A subcommittee of the Graduate Council will convene to consider the nominations. The following criteria will be used:

1. A nominee must embody attributes of high quality mentoring, such as those described in the Best Practices for Faculty Mentoring of Graduate Students adopted by the Graduate Council on March 6, 2006 (or subsequent revisions).
2. A nominee may receive each Mentoring Award only once.

After the subcommittee has reviewed nominations for each award, recommendations will be forwarded to the Graduate Council for approval.

We are currently monitoring public health concerns related to the coronavirus (COVID-19).  The awards ceremony for the 2024 Carol D. Soc Distinguished Graduate Student Mentoring Award, 2024 Faculty Mentoring Award  and the 2024 Graduate Student Peer Mentor Award  is planned for April 17, 2024 and we expect to have an in-person gathering. We will update this website in mid-March with biographies and headshots of the award recipients.

A $2,500 prize accompanies both of the Carol D. Soc Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Awards, for junior and senior faculty. This may be received as research funds paid departmentally.  Recipients will be profiled in campus publications.