Graduate Student Showcase

The Distinction in Creativity award is presented in collaboration by the Graduate School and Office of Vice President for Research. This award recognizes the passion and personal contributions of these talented graduate students, and honors their commitment and efforts in their area of work.

The Great Minds in Research award is presented in collaboration by the Graduate School and the Office of Vice President for Research. This award recognizes graduate student submissions that contribute to the excellence and advancement of research, scholarship, and entrepreneurial efforts at CSU. We celebrate these rising stars, and honor these graduate students for the commitment and efforts in their field.

Dr. Tammi Vacha-Haase envisioned and was the driving force in creating the Graduate Student Showcase during her time as associate dean of the Graduate School. Her continued dedication to celebrating the scholarship of all graduate students and facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration inspired the creation of the Founder’s Award. The award recognizes an exceptional graduate student who is forging a new path in research, creativity, or entrepreneurship.

The College of Business is invested in projects that offer sustainable solutions to substantive problems affecting a population. Through this College of Business Sustainability Award, the College is pleased to highlight outstanding scholarship from graduate students across the campus.

The Drivers of Innovation awards highlight the leading edge of the most innovative research originating from CSU research. Awardees in this category have presented innovative research capable of solving commercial needs that benefit society. Additionally, the awardees have demonstrated a solid capability to communicate their science clearly as well as a superior ability to visually represent their research in a manner that is accessible to all audiences.

The Office of International Programs is pleased to recognize three students with the Global Impact Award.

In line with the Graduate Student Council’s (GSC) overall commitment to bring graduate students together for the purposes of networking, collaboration, and advocacy the GSC is proud to sponsor the Graduate Student Showcase. Our organization has always had a strong focus on welcoming new graduate students to CSU and empowering them to succeed. Offering the New Graduate Student Award in partnership with the Graduate School, is yet another way we can help these emerging scholars reach their full potential.

The New Graduate Student Award is available to all graduate students in the first three semesters of their graduate work (anyone who started Summer/Fall 2016 or later), and four students will be selected, with each winning a $150 prize. In line with the mission of GSC, special consideration will be offered to projects focused on informing policy that may benefit graduate students and further the goals of GSC.

The New Graduate Student Award will be judged by the GSC leadership team and our administrative advisors.

The Graduate School is proud to partner with the Office for Undergraduate Research and Artistry to sponsor the Undergraduate Choice Awards through which each category of the Graduate Student Showcase will be judged by a team of undergraduate scholars. This category is designed to expose undergraduates to graduate level scholarship, facilitate the training of undergraduates in the critical analysis of scholarly products, and to reward graduate students whose work is perceived to be among the highest quality by the undergraduate team of judges.

Presented and offered by the Graduate School.

The College of Agricultural Sciences is proud to present the Top Scholar award.

For the College of Business graduate student that provides a creative research solution to a substantive business problem. Through this award, the College of Business is pleased to honor a business graduate student for outstanding research.

The Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering is proud to present the Excellence in Research Award.

The College of Health and Human Sciences is pleased to provide three Excellence in Research and Scholarship awards and one Excellence in Creativity award.

Awards to Graduate Students in Liberal Arts Disciplines/Departments for highest achievements in:

CNS Graduate Student Research Award.

CVMBS Top Scholar Awards

Warner Top Scholars.