Excellence in Graduate Education Award

Recognizing a graduate program for outstanding contributions to graduate education. This award encourages, recognizes and rewards excellence and innovation in graduate education at the graduate program level.

Applications may relate to any facet of graduate education, including outreach, recruitment through selection and admission, retention, instruction, and degree attainment.

Award recipient receives a $1000 honorarium and a nomination to MAGS Award for Excellence and Innovation in Graduate Education. The award recipient will be announced at the graduate education awards reception event.

What are the eligibility requirements? 

This award recognizes specific excellence and innovation in graduate education, from admissions through degree completion. Any current Missouri State University graduate program is eligible for the award. 

Requirements

Deadline

  • All application materials must be submitted by December 1st, 2024, by uploading to the Google form 

Materials to submit

Application materials must include:

  • An application letter from the program director of the nominable Graduate Program. The letter should describe the pertinent graduate education innovation (e.g., problem addressed, the rationale, and project details).
  • A document (1000 – 2000 words) that describes the pertinent graduate education innovation and explains why it is significant. The document should also provide a description of the intended measures of success and provide data relevant to those metrics.

Selection criteria

  • A well-articulated problem and impact statement.
  • All steps involved and implemented in developing the strategies employed in the project are clearly stated.
  • Assessment methodologies and metrics used or proposed to evaluate program success and student outcomes.
  • A plan for sustaining Institutional support for the project initiatives is in place.
  • Institutional changes that resulted and/or are expected to result from the project are clearly stated.
  • Adaptability of the project methods by similar institutions. 

For questions about this award or any of the information above, please email GradCollegeServices@MissouriState.edu.