The Outstanding Student Group Award recognizes exemplary leadership and commitment by a student group to the Washington University community. The group worthy of this award will have shown progressive leadership and commitment consistent with the mission of Campus Life.
Criteria for Outstanding Student Group Award
Groups receiving this award will demonstrate the following:
- Ethics and Integrity
- Group understands their actions, both public and private, are reflective of their values.
- When faced with ethical issues, the group challenges themselves and others to act in ways congruent with their personal and shared values.
- Group demonstrates the highest level of integrity in all aspects of their lives.
- Communication
- Group seeks understands that effective communication is a crucial component of successful leadership.
- Group demonstrates proficiency across multiple modes of communication and effectively and appropriately utilizes technology.
- Group is able to engage in meaningful conversations and interactions with others.
- Vision and Strategy
- Group understands the importance of challenging the status quo and applying creative and innovative solutions to affect positive change.
- Group will have developed a vision for change.
- Group will have formulated goals and action steps necessary to bring their vision into reality.
- Connection and Collaboration
- Group seeks out meaningful relationships to foster positive change.
- Group understands these relationships not simply as a means to an end but as an integral component of creating an effective community.
- Group finds ways to motivate, utilize, and incorporate others to move their vision forward.
- Integration and Meaningful Action
- Group is able to translate ideas into action.
- Group seeks opportunities to develop cultural competency and understand themselves as contributing to the improvement of a global society.
- Group creates opportunities for the inclusion of multiple perspectives to develop