Student Affairs News

February 15, 2008

Annual Leadership and Service Awards Ceremony

The Office of Student Involvement and Leadership will be hosting the Annual Leadership and Service Awards Ceremony. This ceremony is designed to recognize outstanding students on campus exemplifying leadership and community service.  Students can download applications and nominations and they may be nominated for awards by faculty, staff, or other students.

Several awards will be given in community service and leadership, some of which include the Caroliniana Award, which recognizes senior students who are leaders in the Carolina community; the Advisor of the Year Award, which recognizes faculty and staff in the Carolina community; and the Outstanding Student Volunteer Award, which recognizes students who have made an outstanding contribution to the community and university through service. For a complete list of the awards, and applications, visit www.sa.sc.edu/leaders/awards/index.htm for leadership awards and www.sa.sc.edu/communityservice/awards.htm for community service awards.

All nominations must be made by 5 p.m. Thursday, March 6, 2008. The Awards Ceremony will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 10, 2008 in the Russell House Ballroom.

For more information, contact Clay Bolton at 777-7130.

February 4, 2008

2008 USC Award for Outstanding Freshman Advocate

The Outstanding Freshman Advocate Award selection committee is currently soliciting nominations for the 2008 award. The Outstanding Freshman Advocate Award recognizes individuals who have made significant and extraordinary contributions to the academic or professional development and/or personal lives of first-year students. USC faculty, staff, and students may be nominated for the award.

You are invited to nominate a faculty member, administrator, staff member, or student who you feel greatly contributes to and positively impacts the first-year experience at USC. Any member of the USC community can submit a nomination online at: http://sc.edu/univ101/award/ On the nomination form, you will be asked to write a detailed statement about the person you are nominating. Please be sure to be descriptive and thorough in your statement to ensure that your nominee gets the fullest and highest possible consideration for the award. Nominations must be submitted no later than February 11, 2008.

If you have questions about the award or the nomination process, please feel free to contact Jennifer Latino (latino@gwm.sc.edu) or Michelle Ashcraft (ashcrafm@gwm.sc.edu) in the University 101 office (777-6029).