About the award
This award is intended to recognize contributions of time, energy and expertise expended in achieving “big picture” CEOAS outreach & engagement goals. Awardees have created products to be used in the long term, or contributed toward CEOAS-wide coordination efforts around outreach & engagement, or simply volunteered regularly at events.
Eligibility
- Graduate student, undergraduate student, or postdoc who is not being compensated for this work through their employment
- Outreach and engagement efforts at the CEOAS-wide level (i.e., not individual, lab or university level)
- Worked on efforts directly with CEOAS Outreach Coordinator
- Created product to be used in the long term, provided leadership in CEOAS-wide efforts, or volunteer regularly
- Project has been completed/implemented
Award includes
- Certificate
- Announcements at CEOAS spring awards ceremony and in the CEOAS On the Horizon newsletter
- Financial award:
- $250 for individual accomplishments
- $100 for each member of a group accomplishment (specifically for group members with tangible contributions beyond idea generation)
Examples
- Developing tabling kit, activity guide or video to be used by CEOAS for outreach events into the future
- Taking leadership in some CEOAS-wide effort such as coordinating student volunteers or leading a project with the Community of Practice
- Being a reliable and available volunteer to host tables and deliver lesson plans at many events over the course of a degree program; taking the initiative to improve lessons and delivery
- (Examples that don’t count: presentations at conferences, outreach for lab/PI that is disconnected from larger CEOAS efforts, creating content for use at only one event, etc.)
Award process
- Awards are distributed on a rolling basis, related to the completion of projects. Awards are generally batched so there may be a wait time between the end of a project and the award.
- Awardees are identified by CEOAS Outreach Coordinator, based on the criteria above. Contact Ryan Brown with questions.
- Limit: one award per year per person
- Funding for these awards is provided through the K-12 and Community Outreach OSU Foundation Account, and is the result of generous contributions from donors who are passionate about sharing our sciences with communities (funding may be a limiting factor in how many awards are issued).
Awardees
2023/2024:
- Sarah Beethe: Rock hounding kit and grad student coordination
- Deepa Dwyer: Outreach Community of Practice leadership, grad student coordination and regular volunteering
- MacKenzie Jewell: Clouds activity handout
- Adrianna Nicolay: Minecraft activity kit
- Saray Sanchez: CEOAS videos for use at engagement events
- Lexi Thompson: Minecraft activity kit
- Olivia Williams: Minecraft kit, clouds kit and grad student coordination
2022/2023:
- Eliza Amstutz: Land use planning sand table activity kit
- Kaitlan Angel: Volcanic rock identification activity kit
- Rebecca Howard: Larval fish tabling kit
- Julia Peterson: Paleoclimate archives activity kit
- Thi Truong: Birthstone identification and minerals in household items activity kits
- Jennifer Wong-Ala: Larval fish tabling kit
Last updated 12/28/2023