{"id":1927,"date":"2020-12-24T14:17:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T19:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/gsg\/?page_id=1927"},"modified":"2026-02-18T10:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:27:16","slug":"graduate-faculty-mentor-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/gsg\/graduate-faculty-mentor-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Faculty Mentor Awards &#8211; 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Introduction:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Graduate Faculty Mentor Awards are given each year to outstanding mentors of graduate students in each of the University of Maine\u2019s five colleges: Maine Business School; College of Education and Human Development; College of Engineering; College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; and College of Earth, Life, and Health Sciences. This is an opportunity for graduate students to help recognize someone who has been an excellent mentor to them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Nomination:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To nominate your mentor, please mention how your mentor has assisted you in progress through your graduate studies\/life at UMaine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some relevant examples, such as;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Provide excellent academic and research advice\/support\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Offer time, advice, encouragement, or resources above and beyond expectations<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Assist graduate students in personal or professional development.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Graduate students may nominate any mentor within their college for consideration. While only one letter may be submitted per nominator, a faculty member may be nominated multiple times by different students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Instructions:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To nominate your mentor, the following <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/pYJFHJ8AwiMHZiDfA\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">application form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> shall be completed along with a nomination letter nominating your mentor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The nomination letter shall be a PDF file with the name as follows FirstName_LastName_AwardName. The nomination letter shall contain the award name, the name of your faculty mentor, and your name as the header. Please restrict to a maximum <\/span><b>word limit of 500 words<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for your letter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Selection process:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Graduate Student Government Awards Committee will be solely responsible for the selection of nominees. The selected nominees will then be approved by the Graduate School.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your nomination letter shall entirely be utilized to appraise your application.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Awards:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A gift card worth $50, and a certificate from the Graduate Student Government. The awardee will be notified after selection and the award will be presented during The University of Maine Student Symposium Award ceremony on Friday, April 17th.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Deadline:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please apply by <\/span><b>Friday, April 3rd, 2026 at 5:00 pm<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about the awards or the nomination process, please contact the vice president (carter.emerson@maine.edu) or send an email to <a href=\"mailto:gsg@maine.edu\">gsg@maine.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction:\u00a0 The Graduate Faculty Mentor Awards are given each year to outstanding mentors of graduate students in each of the University of Maine\u2019s five colleges: Maine Business School; College of Education and Human Development; College of Engineering; College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; and College of Earth, Life, and Health Sciences. 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