Learning and Leading Awards Nomination Form

Thank you for taking the time to nominate a student for the Spring 2026 Learning and Leading Awards! If nominating a student, please complete the first form on this page.

If you are submitting your support for a student who has already been nominated for the Spring 2026 awards, please fill out the CEHS Learning and Leading Award Support form.

Complete the nomation form below

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Completing and submitting this form will nominate the student you have identified for CEHS’s Learning and Leading Award. This recognition is presented each semester to undergraduates and graduate students enrolled in CEHS programs who have consistently demonstrated excellence through performances in academic achievement, applied practices/field experiences, leadership, service, and professional learning beyond the minimal, course requirements for a certification or degree.

In completing this form, you will rate your candidate in each of the above categories and provide some additional, supporting information. This will greatly assist members of the Learning and Leading Award Committee in choosing this semester’s award recipients. Your candor in completing this form will also help to ensure that the most worthy candidates receive this significant recognition.

Please complete this form no later than 5:00 PM, Friday, February 27. If you have any questions or concerns about the award, the nomination form, or the manner in which recipients are selected, please feel free to contact Holly Hoffman (gerki1hh@cmich.edu).

On behalf of your nominee, the Learning and Leading Award Committee, and the College of Education and Human Services, thank you for performing this important service. Thank you also for all you have done to support CEHS students.

 


 

Directions for completing this form.

Score all performances using the following 4-point scale (no half points allowed):

  • = Performance in this area has not been observed.
  • = Performance has been good but not in top 10% of all comparable students.
  • = Performance has been very good = in the top 10% of all comparable students. 
  • = Performance has been excellent = in the top 5% of all comparable students. 
  • = Performance has been truly and consistently exceptional = in the top 1% of all comparable students. 

Evaluate the performance of your candidate relative to all other students you have worked with or observed in a similar context over the past several years. Please reserve the top score of 4 for nominees whose performances have been truly and consistently exceptional in particular areas.

Although you need not go into great detail, it is important that you justify your scores. Room has been provided after each area of interest for you to describe evidence or reasoning that led you to assign the scores you provided in that category. Unsupported scores will not be valued as highly as those that have been clearly justified.


 


 

Scholarship

Please rank your candidate (0-4) in three areas:

Academic achievement *
Engagement in coursework *
Contributions to a positive classroom environment. *
Please use 700 characters or less (including spaces)

 


 

Performance in applied practices/field experiences

Please rank your candidate (0-4) in three areas:

Communication skills *
Dispositions and professionalism *
Quality of performances in applied practices/field experiences *
Please use 700 characters or less


Leadership

Please rank your candidate (0-4) in three areas:

Leadership in the classroom or applied practices/field experiences *
Leadership in CMU organizations (e.g., RSOs, other extracurricular activities) *
Leadership beyond CMU (local communities, state, national) *
Please use 700 characters or less (including spaces)


Service

Please rank your candidate (0-4) in three areas:

Volunteering at CMU *
Volunteering beyond CMU (local communities, state, national) *
Leadership in volunteer activities *
Please use 700 characters or less (including spaces)


Professional learning beyond minimal requirements for certification or degree

(e.g., attending optional trainings, conferences; independent experiences in field settings; study abroad)

Please rank your candidate (0-4) in two areas:

Independent pursuit of additional professional learning at CMU *
Independent pursuit of additional learning beyond CMU *
Please use 700 characters or less (including spaces)


CEHS Learning and Leading Award support 

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Thank you for supporting our outstanding students! This quick form allows you to provide brief supporting information for the nominee. Your responses will strengthen their nomination without requiring a long time commitment. 

This form is only intended to be filled out in support of a student who as already been nominated.


Which areas best describe this student's strengths? *
Optional: Overall rating of this student's performance