[Cwgrad-announcements] Fwd: [Faculty] Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Awards

[D Charles Whitney]

Faculty and grad students:  Please note that MFA advisors are also  
eligible for this award.  Since former grad students are eligible to  
nominate for the award, please do share this with alumni as well.

Best,
D Charles Whitney, Professor and Chair
Department of Creative Writing, 4119 INTS
U of California, Riverside CA 92521
951.827.6076    FAX 951.827.3619




Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Linda G. Scott" <gdivls at ucr.edu>
> Date: April 6, 2009 9:21:59 AM PDT
> To: D Charles Whitney <chuck.whitney at ucr.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Faculty] Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Awards
>
> Yes!
>
> Linda
>
>
>> A question:  For disciplines in which the MFA is the terminal  
>> degree, may nominations be for MFA thesis advisors?
>>
>> D Charles Whitney, Professor and Chair
>> Department of Creative Writing, 4119 INTS
>> U of California, Riverside CA 92521
>> 951.827.6076    FAX 951.827.3619
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 3, 2009, at 9:54 AM, Linda G. Scott wrote:
>>
>>> The Graduate Council and the Graduate Division are now inviting  
>>> nominations for the Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring  
>>> Awards. The recipient will be recognized at the Graduate  
>>> Commencement Ceremony and receive a prize of $3000.
>>>
>>> Nominations from both current and former graduate students are  
>>> invited.  In the letter of nomination we ask that the student  
>>> indicate specifically what makes his/her faculty advisor an  
>>> outstanding mentor and why he or she should receive the award  
>>> this year.
>>>
>>> The nominations will be reviewed by a faculty committee composed  
>>> of members of the Graduate Council.  The committee will take into  
>>> consideration not only the letters of recommendation received but  
>>> also the number of students the faculty has mentored, a history  
>>> of effective mentoring, and possible comments from other faculty  
>>> or departmental chairs.
>>>
>>> Nominees of previous years will require re-nomination to be  
>>> considered by this year's committee.
>>> Nominations should be received no later than Friday, April 24.   
>>> Address nominations to Dean Joseph Childers via email  
>>> (graddean at ucr.edu) or:
>>>
>>> Joseph Childers
>>> Dean, Graduate Division,
>>> University Office Building
>>> University of California, Riverside
>>> Riverside CA  92521
>>>
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>
> -- 
> Linda G. Scott
> Director, Graduate Academic Affairs & Postdoc Studies
> Graduate Division
> 136 University Office Building
> University of California, Riverside
> Riverside, CA  92521
>
> (951) 827-3387
> gdivls at ucr.edu
> Linda.Scott1 at ucr.edu
>
>
>
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