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Distinguished Culminating Experience Awards
The Graduate Council’s Distinguished Research Awards Committee offers Distinguished Culminating Experience Awards at the master- and doctoral-level. These awards were created to recognize and reward distinguished graduate scholarship and research at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.
The Distinguished Culminating Experience Awards are:
- Master’s Awards: The 2018 UWO Distinguished Master’s Culminating Experience Awards will accept nominations until 11:59pm on March 31, 2018.
- Master’s Thesis Option (theses, clinical papers, and field projects subject to formatting by the Office of Graduate Studies)
- Master’s Culminating Experience Project Option (field reports, capstone projects, reflective journeys, applied research, etc., that are not subject to formatting by the Office of Graduate Studies)
Nomination Procedures
- Each program may nominate up to two students for each masters award; the Master’s Thesis Option and Master’s Project Option. If nominations for more than two students are received for each award, only the first two will be accepted.
- The nominee must have been awarded (or will be awarded) a master’s degree from UW Oshkosh for summer 2016, fall 2016, spring 2017, summer 2017, fall 2017, or spring 2018.
- Complete nominations include the following items submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies email address (gradschool@uwosh.edu) by March 31, 2018
- Distinguished Culminating Experience Master’s Award Nomination Form
- Abstract of the nominated project, not to exceed 300 words, that contains the title of the project and name of the author.
- Letter of support from the students culminating experience advisor describing the quality of the report and/or impact of this work on the field.
- One-page resume of the student’s professional background.
- A statement of learning based on the culminating experience project supplied by the student.
- A complete copy of the final, approved project.
Selection Process
Midwest Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS)
- Doctoral Awards: The 2018 Outstanding Doctoral Project or Dissertation Awards will be accepted until 11:59pm on March 31, 2018.
- Doctoral Dissertation Option (dissertations subject to formatting by the Office of Graduate Studies)
- Doctoral Culminating Experience Project Option (capstone projects not subject to formatting by the Office of Graduate Studies)
Nomination Procedures
A faculty chairperson or graduate program coordinator must put for the nomination. The selection process within the program is each program’s responsibility.
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- Each program may nominate up to two students for each Outstanding Doctoral Project or Dissertation Award; the Doctoral Dissertation Option and Doctoral Project Option. If nominations for more than two students are received, only the first two will be accepted.
- The nominee must have been awarded (or will be awarded) a doctoral degree from UW Oshkosh for summer 2016, fall 2016, spring 2017, summer 2017, fall 2017, or spring 2018..
- Complete nominations include the following items submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies email address (gradschool@uwosh.edu) by March 31, 2018
- Outstanding Doctoral Project or Dissertation Award Nomination Form
- A summary, not to exceed 1000 words, that includes the title, background and problem statement, purpose/objective(s), methodology, outcome(s), and conclusions and implications for the field.
- Letter of support from the dissertation chairperson or the doctoral project advisor describing the quality of the work and/or impact on the field.
- The student’s curriculum vitae.
- A personal statement that addresses how the project contributes to future practice and career goals (limit 1 page, single-spaced).
- A copy of the final (or near-final) dissertation or project.
Selection Process
Nominations will be accepted until March 31, 2018. A subcommittee of the Graduate Council will review all nominations, and will forward their recommendations to the Director of Graduate Services.