Gator Engineering Attribute Awards

Gator Engineering Attribute Awards

2023-2024 Attributes of a Gator Engineer Student Recognition Awards

Considered the greatest distinction of any student award given by the college, the Gator Engineering Attribute Awards are intended to provide an ideal guide for all members of the Gator Engineering community. They honor six undergraduate and six Ph.D. students who strongly model one of the six Gator Engineering Attributes:

  • Creativity: imaginative, versatile, resourceful, artful, curious, passionate, inspired, innovative, willing to discover new solutions and to explore all options
  • Leadership: visionary, professional, skilled communicator, engaged and committed, entrepreneurial, inspiring, fair, mission-guided, caring, willing to delegate, sound perspective, sense of humor, positive attitude, confident, strong intuition, thoughtful
  • Integrity: honest, ethical, willing to work for achievements (persistent, hard-working, determined), impelled toward right action, trustworthy, humble, inspires integrity in others
  • Professional Excellence: technically competent, skilled in management and planning, problem-solving, scientifically insightful
  • Service to the Global Community
    Humanitarianism: tolerant, respectful, socially conscious, selfless, interdependent, cooperative, willing to nurture and serve community, mentoring, compassionate
    Global Awareness: aware of interactions of financial, societal, legal, and cultural influences, diverse, world-changing
  • Community and Inclusion: students that have demonstrated a strong commitment to creating a safe, welcoming university community and a shared purpose that builds a sense of belonging and togetherness while celebrating differences in identities, thoughts, and abilities, to seek to provide equitable access to opportunity for all

Call for Nominations

The deadline to submit your nomination is Friday, March 15, 2024 at 11:59 pm.

To submit a nomination, please provide the following:

  1. Completed Online Attribute Nomination Form
  2. letter providing compelling evidence of how this student has strongly exhibited the attribute in question and is qualified to represent this attribute for the upcoming year. Please include specific examples.
  3. The nominee’s resume or curriculum vitae
  4. A signed acknowledgement with permission to submit a nomination from the student is required.

Please submit nominations by completing the online Attribute Nomination Form.

Recipients will be notified by the second week of April.

Recognition of Attribute Awardees

Recipients will be recognized during our Faculty and Student Awards Luncheon on Monday, April 22, 2024.