Awards

Award Nominations

Campus ADP-point people are encouraged to nominate ADP initiatives in three categories: campus-wide, curricular and co-curricular. Campus-wide initiatives are those funded and/or generated by Academic Affairs were open to the entire campus community and had a positive impact locally, nationally or globally. Curricular initiatives are actions for which students received course credit. Co-curricular initiatives are efforts led by campus bodies other than Academic Affairs that did not result in course credit and did not involve the entire campus, although their impact may have been felt by anyone on and off campus.

Nominations in the three categories should be sent to the ADP-South Center Executive Director Mike McCullough as e-mail attachments. The nomination(s) should include a 100-to-150 word summary of the project goals, participants and outcomes. This summary should be followed by a longer explanation of what the project entailed and why it should be considered for an award.

Award Criteria

Campus/Institutional Award

  • Top-level involvement, commitment, support
  • Well-coordinated efforts of a number of individuals or groups
  • Demonstration of resolve to overcome obstacles
  • Opportunities for student leadership
  • Significant social, moral, or economic impact of project(s)
  • Significance of original mission
  • Extent to which outcomes achieved or superseded goals
  • Demonstration of learning connections made by those involved
  • Originality/creativity of the project(s)
  • Credibility boost for future American Democracy Project efforts

Curricular Award

  • Faculty involvement, commitment and support
  • Well-coordinated efforts
  • Demonstration of resolve to overcome obstacles
  • Demonstration of student leadership
  • Significant social, moral or economic impact of project
  • Significance of original mission
  • Extent to which outcomes achieved or superseded goals
  • Demonstration of learning connections made by those involved
  • Originality/creativity of the project
  • Credibility boost for future American Democracy Project efforts

Co-curricular Award

  • Faculty/staff involvement, commitment, support
  • Well-coordinated efforts
  • Demonstration of resolve to overcome obstacles
  • Demonstration of student leadership
  • Significant social, moral or economic impact of project
  • Significance of original mission
  • Extent to which outcomes achieved or superseded goals
  • Demonstration of learning connections made by those involved
  • Originality/creativity of the project
  • Credibility boost for future American Democracy Project efforts