Student Leadership Award

Award Cycle: Spring

The Student Leadership Award is presented to students for outstanding service to Sigma Tau Delta at the chapter level. Nominees for the award will demonstrate their individual commitment to the ideals of Sigma Tau Delta and their ability to promote those ideals through a leadership role in their local chapters.

Students and Advisors are invited to submit nominations. No student may receive this award more than once. The recipient of the award will receive a check for $250 and a plaque.

Eligibility

1. The student nominee must be a current member in good standing of Sigma Tau Delta, or have been a member in good standing within the past six months. Members who graduated in the previous fall term or who will graduate in spring or summer are eligible for the award.
2. Alumni members who graduated more than six months ago are not eligible for this award.
3. The student must not have received the award previously.
4. The student must be nominated by a Chapter Advisor or by a member in good standing from their chapter.

Judging of the Nominees

1. The Central Office will verify active chapter and member status.
2. Judges will be non-student members of the Service Committee.
3. Those students not selected for the award are eligible for nomination in subsequent years of service through a new nomination.
4. The winner of the award will be announced on the Sigma Tau Delta website and at the next annual convention.

How to Apply

One Advisor or chapter member may nominate one member, per chapter, per year. By submitting the nomination, the Chapter Advisor or member is endorsing the nomination.

Nominations for the Student Leadership Award are accepted through AwardSpring. The link to access the Sigma Tau Delta AwardSpring platform will be posted on the AwardSpring Application informational page of our website once the Spring Awards Cycle opens.

If you are using AwardSpring for the first time, you must create an account by clicking “Register.” If you have used AwardSpring previously, you should login using your email address and existing password.

Required Materials

1. Declaration of nomination, not to exceed 250 words, explaining why you are nominating this candidate
2. Candidate information
   • Name
   • Email address
3. Nominee Letter (To be recruited through AwardSpring and due within one week of the Spring Awards Cycle deadline.) The nominated student will then be notified of the nomination and asked to write a 500-word letter laying out their qualifications for the award, including the following:
   • The nominee’s contribution to the local chapter ideals of Sigma Tau Delta.
   • Length and dates of nominee’s service as officer/member of Sigma Tau Delta.
   • Name and contact information of the student submitting the letter (mail and email addresses, phone numbers)
   • Name and contact information of the Chapter Advisor(s) (mail and email addresses, phone numbers).

Deadline

See the Awards Overview page for the Outstanding Chapter Award application window.

Questions

Questions regarding the online submission process should be addressed to sigmatdapply@niu.edu.