Citizen Leader Awards
The Citizen Leader Awards will be presented on Sunday, April 21, 2024.
Nominations
Use the Online Citizen Leader Award Nomination Forms to nominate.
Nomination Submissions are due by March 17, 2024.
Not sure who to nominate? Check out the awards descriptions below.
Individual Student Award Descriptions
Emerging Leader Award
This award recognizes first- and second-year students who demonstrate appreciation for the value of Longwood’s commitment to citizen leadership and exemplify leadership by providing distinguished service to and engagement with the Longwood community. These students show initiative, commitment to growth, and potential for continued involvement and leadership throughout their remaining time at Longwood.
Award Qualifications: Candidates must be in their first or second year at Longwood University. All candidates must have a 2.7 cumulative grade point average and be in good standing with the University.
Honor and Integrity Award
This award recognizes students who exemplify honorable behavior and embody the virtues of honesty, integrity, duty, good character, and rectitude in their daily lives.
Award Qualifications: Candidates must have a 2.7 cumulative grade point average and be in good standing with the University.
Dr. P Distinguished Contributions to Longwood Award
This award recognizes a senior student who, throughout their collegiate career, has been a model citizen leader and served as a positive role model for other students. This person will have also displayed outstanding involvement and leadership in campus life and have contributed significantly to the general advancement of the interests of student affairs and Longwood University.
Award Qualifications: All candidates must have a 2.7 cumulative grade point average and be in good standing with the University. All candidates must be students with one semester or less remaining at Longwood.
Rotunda Award For Community Building
This award recognizes a student who has brought together varying segments of the campus community through their strong commitment to relationship building and desire to engage the campus community through meaningful programming.
Award Qualifications: All candidates must have a 2.7 cumulative grade point average and be in good standing with the University.
Joan of Arc Visionary Leadership Award
This award recognizes outstanding leadership and commitment to the Longwood community. Through their organizational involvements and campus-wide initiatives, the recipients strive to support the development of a future community of citizen leaders working for the common good of society. These students are innovative, set clear goals for their organizations, and motivate those around them to achieve those goals.
Award Qualifications: All candidates must have a 2.7 cumulative grade point average, held a leadership position in a student organization this past year, and be in good standing with the University.
Citizen Leader Award
This award recognizes students who exemplify true citizen leadership by embracing diversity and demonstrating virtue, empathy, generosity, teamwork, social responsibility, and dedication to the common good through their dedication to the campus community and/or contributions to the local area.
Award Qualifications: All candidates must have a 2.7 cumulative grade point average, be a current sophomore, junior or senior, and be in good standing with the University.
The Ellen Masters Award for Significant Service
This award recognizes a student whose behavior embraces civic responsibility and consistent, meaningful service to the community on a local, regional, national, or global level. The recipient has given of their time, talent, and efforts to contribute to the common good.
Award Qualifications: All candidates must have a 2.7 grade point average, be in good standing with the University, and the service is outside any required service.
Outstanding Graduate Student Award
This award recognizes a Longwood graduate student or graduate assistant who exemplifies the virtues of commitment, dedication, service, civic responsibility, and scholarship through outstanding contributions in the areas of service to campus and community, leadership, involvement in campus life beyond the scope of typical assistantships and job responsibilities, and a commitment to diversity.
NH "Cookie" Scott Trailblazer Award
This award is given to a student who strives for academic excellence and social justice by encouraging their peers to explore and reflect upon their multiple identities, promoting awareness of greater social inequalities, and addressing social inequities on campus.
Award Qualifications: All candidates must have a 2.7 cumulative grade point average, be a current sophomore, junior or senior, and be in good standing with the University.
Faculty/Staff Award Descriptions
Outstanding Student Organization Advisor
This award recognizes a faculty or staff member who goes above and beyond the expectations of an advisor. The award recipient is an integral part of the organization, serves as an enthusiastic supporter, and shows dedication and commitment to the mission of the organization.
Award Qualifications: Candidates must be a registered faculty/staff advisor for a student organization for the current academic year and being an advisor is not part of their job responsibilities.
Faculty Staff Citizen Leader Award
This award recognizes faculty and staff members who exemplify what it means to be a citizen leader by employing their character, commitment to values, and sense of civic responsibility/duty to make a significant contribution on behalf of the community for the common good.
Outstanding Advocate of the Year Awards
This award is given to a faculty or staff member who is actively involved with incorporating multicultural elements into their academic curriculum or into the scope of their work at the university. The recipient is a high contributor to the advancement and production of a healthy, inclusive environment at Longwood.
Award Qualifications: Current Longwood Faculty or Staff member.
Student Employment Award Descriptions
Student employment is an experience that involves a commitment and an involvement with the Longwood community that is valued by faculty, staff and students. Student employees are a vital resource and provide much of the creativity, energy and enthusiasm that make our departments successful. The student employment program helps in the development of citizen leaders and prepares students to make positive contributions to the campus, local community and the common good of society.
Student Employee of the Year
This award recognizes an outstanding undergraduate student who has made exceptional contributions to the department in which they work. The student has demonstrated initiative, strong work ethic, and dedication to their job.
Award Qualifications: The candidate must be a student working in the Student Employee Program at Longwood University during the current academic year; be in good standing with the University and have a minimum 2.7 GPA.
Supervisor of the Year
This award recognizes an outstanding faculty/staff member who supervises one or more student employees and represents an appreciation for outstanding supervision and support through personal and professional development.
Award Qualifications: The candidate for this position serves as a supervisor to students working in the Student Employee Program during the current academic year. Student employees nominate candidates.
Also Awarded at the Ceremony
- Aramark Student Employee Awards
- IB Dent Excellence in Programming
- Phyllis Mable Award for Distinguished Contributions
- Princeps Distinguished Leadership Award
- Residential and Commuter Life Awards
- WMLU Matt Burton Award