We are excited to announce a few of the Ohio State Organization Awards we received these past few years!
Outstanding Overall Student Organization Award
This award recognizes a student organization that has excelled in all areas of its operations, including programming, leadership, membership engagement, community involvement, and organizational effectiveness. It honors a student organization's comprehensive excellence and significant impact on the campus community.
Student Organization Excellence in Member Development Award
This award celebrates a student organization that has shown excellence in developing its members' leadership, personal, and professional skills. It recognizes a student organization's efforts in providing meaningful experiences, opportunities, and resources that help members grow and develop as leaders and individuals.
Student Organization Excellence in Community Engagement Award
This award acknowledges a student organization that has demonstrated outstanding commitment and engagement with the local community. It recognizes a student organization's efforts in actively serving and positively impacting the community through various service initiatives, advocacy, and community-focused activities.
Student Organization Outstanding Collaborative Program Award
This award highlights a student organization that has successfully collaborated with other student organizations or campus partners to create and implement an innovative and impactful program or event. It recognizes a student organization's ability to work collaboratively, foster partnerships, and create initiatives that contribute to the campus community's well-being and growth.
Student Organization Excellence in Organization Operations Award
This award acknowledges a student organization that has demonstrated excellence in managing its organizational operations, including budgeting, planning, communication, and governance. It recognizes a student organization's effectiveness in managing its resources, operations, and administration to achieve its goals, uphold its mission, and ensure organizational sustainability.
Diversity, Inclusion, Enhancement, and Outreach Award
Recognizes the organization that has demonstrated inclusion through their membership and/or outreach. Their membership reflects an inclusive culture with respect to ethnicity, race, sexual orientation (LGBTQIA), religion, gender, nationality and socioeconomic status. Efforts could include having a significant impact increasing awareness of the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion through their activities in the college, university and/or community.
Outstanding Community/University Service Award
Recognizes the organization that best demonstrates dedicated leadership and service to the university or community and whose membership has made service an integral part of their college experience. This might be demonstrated through activities and partnerships with other campus groups or community organizations and/or high levels of personal engagement on the part of the membership.