Student Organization Awards Nominations

The College of Engineering, along with Engineers’ Council, hosts the annual Student Organization Awards (SOA) each spring. The event recognizes outstanding engineering and Knowlton School student organizations and their advisors. All engineering and Knowlton School student organizations recognized by the college are eligible for consideration. 

The nomination window for awards is now open and will close Saturday, March 2 at 11:59 pm. Upload video nominations. 

Save the Date

After you submit your nomination, please mark your calendars to attend the Student Organization Awards where winners are announced. This year's event will be on Wednesday, April 3. Time and location will be sent in the invite. Your student organization advisors are invited and up to five to seven members of your organization can attend. 

Nomination Process

Student organizations can nominate their team by documenting their activity via a video and submit it as their nomination. The criteria for video nominations are:

  1. Each video should be no more than 3.5 minutes, covering all award areas.
  2. Videos must be in MP4 format.
  3. Include an introduction, student organization name and description of the organization, and provide a closing page that includes the names of officers. Including membership names is optional.

Note: It would be helpful for judging if award areas are identified in the video by labeling each portion of the video for a particular award. 

Important: When your video is ready for submission, please have the video submitter email Winnie Sampson to verify video was successfully uploaded. 

It is highly recommended to record activity and events throughout the year. 

See awards list below. 

Nomination video examples

Biomedical Engineering Society at Ohio State

FIRST Alumni and Robotics at Ohio State

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

Theme Park Engineering Group

Society of Women Engineers at Ohio State

 

Award Categories

Student groups can nominate themselves for the following awards with the opportunity for their submission to be considered for the Overall Outstanding Student Organization. This overall award recognizes the organization that demonstrates strength in multiple areas. All awards include a cash award.

Outstanding Partnership with Industry Award: Recognizes the organization that demonstrates a deep, multifaceted partnership with a corporation or non-profit entity.

Outstanding Community or 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.

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, people with a disability, 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 Outreach with K-12 Award: Recognizes the organization that creates and implements the most innovative or impactful engineering activity in K-12.

Outstanding Advisor Award: Recognizes and honors the efforts of the student organization advisor for their leadership, guidance, and support of the organization. To be eligible, the advising role should not be a part of the assigned duties of the advisor in their university position. Please visit the Engineers' Council website to nominate advisors. Uploading recommendation letters will be required. 

The College of Engineering would like to celebrate the work that student organizations are performing. Consider nominating your group and potentially earn the cash prizes and bragging rights. 

Questions? Email Winnie Sampson (sampson.38@osu.edu), David Tomasko (tomasko.1@osu.edu), or call 614-688-4602.

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