"1870" Award

Excellence Awards 2013

Loyola University Chicago was founded in 1870. Since that time, it has developed into a vibrant, exciting, and world renowned university. Just as the University grew and developed, so does every student entering its doors. The University encourages every entering student to make the most of their first year and has developed guidelines for doing that in “The Loyola Experience: The Four-Year Plan for Student Transformation.”

The “1870” Award seeks to identify a first year student who has exemplified the Year One Goals of The Loyola Experience. The ideal candidate will demonstrate the achievement of these first-year goals:

Develop the habits necessary to engage in challenging intellectual work.
Participate in the class and in extracurricular activities
Build relationships and develop support group with other students, mentors, staff, and faculty members.
Formulate an integrated curricular and cocurricular plan.
Develop knowledge and understanding of the mission and core values that form the Loyola identity.

Questions? Please contact ExcellenceAwards@luc.edu or 773-508-8840.

Award Criteria

Rising Sophomores (someone who will be enrolled as Sophomore in Fall 2013)
Must have completed two semesters at Loyola University Chicago by June 2013
Must have completed a minimum of 30 credit hours at Loyola University Chicago by June 2013
Must have a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or above
Nominated by faculty, staff, students, administrators
Limited to one student

Selection Process

Office of Student Conduct & Conflict Resolution screens applications to determine “judicial standing” of each candidate; Students with serious judicial issues are screened out.
Dr. Robert Kelly, Student Leadership & Sophomore Initiatives, and Office of First Year Experience vet the nominee list further, using the following rubrics, determining who will be finalists
Loyola undergraduate students vote on finalists

Rubrics for “1870” Award

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Demonstrates the academic habits necessary to engage in challenging intellectual work.	No illustration or mention of having developed appropriate study habits	Limited illustration of having developed appropriate study habits	Moderate illustration of having development study habits, with examples.	More extensive illustration of having developed study habits, with vivid examples.	Extensive illustration of having developed study habits, with vivid examples.
Participation in class and extracurricular activities.	No illustration or mention of having participated in class or extracurricular activities.	Limited illustration of having participated in class or extracurricular activities.	Moderate illustration of having participated in class or extracurricular activities, with examples	More extensive illustration of having participated in class or extracurricular activities, with vivid examples.	Extensive illustration of having participated in class or extracurricular activities, with vivid examples.
Build relationships and develop support group with other students, mentors, staff, and faculty members.	No illustration or mention of having developed relationships or support group.	Limited illustration of having developed relationships or support group.	Moderate illustration of developed relationships or support group, with examples.	More extensive illustration of having developed relationships or support group, with multiple examples.	Extensive illustration of having developed relationships or support group, with multiple examples.
Formulate an integrated curricular and cocurricular plan.	No illustration or mention of having formulated an integrated curricular and cocurricular plan.	Limited illustration of having formulated an integrated curricular and cocurricular plan.	Moderate illustration of having formulated an integrated curricular and cocurricular plan, with examples.	More extensive illustration of having formulated an integrated curricular and cocurricular plan, with multiple examples.	Extensive illustration of having formulated an integrated curricular and cocurricular plan, with multiple examples.
Illustrate knowledge and understanding of the mission and core values that form the Loyola identity.	No illustration or mention of having developed knowledge and understanding of Loyola mission and core values.	Limited illustration of having developed knowledge and understanding of Loyola mission and core values.	Moderate illustration of having developed knowledge and understanding of Loyola mission and core values, with examples.	More extensive illustration of having developed knowledge and understanding of Loyola mission and core values, with multiple examples.	Extensive illustration of having developed knowledge and understanding of Loyola mission and core values, with multiple examples.
Supplemental Document: One-page document (in resume format) that includes internships, volunteer work, activities, and relevant paid employment experiences that demonstrates your academic career and involvement to support recognition for this award.	Does not provide any supplemental document that supports their application.	Provides one-page document that includes some non-relevant experiences and a limited amount of relevant experiences that supports their application.	Provides one-page document that includes a number of relevant experiences that supports their application.	Provides one-page document that highlights a variety of experiences that supports their application.	Provides one-page document that includes an in-depth view of a variety of many experiences that supports their application.