with the University
  • Minimum 2.5 GPA semester or cumulative average either as of spring or fall 2023

Specific

  • Demonstrates a long-term commitment to making a positive and measurable impact related to a specific cause or social issue that affects URI, RI and/or the global community
  • Demonstrates the 10 Characteristics of a Servant Leader (Spears, 2010) in practice including: listening, empathy, healing, awareness, persuasion, conceptualization, foresight, stewardship, commitment to the growth of the people, and building community
  • Applies the Servant Leadership Model (Greenleaf, 1977) to their practice of leadership in a way that develops other leaders and encourages others to serve

Student Employee Excellence Award

Recognizes a student’s contributions that provide a positive impact on the University community through their campus employment. Scroll for nomination form below.

General

  • Undergraduate student in a degree program currently enrolled in at least 6 credits
  • In good standing with the University
  • Minimum 2.0 GPA semester or cumulative average either as of spring or fall 2023

Specific

  • Student must be salaried employee working on-campus (work study or institutional pay)
  • Student must have worked for at least one semester by April 2024 and for more than four hours per week
  • Student makes a significant contribution to work environment and moves group forward in goals and mission
  • Student’s work contribution makes a positive impact on the University community and student consistently provides quality service to others
  • Student demonstrates excellent or outstanding employment traits such as honesty, credibility, punctuality, focus, responsibility, professionalism, strong conflict management skills, organizational skills, and supervisory skills