{"id":484,"date":"2025-09-22T14:21:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T21:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/?page_id=484"},"modified":"2025-11-17T16:17:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T00:17:01","slug":"ma-student-achievement-social-sciences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/cas-awards\/award-information\/ma-student-achievement-social-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"MA Student Achievement-Social Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--sidebar-right\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Purpose<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Recognizes and honors master\u2019s students in the social sciences disciplines for outstanding academic performance, achievements in research, scholarly, and\/or creative activity, and contributions or service to their academic unit, the college, and Washington State University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Criteria<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Outstanding academic performance, strong scholarly and\/or creative productivity, interdisciplinary research and\/or collaborations, service, and professional growth during graduate studies at WSU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Specific Eligibility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Students enrolled in a master\u2019s degree program offered by the Department of Anthropology, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, School of Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs, or the Department of Sociology and who are on track to complete their degree in 2026 (spring, summer, or fall).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-font-size--large\">Questions?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact the Office of the Dean at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:cas.awards@wsu.edu\">cas.awards@wsu.edu<\/a>&nbsp;or 509-335-4581.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column  wsu-color-background--gray-0\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-font-size--large\">Required Materials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wsu-spacing-after--default\">All nomination packets must include the following materials:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wsu-spacing-after--sxxsmall\">\n<li><strong>Nominee\u2019s Curriculum Vitae<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Expected Date of Graduation<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Expected Degree<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nomination Letter <\/strong>(Limit of one page)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" wsu-font-size--medium\">A broad description of why the nominee is deserving of the award. Cite specific examples of relevant accomplishments, publications, and recognition. Focus on the impact of the nominee\u2019s work within the discipline, unit, across the institution, and\/or on students as appropriate.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-cta  wsu-cta--width-full\" >\n\t<a \t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/cas-awards-nomination-form\/\"\t\n\t\tclass=\"wsu-button \">\n\t\t\t\n\t\tNominate a Colleague\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":234,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/484"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":739,"href":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/484\/revisions\/739"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=484"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}