Guidelines for Jim Ed McGee Graduate Honors Award

The Jim Ed McGee Graduate Honors Award was instituted to recognize one Arkansas Tech University graduate student each year as the outstanding graduate student of the year.

A graduate student who has recently completed a graduate degree and wishes to be considered for the Jim Ed McGee Graduate Honors Award may submit a letter of application with two faculty recommendations to his/her program director by March 1 of the year in which the honors award is to be presented. If the advisor is someone other than the program director, one of the two faculty recommendations must come from the student's advisor.

CRITERIA FOR SELECTION

● Professional Binder
        ○ Identifying front page
        ○ Table of Contents
        ○ Clearly tabbed sections
● Advisor and three (3) other professional recommendations
● Vitae

NOMINATION   

Persons who graduate in May or December of one year are eligible to apply for the award which will be presented in April of the following year. The student's program director will review the application materials on the basis of graduate level performance in such areas as grades, research project, academic papers, leadership in graduate program activities, and faculty recommendations.

The program director will forward the application materials of recommended outstanding graduate students to the Dean of Graduate College by February 15.

SELECTION

A panel of evaluators, consisting of the Dean of Graduate College and four (4) other graduate faculty members, will review nominations of candidates for the Graduate Honor Award. The panel will rate the applications based on the following:

● Evaluation of documentation submitted by the applicant
● Work submitted by the applicant
        ○ Abstracts
        ○ Prospectus or project summary
        ○ Appropriate recommendations
● Leadership and involvement in graduate program activities

A personal interview may be required.

AWARD PRESENTATION

The person selected as the recipient of the Jim Ed McGee Graduate Honors Award will receive a personal plaque and have his/her name inscribed on the Jim Ed McGee Graduate Honors Award Plaque that will be on permanent display in the Graduate College.