SIS Student Awards Program

The faculty of the School of Information Sciences (SIS) offer a series of
awards to acknowledge student achievement. The first three awards below are
considered the School's "Top 3 Awards."

Gary R. Purcell Award

The Gary R. Purcell Award award honors the memory of the school's first
director. The faculty present this award to a student who shows unusual
promise as a leader in the field of information sciences, in research and
innovation, intellectual activity and creativity and management. It is an
award for overall excellence rather than excellence in any one particular
area alone. For the purpose of this award, "leadership" is defined as the
ability to make a significant change for the better for a group of people, a
technology or institution, and to advance the intellectual discipline of the
information sciences.

The Academic Achievement Award

The purpose of the Academic Achievement Award is to recognize a student
for excellence in academic work, such as coursework, presentations, thesis,
and/or manuscripts submitted for publication.

The Outstanding Service Award

The purpose of the Outstanding Service Award is to recognize a student
who has shown exemplary, continuous, dedicated, and voluntary service to the
SIS community.

Other Student Awards:

Selection

Winners will be chosen by vote of the faculty as a whole at its final
April meeting. Nomination forms for qualifying nominees will be provided to
the faculty by the chair, Student Affairs Committee. Only one award will be
presented; there are no "honorable mentions.

Please note that SIS Scholarships are
listed separately. Student awards are conferred annually on the basis of
student activity and performance during the academic year. The awards are
conferred at the School's spring hooding ceremony, normally scheduled a day
after the university graduation.

Please direct any questions about the Student Awards Program to the chair
of the Student Affairs Committee, Bharat Mehra.