This award recognizes a graduate student who holds truly outstanding promise as a future professor or teacher. The student selected will epitomize a broad range of talents. Evidence of excellence may include scholarship, teaching, student mentoring, web site development, or any other relevant areas of contribution as defined by the nominator.

Recipients

• 2014: Patrick Button (Economics)
• 2013: Elizabeth Sowers (Sociology)
• 2012: Benjamin Mis
• 2011: Wilfred T. Wan (Political Science)
• 2010: Scott Byrd (Sociology)
• 2009: Robin L. Bowman
• 2008: Kathy H. Rim
• 2007: Carla Valenzuela