The Stafford Student Involvement Award is named in honor of Donna Stafford, who served as Director of Student Activities at UT for nearly two decades.
This award is given to a student who has:
- Shown extraordinary commitment within one specific organization, club, or department at Utah Tech
- Their contributions within the specific area were not only visible to those within their organization, but to the campus as a whole
- This student has gone above and beyond their call of duty
- Maintained a full-time enrollment for 2 consecutive semesters
The Stafford Student Involvement Candidates are nominated by the general campus community. All nominees are contacted and asked to answer questions specific to their category. These materials are then reviewed and narrowed to a field of five finalists by a preliminary screening committee. These materials are then reviewed and narrowed to a field of five finalists by a preliminary screening committee. The materials from the top five are given to a head judge and the finalists may be contacted to participate in a private interview where a panel selects the winner. This category is not open to members of the UTSA Executive Council.
Note: Please include specific details of why this person is being nominated – the committees use this information in their selection process.