Student spring award nominations sought
January 11, 2017
Nominations are sought for the Marion Frances Boswell Award, the Joel Wiegert Award
and the Gray S. Tilly Memorial Award, all of which recognize outstanding UAF graduates
each year.
Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to submit nominations. Nominations are
accepted online at www.uaf.edu/studentawards. The deadline for submissions is Feb. 13.
For more information, contact Mark Oldmixon, director of UAF Wood Center and the Department of Recreation, Adventure and Wellness.
Download a flier for these awards here.
The criteria used by the awards selection committee are:
Gray S. Tilly Memorial Award
Nominees must be graduating seniors whose path to a degree was nontraditional, having
been perhaps delayed or interrupted by family responsibilities or financial hardships.
The minimum cumulative GPA is a 3.0 for this award.
Boswell and Wiegert awards
The Boswell award recognizes an outstanding senior woman, while the Weigert award
recognizes an outstanding senior man. Nominees must have accumulated a minimum of
30 semester credit hours at the University of Alaska Fairbanks by May 2017. Nominees must
receive a baccalaureate degree during the 2016-2017 academic year. A minimum cumulative
GPA of 3.5 is required for these awards.
All awards
Other considerations for all awards include the nominee's character, personality,
scholarship, participation in extracurricular activities and contributions to the
university and Fairbanks communities.
Submit nominations here.
