The College

College of Design Awards:

The annual Honors and Awards event will be held on Friday, May 3, 2013 in the Rapson Courtyard. Breakfast will be available at 8:00 am, with the program beginning promptly at 8:30 am.

Nominations are due in 32 McNeal Hall or 101 Rapson Hall no later than March 26, 2013.

Download the College of Design Award Guidelines
IMPORTANT: Please make note of the individual or team designation for awards, as teams nominated in an individual-only category will not be considered.
- Individuals only: Teaching, Adjunct Teaching, P&A, CS/BU, Undergraduate Student, Graduate Student.
- Individuals or Teams: Research, Outreach, Service, Student Design and Scholarship
The guideline for supporting letters has changed, and they may now only be one page in length.

Outstanding Teaching Award: Recognizes individuals who have made contributions to teaching that are creative, innovative and effective through undergraduate, graduate, extension or continuing education programs.

Outstanding Research Award: Recognizes research/discovery scholarship and the creative process by individuals and/or teams within or across disciplines that have contributed to new knowledge and understandings within one or more of the central fields in the College of Design.

Outstanding Outreach Award: Recognizes outreach, engagement or disciplinary service scholarship by individuals and/or teams within or across disciplines that have addressed a critical civic, economic, environmental, health, social, or other related issue in Minnesota, the nation, or the world.

Outstanding Adjunct Teaching Award: Recognizes individual adjunct faculty who have made contributions to teaching that are creative, innovative and effective through undergraduate or graduate programs.

Outstanding P&A Award: Recognizes individual academic/professional personnel and administrative personnel for outstanding achievement in furthering the mission and goals of their unit(s) and/or the College of Design.

Outstanding CS/BU Award: Recognizes individual civil service and bargaining unit staff who have demonstrated excellence and professionalism in their overall performance and who have made meaningful contributions to their unit and/or the College and University.

Outstanding Service Award: Recognizes individuals or teams of faculty and staff for work that advances the mission and goals of their unit(s) and/or the College of Design.

Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award: Recognizes exceptional leadership and academic accomplishments of individual current undergraduate students in the College of Design.

Outstanding Graduate Student Award: Recognizes exceptional leadership and academic accomplishments of individual graduate students in the College of Design.

Student Design and Scholarship Excellence Award: Recognizes exceptional student work from the current school year. Award categories include: undergraduate individual, undergraduate team, graduate individual and graduate team.

CDes Honors and Awards Committee Members

Amanda Gentle - Student Representative
Tasoulla Hadjiyanni, Design, Housing, & Apparel
John Koepke - Landscape Architecture
Kate Maple - Dean's Designee
Aaron Marx - Adjunct Faculty
Julia Robinson - Architecture
Thomas Schenk - P&A Staff
Julieann Swanson - CS/BU Staff
Megan Uelner - Student Representative
Paige Rohman - Staff to the Committee