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Please, click on the name of the award to view the application. If you have questions about this website please contact kendra.l.warden@vanderbilt.edu.
Diversity Specific Awards
Accolade: The Chancellor's Diversity Award
Accolade recognizes a rising senior whose academic achievement and participation in extracurricular activities contribute to the diversification of the Vanderbilt student body. Applicants must be enrolled as a full-time student and be scheduled to graduate May of 2009. A $5,000 scholarship, to be used during the recipient's senior year, is awarded annually.
Questions regarding the award may be directed to: lyn.fulton-john@Vanderbilt.Edu
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Muliebrity Prize
This award was established in 1996 in honor of the student newspaper, Muliebrity, which was published in 1992-93. The Muliebrity Prize, a $250 check and certificate, honors an undergraduate student who demonstrates leadership in activities that contribute to the achievements, interests and goals of women and girls, or that promote equity. Self-nominations are encouraged, as well as nominations by faculty, staff, advisors, friends and peers. The nomination process includes completion of a nominator form, nominee form, nominee résumé and letter of recommendation. To access the nomination packet in a word document, please click the appropriate link above. To access the forms for online completion, please follow the links:
NOMINATOR FORM
NOMINEE FORM
Email questions to: stacy.nunnally@vanderbilt.edu
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Robert Peter Pratt Memorial Award
The Robert Peter Pratt Memorial Award was established at Vanderbilt
University in 1991 to honor Robert Peter Pratt (1954-1991),
associate director of Undergraduate Admissions and long time
leader in promoting diversity within the student population.
A $500 check is presented to the Chancellor's Scholar of junior
or senior standing whose accomplishments best exemplify Robert
Peter Pratt's commitment to diversity and unity, leadership
and cooperation, warmth and openness, and unselfish service
to others.
Questions regarding the award may be directed to: lyn.fulton-john@Vanderbilt.Edu
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Susan Jung Award
This award is given by the Asian American Student Association
(AASA) and Masala SACE (South Asian Cultural Exchange) to honor
an undergraduate junior or senior in the Asian American Community who
has shown outstanding commitment and passion to Vanderbilt through
cultural and/or political education. The award honors those
who exemplify the vision of Susan Jung '88, who founded AASA
upon the principle of unity through diversity in the fall of
1986. The winner of this award receives a $500 check from the sponsoring organizations.
Questions regarding the award may be directed to: n.jamerson@vanderbilt.edu
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Thomas M. Weser Award
This award was established in 1989 in memory of Thomas M. Weser,
a German exchange student who was killed while attending Vanderbilt.
Each year, the Weser Award recognizes an international student who has demonstrated an unusually strong commitment to intellectual
life, cross-cultural appreciation, and personal integrity. The
recipient is presented with an engraved cup and $250.
Questions regarding the award may be directed to: marci.l.angevine@vanderbilt.edu
