Graduate College Awards
NEW for 2024-2025 academic year: Graduate education awards reception will be held on Thursday,
April 17, 2025 from 5 to 8 p.m. in PSU Ballroom West.
Graduate student awards
Fall submission deadline
Recognizing exemplary teaching assistant performance at the master's level.
Fall submission deadline
Recognizing distinguished scholarship and research at the master's level.
Fall submission deadline and event
Recognizing students' ability to present research in under three minutes to an educated
layperson audience.
Spring submission deadline and event
Recognizing outstanding visual and oral presentations of research.
Spring nomination and submission deadline
Recognizing excellent administrative, teaching, and research graduate assistants.
Selected by Graduate Student Senate.
Graduate faculty awards
Spring nomination and submission deadline
Recognizing faculty members who have taken an active role in students’ graduate pursuits.
Selected by Graduate Student Senate.
Fall nomination and submission deadline
Recognizing outstanding advising at the graduate level.
Candidates chosen by the Graduate College
Outstanding Thesis Advisor Award
Recognizing thesis advisors who have demonstrated a high level of interest in and
expectation for their students. These faculty members have shown continued dedication
to both thesis productivity and thesis quality.
Note: Candidates for this award are not nominated by students; candidates are identified
by the Graduate College. Students who wish to nominate their thesis advisor for an
award should submit a nomination form for the Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award.
Graduate program awards
Nomination provided by Graduate Program Director
Recognizes a graduate program for outstanding contributions to graduate education. The purpose of the award is to encourage, recognize, and reward excellence and innovation
in graduate education at the graduate program level.
