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The First-Year Student Excellence Award acknowledges one outstanding WVU Tech first-year student from across the university. This award establishes and acknowledges a pathway to leadership and demonstrates appreciation for the activities and accomplishments of WVU Tech first-year students.
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The First-Year Student Excellence Award is an academic award recognizing one WVU Tech first-year student who has not only earned high marks in their coursework but who has also given untiringly of their time in leadership positions while maintaining personal standards of excellence.
Similar to the Presidential Leadership Award (awarded to three graduating WVU Tech seniors, one from each college), the First-Year Student Excellence Award recognizes a single first-year student who best embodies the four personal characteristics sought in the recipients of both the First-Year Student Excellence and Presidential Leadership Awards. These characteristics represent the qualities desired in all WVU Tech students:
Each candidate for the 2025 First-Year Student Excellence Award must indicate within their application how they stand out as a WVU Tech student in the above four areas.
Students who are presented the First-Year Student Excellence Award must be nominated, and each nominated student must then apply. Only nominations and applications of first-year WVU Tech students who have completed less than 30 credits toward graduation at the time of their nomination will be considered.
Nomination and candidate forms are available from the Academic Award Packages published by the faculty members of the Academic Awards Selection Committee. These packages are widely available on the WVU Tech website.
The faculty members of the 2024-2025 Academic Awards Selection Committee will review nominations and applications, interview the candidates, and select the recipient of the award.
Nomination and application forms must be submitted to the Academic Awards Committee by the specified deadlines.
A complete application packet must include:
Nomination forms and candidate applications can be found here: https://www.wvutech.edu/academic-awards
Nominate the WVU Tech first-year student whom you believe deserves the First-Year Student Excellence Award!