M.Ed. Capstones - Awards

Dean's Award for Outstanding Education Masters Project and Thesis

Purpose

To recognize outstanding student research and applied scholarship at the graduate level.

Eligibility

The thesis or project must have been completed during the academic year prior to fall deadline (1st day of classes).

Awards

One thesis winner and/or one project winner, with 2-4 finalists.

Timeline

  1. The College of Education and Community Innovation Dean Office's will send out a general call for nominations at the beginning of each semester and post an announcement on the college website.
  2. The project or thesis advisor will write a brief letter of support describing why they believe a specific project or thesis should be considered for the award. This letter and a copy of the project or thesis must be submitted to the Dean's Office by 5:00 p.m. on the first day of classes of the fall semester.
  3. Award recipients will be notified in January.

Selection Process

The panel of readers will consist of at least five Education faculty members. Any committee member who has a student under consideration will withdraw from discussion that focuses on their student's project or thesis. The committee will meet during the fall semester and make recommendations to the Dean.

ScholarWorks@GVSU

Upon notification of award, the Dean's Office will request award recipients' permission to submit their work to ScholarWorks@GVSU, GVSU's open-access scholarly works repository.



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