Outstanding Creative Master's Thesis Award

• Recipients

The Graduate College is pleased to announce the 11th year of competition for the Outstanding Creative Master's

Thesis Award. This competition is intended to honor outstanding creative scholarship by UNI graduate students and to provide increased visibility for UNI graduate programs.

Nominees must have earned their Master's degree between October 1, 2010 and September 30, 2011.  The evaluation committee will include members of the Regular Graduate Faculty. Each thesis will be judged on the following criteria:  creativity, performance, scholarship, significance, and contribution to the artistic field of study.

One selection will be made:  a plaque and cash award of $200.00.  The evaluation committee may elect not to make an award.

Nominations for the competition are now being accepted. A single copy of the thesis (including where appropriate slides, audio tapes, photographs, video tapes), a cover letter from the faculty paper advisor, the current mailing address of the graduate student, and the student's one page resume must be submitted to the Graduate College Office by 5:00 PM, Monday, September 26, 2011. Decisions will be made by December 5, 2011. All works will be returned shortly thereafter.

Contact Shoshanna Coon, Associate Dean, at (319) 273-2748, or at shoshanna.coon@uni.edu.