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Celebration of Scholarship
Each year, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the College of Sciences host a Celebration of Scholarship to recognize outstanding faculty members. On that evening, the recipients of the annual Award for Scholarship gives a public lecture highlighting their work. Through this award and the gala event, the college calls attention to the value of the scholarly activities in which all faculty are engaged.
Read more about the history of the award.
Read about the distinguished recipients of the Award for Scholarship.
Call for Nominations
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the College of Sciences invites nomination for the 2008 Awards for Scholarship. The awards are given to a faculty from each college whose recent scholarly work is a of special significance. Through this honor, we recognize two of our outstanding scholars and also call attention to the value of the scholarly activities in which we are all involved.
- The award winners are chosen on the basis of work published in the pat three years. The body of work for which one is nominated should have played an important role in the advancement of the particular area of study or discipline and should establish or solidify the researcher's national and/or international standing among one's peers.
- Recipients of the Celebration of Scholarship Awards will be honored at a reception in October, 2008 and receive a $2,000 award.
Nomination letters must address the criteria above and be submitted to Matt Zingraff at zingraff@gmu.edu by April 15, 2007.