LEADERSHIP & SERVICE AWARD
The Graduate and Professional Student Government’s Leadership and Service Award seeks to recognize current University of Pittsburgh graduate and professional students for their service or leadership to the University of Pittsburgh, the surrounding community, and to the world at large. By creating this award, GPSG aims to make service by graduate and professional students more visible and valued on campus and to honor those who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and service. Awardees will receive a $250 grant that can be used towards academic expenses.
We are seeking applicants for the 2024 Leadership and Service Award. Please apply by sending two (2) essays and two (2) letters of support to gpsg@pitt.edu by March 1st, 2024 at 5pm.
What: Graduate and Professional Student Government Leadership and Service Award 2024
Who: Graduate and Professional Students
When: Applications are due March 1st, 2024 at 5:00pm
How: Apply via email to gpsg@pitt.edu
Applications Include:
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Two (2) Personal Essays (limited to 500 words each)
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Please describe your leadership and/or service to the University of Pittsburgh, an organization, or the local or global community
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Please discuss the motivation and/or philosophy that underlines your leadership and/or service.
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Two (2) Letters of Support
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Mentor – please send a letter addressed to the “Leadership and Service Award Committee” from a mentor who is familiar with your leadership and service. This could be an advisor, a professor, or a leader in an organization with which you are involved. This is a letter of recommendation. There is no required length or format.
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Email submissions to gpsg@pitt.edu
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Peer – please send a letter addressed to the “Leadership and Service Award Committee” from a peer who is familiar with your leadership and service. This could be a friend, another member/participant, or a leader in an organization with which you are involved. This is a letter of recommendation. There is no required length or format.
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Email submissions to gpsg@pitt.edu
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Congratulations to our past Leadership and Service Award Winners:
Leadership and Service Award 2024
Leadership and Service Award 2023
Leadership and Service Award 2022
Leadership and Service Award 2021
Leadership and Service Award 2020
Leadership and Service Award 2019
Leadership and Service Award 2018
Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar, Kenrick Fernandes, Michael Chiang, Victoria Humphrey
Leadership and Service Award 2017
Jessica Benham, Chun Hua Tsai, Mallory Womble
Leadership and Service Award 2016
Erkan Bayir, Andrew Brennan, Tao Long, Deepthi Vijayraghavan
Leadership and Service Award 2015
Robert Allen, Teresa Hagan, Nicole Ostrowski, Aliyah Weinstein