This award recognizes amazing students at Montana State who have strong records of achievement in academics, extracurricular activities, and service to the University and the Bozeman (or their local) community, while also considering those students whose perseverance, determination and grit, help them stand out.

Please carefully review and ensure your nominee meets the following criteria:

  • Undergrad nominees must have 90 or more completed credits by the spring semester of the award year.
  • Graduate nominees must have completed 3/4 or 75% of their program credits by the spring semester of the award year.
  • Gallatin College nominees must have completed at least 50% of the curriculum in a 1- or 2-year workforce development program.
  • Nominees must be enrolled in classes during spring semester of the award year.
  • Nominees must have at least a cumulative grade point average of 3.0.
  • Nominees must be a first-time recipient of a Founders Day Student Award
  • Consideration will be given for an established record of campus and/or community engagement.
  • Consideration will be given for an exceptional success story.

Please give due diligence to your nominee's story of success, perseverance and grit while attending Montana State University. This dearly held tradition at MSU focuses on the exceptionally unique quality of our students, and we will be looking for those characteristics in nominee submissions.

Note: Do not use hash marks or bullet points while filling out text boxes.

 

Student Award Nomination Form

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Nominator Information
We will ask for the student's/nominee's college or academic unit in the next step.
Nominee Information
Please complete this section with the information of the student you're nominating.
Select all that apply
If your nominee is from the Grad School or Gallatin College, please include the student's program (Masters, Doctorate, 1- or 2-year Workforce program) below.
Nomination Information
The Founders Day Student Award recognizes students who excel through personal perseverance; campus and community activities and service; academic achievement; athletic or extracurricular involvement and work ethic during their time at Montana State University.
These are qualifications that need to be individually, not collectively, met for nomination. Please select the option that best fits your nominee.
Nominee Involvement & Qualifications
Use the spaces below to tell your nominee's story and explain why this student is deserving of a Founders Day Student Award. Include pertinent dates if known. Please do not duplicate responses across the next few answers.
Include organization name(s), position(s) and dates, if known.
Tell us more about why this nominee rises above and beyond traditional standards of excellence at Montana State. What makes your nominee exceptional?