GSA Awards

The GSA annually confers four awards in recognition of exemplary service to graduate students at Rice University. The deadline for submissions is April 1 of each year. The awards committee is chaired by the Internal Vice President (who takes office that same April 1) and includes four other graduate students chosen at a GSA meeting, as well as the GSA faculty advisor and a member of the Rice Office of Student Activities as ex officio members . Nominations should be submitted to the GSA at MS-527 or to the current Internal VP.

The GSA awards are meant to encourage and recognize outstanding service to graduate student life and education at Rice. The award criteria were intentionally kept vague in order to permit recognition of the broadest possible range of service to the Rice graduate community.

You can read the 2005 GSA awards announcement.

Faculty Teaching/Mentoring Award

Recipients are selected based on demonstrated commitment to graduate education on teaching graduate students at Rice. The award consists of $1,500, funded through the Office of the President, and a plaque. Up to two awards may be conferred each year.

Recent recipients include:

Faculty/Staff Service Award

Recipients are selected in recognition of efforts beyond the call of duty to improve the quality of life for graduate students at Rice. The award consists of a plaque. Up to two awards may be conferred each year.

Recent recipients include:

Robert Lowry Patten Award

The Robert Lowry Patten awards, funded by an endowment, are intended to honor graduate students who might not otherwise have been honored for their service and achievements on behalf of graduate students. The award consists of $250 and a plaque. Up to four awards may be conferred each year.

GSA Student Service Award

Recipients are selected based on contribution of time, effort, and devoted service to the cause of improving graduate student life and education at Rice. The award consists of $250, funded by the GSA, and a plaque. Up to two awards may be conferred each year.

Recent recipients include:

"Friend of Rice Graduate Students" Award

Recipients are selected in recognition of individuals who have significantly enhanced the lives of graduate students at Rice University in some way. This award is a token of appreciation to honor people within and beyond the Rice community who may not otherwise be recognized for their service to graduate students. Candidates for the award may or may not be members of the Rice community, but they should not be eligible for the other four awards. The award shall consist of a plaque.

Recent recipients include:

Sallyport Award

It is presented by the Association of Rice Alumni to recognize a deserving graduate degree candidate who has made contributions to the Rice community above his or her individual department and who may not otherwise be recognized. The winner will receive a silver bowl (with his/her name and year engraved on it) and a stole to wear at graduation. The winner's name will also appear on a plaque in the Rice Memorial Center. The Student-Alumni Liaison Committee decides the recipient of this award. Therefore, please send a faculty letter of recommendation and a resume electronically to lblinn@rice.edu or hard copies to MS-520 to nominate a graduate student for this award. Students can also be nominated using an online form at
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~stact/awards.html

The deadline for the Sallyport Award nominations was March 25, 2005.