The Graduate School
2008 William S. Livingston
Outstanding Graduate Student Academic
Employee Award
Each year the Graduate Student Assembly (GSA) calls for nominations for outstanding performance by graduate student academic employees. The nomination categories are:
Teaching Assistant (TA) (Job code 0063)
Assistant Instructor (AI) (Job code 0045)
Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) (Job code 0090)
Award winners will be chosen by a GSA review committee of peer graduate students. Each award recipient will be recognized at the annual Graduate School/University Co-op Awards Banquet and will receive a $2,500 prize provided through the generosity of the University Co-op.
Eligibility
All graduate students (master's or doctoral level) are eligible for nomination if they held the appointment title of Teaching Assistant (0063), Assistant Instructor (0045), or Graduate Research Assistant (0090) at the university during one of the following semesters: spring 2008, summer 2008, or fall 2008.
All nominations must be sponsored by a faculty member, and each graduate program may submit only one nomination for each appointment category (TA, AI, GRA). Nominations may be submitted only by the department employing the student.
Nomination Requirements
Nominations are only accepted on the nomination form (see next section). Nominating faculty members should be aware that NO appended materials are considered in the judging process. All the information that committee members are asked to review in order to make their recommendations for this award comes from the nomination form. If you find you need to expand upon your nominee's qualities and experience beyond the space allotted on the nomination form, you may send additional pages that address the specific questions asked on the form. However, please be aware that resumes or curriculum vitae, course instructor surveys, research proposals, and other supplementary materials are not reviewed and should not be included.
The nomination form must be completed by the nominating faculty member and emailed directly to gradawards@austin.utexas.edu.
Nomination Form
The Nomination Form is prepared in .pdf format (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader - download free Reader). The form can be filled out onscreen and then printed or a blank form can be printed and then completed.
Submission Instructions
Livingston Award nomination forms must be emailed to gradawards@austin.utexas.edu.
Nominations must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 6, 2009. Incomplete nominations and nominations received after March 6 will not be considered. Finalists for the awards will receive an invitation to the Graduate School/University Co-op Awards Banquet in May, 2009.