Graduate Student Award
 

Proposal Submission Guidelines

The SDCPA Conference Planning Committee invites graduate students to participate in an award competition for the 2010 SDCPA Mid-Winter Conference.  Students are encouraged to explore a topic of interest which has bearing on the student affairs profession.  The proposals are reviewed by the SDCPA President, Past-President, and President-Elect.  As many as three graduate students may be selected; each would be awarded a stipend of $200.  The winning proposal(s) will be presented as a 60-minute session during the conference.  The cash awards and the conference registration fee (if you plan to register for the conference) will be awarded to the Graduate Student Award recipient(s) at the conference.  This is an excellent professional development experience.  The conference will be held February 10-12, 2010 at the Radisson in Rapid City, SD.  A complete submission packet includes the completed form and narrative proposal.        Click Here for PROPOSAL Form (pdf)
                                                                            Click here for PROPOSAL Form (Word 07 document)

A complete submission packet includes the submission form and narrative proposal.  Proposals should address the following information.

  1. The program title (limited to ten words);
  2. A program abstract suitable for publication, fifty (50) words or less;
  3. A program description, no longer than five hundred (500) words, that includes:
    a.  Introduction (including purpose and rationale)
    b.  Relevant conceptual/theoretical bases including a brief review of the literature
    c.  Method of program presentation (including program agenda)
    d.  Learning objectives and outcomes (clearly specified)
    e.  Closing/Evaluation (how will you know if outcomes are achieved?)

There is a yearly deadline for the program proposals.  Proposals may be submitted by mail, fax or e-mail to the immediate past-president.

Past Graduate Student Award Winners

2009    Lily Bruckner, SDSU-WRGC
                   "Bridges to Understanding:  Understanding the Non-traditional Student"
             Barbara O'Byrne, SDSU
                   "If Autism is 1:160, Why do I feel so Alone?"
             Amanda Tucker, SDSU-WRGC
                   "Living Learning Communities: A Bridge to Sophomore Success"
2008     Patrick Fink, SDSU-WRGC
                    "Drafting the Eighth Vector:  A New Professional Identity"
              Mike Keegan, SDSU-WRGC
                    "Kohlberg Construction:  For All Your Moral Development Needs"
              Laura Jacobs, SDSU
                    "It's Game Time:  Helping Student Athletes Succeed Off the Court"

 2007     Shawnda Carmichael, SDSU-WRGC
                    "Refocus and Enhance Student Services"
              Craig Miske, SDSU-WRGC
                    "Parent Orientation Program based on Chickering"
              Julie Doss-Danielson, SDSU
                    "Thirty-Year-Old Pizza:  College Students' Knowledge of Personal Finance"
2006     Joquel Rudningen, SDSU
                    "Why Can't They Choose?"
2005     Amy Pederson, SDSU
                    "Explore the Impact of Work on College Students' Academics & Activities"
2004     Tracey Pease, SDSU
                    "Focusing on the First Year"
2003     Michelle Frye, SDSU
                    "Facilitators of Exponential Teaming to Promote College Preparedness"
2002     Cindy Welle, SDSU
                    "Building Community.com"
2001     Lorelyn Kuechle, SDSU
                    "Attracting New Professionals to Staff & Keeping Them"
2000     Jarrod Meyers, SDSU
                    "Decision-Making Model"
1999     Julie Biehl, SDSU
                    "Co-Curricular Service Learning in Higher Education"
1998     Lorien Kendorski, SDSU
                     "Retention:  It's Everybody's Job"
1997     Kristi Armstrong, NSU
                    "Co-Workers:  Conflict or Communication"
1996     Rebecca Glynn, SDSU
                    "Sexual Attitudes & Situations of The College Freshman"
1995     Tami Petersen, SDSU
                    "Current Trends with Student Affairs"
1994     Karleen Bornbach, USD & Mathew Aschenbrener, USD
                    "Freedom Rins & the Pink Triangle"
1993     Teresa Bertness, SDSU
                    "College Loss"