University Awards

2013 Outstanding Scholarship at the Undergraduate Level

2013 Undergraduate Scholarship Award

2013 recipients of the Outstanding Scholarship at the Undergraduate Level Award Andrew Merluzzi (CAS '13) and Robert Helbig (SIS '13), from left.

(Two recipients named)

CRITERIA: This is a highly competitive award to recognize the nominee’s sustained excellent academic record and exceptional academic success as exemplified by extraordinary publications, research, creative work, merit awards, or competitive selection for presentations at regional and national academic societies and conferences. Nominated students must be graduating seniors who are eligible to participate in the May 2013 commencement ceremonies.

NOMINATION PROCESS

  1. Students, faculty, and staff of the AU community may nominate students for the Outstanding Scholarship award.
  2. Nominations must be submitted to the nominee’s school/college dean by Friday, March, 22 via the AU portal nomination form. Supporting materials (letters, resumes) should be attached to the portal nomination form in PDF format and as one document.
  3. Before completing the nomination, please review the criteria and submission process for each award. 
  4. Each nomination letter must reflect the criteria identified in the award. We discourage letters that intend to capture nominations for more than one award.
  5. From this initial pool of nominations, the deans of CAS, Kogod, SIS, SOC, and SPA will select and forward two nominees to the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies by Friday, March 29.

 IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR NOMINATING A STUDENT FOR A 2013 OUTSTANDING SCHOLARSHIP AWARD:
To nominate a student, you MUST go through the AU portal (myAU.american.edu) beginning on February 13. Once you log into the portal, click on the Life@AU tab. Once clicked, the Life@AU landing page will appear with "General Links" on the left side of the page and your "Personalized Links on the right side. Under the "Personalized Links" look for the link "University Student Award Nomination." Click on the link to begin to fill out the nomination form. Your nomination forms can be saved and edited until the nomination deadline of March 22nd.