Graduate Student Awards and Recognition
The Graduate School and other K-State units recognize the accomplishments and contributions of graduate students with annual awards and celebrations.
Awards coordinated by the Graduate School
The MAGS/ProQuest Distinguished Thesis Award serves to recognize and reward distinguished scholarship and research at the master’s level. K-State graduate programs submit nominations to the Graduate School in the spring. The Graduate School may submit one nominee per award category to the MAGS competition.
The GSC Award for Graduate Student Teaching Excellence recognizes one master's and one doctoral student who have excelled in classroom teaching. The award recipients serve as K-State's nominees for the annual Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Excellence in Teaching Award.
Additional university awards for graduate students
Alumni Association Awards
Graduate students are eligible for the following awards presented by the K-State Alumni Association. The nomination deadline for these awards is in February or March.
- Graduate Award for Outstanding Leadership and Service
- Graduate Award for Outstanding Academics
- Tony Jurich Community Commitment and Leadership Awards
- International Leadership Awards
- Multicultural Leadership
- International Student Scholarships
- LGBTQ+ Leadership Award
Presidential Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Student Teaching
This award recognizes and rewards excellence in teaching performance in the undergraduate program. Annually, two $5,000 awards are made each year, one of which is presented to a graduate teaching assistant. Nominations are submitted by department heads to the dean of the college in which the teacher is appointed. Each dean may submit one GTA nomination. A call for nominations occurs each spring semester.