St. Cloud State University

The SCSU Award for Excellence in Leadership

Application

Complete, signed application in the official format

Reflective Statements

Respond to three reflective statements on a separate piece of paper.  Each question will be underlined and your response will be limited to 350 words for each question.

Letters of Recommendation

Two letters, preferably on letterhead

(attached or sent directly to CSOLD, Atwood Memorial Center 139)

• One from a faculty/staff member, adviser or officer of an organization
• One from a supervisor of community projects or activities

Co-Curricular Transcript

Found at www.stcloudstate.edu/cocurricular

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Double-check your application to ensure that it is complete.  (If your application is missing required items, it will not be considered for an award.)  Submit your complete application to CSOLD, AMC 139, by Friday, Jan. 30, 2009, at 4:30 p.m.  (This will include all of the above items.) Late or incomplete packets will not be considered.

Download the tool that the award committee uses to evaluate the quality of the application. The goal is to help applicants understand what a well-developed application looks like and to help the them reflect on their experiences in submitting the application.

Item

How this is evaluated:

Two letters of recommendation (request at least one month prior to application deadline):

• One from a faculty/staff member, adviser or officer of an organization
• One from a supervisor of community projects or activities

Find references that can speak to your leadership abilities.  It is likely that a reference knows about you and your abilities in ways that go beyond the formal application. The reference letter is a chance for your reference to share how you have impacted people, organizations and communities through your leadership efforts at St. Cloud State University. 

Complete application form

Answer all of the questions.

• Response to three reflective statements listed on the application.
• Each question will be underlined and your response will be limited to 350 words for each question.

• Depth of response to the questions asked
• Quality of written response.  Remember, this is your best work! A well-written response will be free of spelling errors,  will be grammatically correct, well-organized, easy to read and understand.

• Completed Co-Curricular Transcript (CCT), available on-line at www.stcloudstate.edu/cocurricular. 
• For the awards committee to fully appreciate your involvement, spell out all acronyms and briefly describe your experiences/involvement.  Do not assume the readers are familiar with your organization, involvement, awards, and recognition.
• CSOLD will print out your Co-Curricular Transcript and put it in your application file when you complete your application.
• List only achievements undertaken while at SCSU.  Asterisk (*) any activities for which you were paid, received a stipend or honorarium.

• For each activity, please complete the reflective statement.  It is important to use this section to list skills gained, the impact your involvement had on the organization, and key lessons learned from this involvement.  This information helps process your experience and also helps the Excellence in Leadership Committee evaluate your experiences more completely.  (If you need help updating your transcript, visit the CSOLD Resource Desk.)

ADDRESS

E-MAIL

FAX

Center for Student Organizations and Leadership Development
St. Cloud State University
720 Fourth Avenue South, Atwood Memorial Center 139
St. Cloud, MN  56301-4498

csold@stcloudstate.edu

320-308-2283