organization Awards
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CSI Award Information
The Center for Student Involvement Organization Awards honors student organizations and their leaders who have had a profound impact on campus and in the community. All awards listed below received a $200-$1000 prize.
Read below for more information about the awards.
For full descriptions, please check out the Student Life Impact Awards program.
Rubric and expectations for the awards can be found here.
Individual Student Awards
- Adams Award for Leadership in a Student Organization
Registered Student Organization Awards
- Building Career Pathways Award
- EXperiential Learning (EXL) Award
- Trailblazing Innovators Award
Adams Award for Leadership in a Student Organization
In honor of Ted Adams, former director of the UC Davis Student Programs and Activities Center, who wished to recognize student leaders, The Adams Award honors individual leadership and accomplishment within registered student organizations. The Adams Award is presented annually by the Center for Student Involvement to a leader of a registered student organization who has effectively directed or influenced the student organization, campus and/or wider community.
The recipient of the Adams Award for Leadership in a Student Organization receives $250.
Selection criteria and nominee/applicant requirements:
- Must be a currently registered undergraduate or graduate student and member of a currently registered student organization at UC Davis in good standing.
- Must be an identified officer or leader of a registered student organization for at least two quarters within the current academic year.
- Must have a minimum 2.5 GPA at the end of the fall quarter.
Khadija Soufi is the 2022 recipient of the Adams Award for Leadership in a Student Organization!
Building career pathways
The Building Career Pathways Award recognizes a registered student organization that successfully promotes professional growth and achieves organizational ambitions for successful transition into the workplace within the academic year.
The recipient of the Building Career Pathways Award receives $200.
Selection criteria and nominee requirements:
- An organization’s overall contribution to encouraging career passions and using transferable skills is the primary criterion considered. Nominees should leverage strengths and skills of their members to their desired career goals.
- Must be a registered student organization.
- Must be in good standing at the end of fall quarter.
Aggiemation Eggheads is the 2022 recipient of the Building Career Pathways Award!
EXperiential Learning (EXL) Award
The EXperiential Learning (EXL) Award recognizes a registered student organization that demonstrates co-curricular learning through discovery and exploration of cross-disciplinary interests in traditional and virtual spaces. In addition, promotes extracurricular achievement and provides opportunities for students to explore new areas of interest and develops skills for future success within the academic year.
The recipient of the EXL Award receives $200.
Selection criteria and nominee requirements:
- An organization’s overall contribution to developing a wider sense of understanding of new knowledge and leveraging curiosity outside the classroom. Nominees should demonstrate skills attained through experiential learning that blends RSO and academic environment.
- Must be a registered student organization.
- Must be in good standing at the end of fall quarter.
Aggiemation Eggheads was also the 2022 recipient of the EXperiential Learning (EXL) Award!
Trailblazing Innovators Award
The Trailblazing Innovators Award recognizes a registered student organization that demonstrates an influential societal, communal, or individual impact through their ingenuity of a product, resource, event, or service within the academic year.
The recipient of the Trailblazing Innovators Award receives $200.
Selection criteria and nominee requirements:
- An organization’s overall contribution to society, community or its members. Nominees should use creativity or problem solving to generate original ideas or improve existing concepts.
- Must be a registered student organization.
- Must be in good standing at the end of fall quarter.
Transfer Research Society is the 2022 recipient of the Trailblazing Innovators Award!
