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The Blue and Golds: Campus Community Award Ceremony

Welcome to the landing site of leadership, achievement, recognition, and celebration. This webpage has been developed to provide you with the pertinent information surrounding the Blue and Golds: Campus Community Award Ceremony process and yearly ceremony.

Overview

The Blue and Golds: Campus Community Award Ceremony is an opportunity for various facets of student life to come together in celebration of accomplishments and awards that include recognized student organizations, fraternity and sorority life, Residential Life Hall of the Year, the Jefferson Award (presented by the Center for Community Action and Research), individual awards, Emerging Setter award, organization and groups awards, and many more!

Date, time, and location

The Blue and Golds: Campus Community Award Ceremony typically takes place during an evening in early May in the Gottesman Room of the Kessel Student Center. Even though it is exclusively attended by nominees and their guests, others will have the chance to livestream the event via Student Engagement's Instagram.

Who’s eligible to apply?

Awards are separated into two categories. These categories are intended to provide a venue to highlight the various aspects of student life on campus while supporting the accomplishments of all our student leaders, advisers, organizations, and support staff throughout the year. These categories are as follows:

  • Individual Awards: Applications within this category are available to recognized students, staff, faculty, administration, and advisers (both on- and off-campus) for their distinguished service in the promotion of growth and development of our students and community, recognized student-run organizations, and overall student life on the Pleasantville Campus.
  • Organization/Group Awards: Any recognized student organization that operates on the Pleasantville Campus is eligible to apply (e.g., Student Government Association-sponsored organizations, Student Engagement-recognized organizations, fraternities and sororities, honor societies, and other social organizations supported by a University department).

General Guidelines

The following will serve as general guidelines for the logistics of the Blue and Golds: Campus Community Award Ceremony:

  • All award nominees will be contacted of their nomination. The top three candidates in each category, as determined by the selection committee, will be invited to attend the Awards Ceremony on April 28. Individual nominees are permitted to bring two guests (must be registered, and groups are permitted to bring six members (who all must be registered as well).
  • All award nominees will undergo a judicial record assessment as part of the selection process.
  • Each award is presented by a member of the Pace Community, of who will read a script for the award recipient describing both the award, the category, and the recipients accomplishments.
  • Awards are presented in the form of a certificate.
  • At the conclusion of each award, the recipient, guests, and the presenter pose for a photo before departing from the stage.