Purpose of Award
Every year the department shall recognize and honor three outstanding individuals for their success and influence as leaders, for significant career achievements, and for being outstanding role models for current students.
- Outstanding Alumni Award
- Outstanding Young Alumni Award
Eligibility for Award
Outstanding Alumni
Any person may be nominated who is a graduate of the College of the Liberal Arts and majored in Sociology, Criminology, Crime, Law and Justice, Administration of Justice or another degree historically administered by the department.
Outstanding Young Alumni
Any person may be nominated who is a graduate of the College of the Liberal Arts and majored in Sociology, Criminology, Crime, Law and Justice, Administration of Justice or another degree historically administered by the department. Eligibility for the award is limited to individuals who have graduated from the University within the last fifteen years.
This award recognizes alumni of the Department of Sociology and Criminology who graduated with a bachelor’s degree no more than fifteen years from the time of nomination, for success and influence as leaders, for significant career achievements, and for being outstanding role models for current students.
Nature of the Awards
Awardees will be invited to campus to receive their award at the department award ceremony. To appropriately recognize awardees, awards will be presented to recipients who can attend the ceremony. Recipients who are not able to attend the ceremony in the year nominated will be invited to participate in a subsequent year.
Selection Process
A representative from the alumni relations and development office, in conjunction with the Board Chair and the Head of the Sociology & Criminology Department, will narrow the nomination list to no more than five candidates. The Department will then consult with the Alumni Engagement Committee to make the final selection. The final candidate will be approved by the dean in advance of being notified.
Nominations are solicited from peers, colleagues, friends, faculty, staff, and the Sociology and Criminology Board of Visitors. Nominators are asked to complete and submit the following Nomination Form. Awardee solicitations are welcome at any given time.
The Department in consultation with the Board of Visitors Alumni Awards and Recognition will review and select the award nominees. The final nominees must be approved by the Susan Welch Dean of the College of the Liberal Arts.