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The Salisbury Prize

“The Salisbury Prizes are to be awarded to highly meritorious members of the graduating class of Worcester Polytechnic Institute who have faithfully, industriously, and with distinguished attainment completed all requirements for the Bachelor degree.” 

If you have an advisee who you feel is a truly outstanding senior, it would be appropriate to submit a nomination to your department head (or IGSD head for interdisciplinary candidates) for consideration by your department as a candidate in your field.  The following describes the selection process for the Salisbury Prize: 

I.   Residency Requirement: Candidates must have been enrolled at WPI for at least two years or eight seven-week terms.  Participation in approved exchange programs will be considered attendance at WPI.

II.  Selection Procedure: 

a.  Each advisor should take the responsibility of selecting from among his/her advisees any seniors who appear to be eligible for consideration.  The Salisbury Prize requires that students must have received an A grade for the Humanities and Arts Project, IQP, and MQP (if finished).  The names of these students, together with appropriate supporting information, should be brought to the attention of the degree-granting department closest to the students’ major area of concentration. 

b. The members of the teaching staffs of the various degree-granting departments shall normally select one nominee in their respective area.  If departments have more than seventy graduates, they may submit more than one nomination.  A department need not submit a nomination if it feels none is warranted.

c.  Nominations are to be submitted by the heads of the degree-granting departments no later than Friday, March 20, 2009.  The nomination application will be accepted online and should include a brief supporting statement summarizing the qualifications of the nominee.

If you have any questions about the online nomination process, please contact Nancy Hickman at nhickman@wpi.edu or extension 5404. 

d.  The recipients will be selected by the following committee: Arthur Heinricher, Dean of Undergraduate Studies; Richard Vaz, Dean of Interdisciplinary & Global Studies; Professor Peter Hansen; and Dean Emeritus William Grogan. The committee shall select approximately 15 nominees as the most deserving recipients of the prizes.  The awards will be presented at the Undergraduate Student Awards luncheon scheduled on Monday, April 27, 2009.

III.  The awards are open to members of the Class of 2009 regardless of their graduation date.

 

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