PSA Awards (PSA@UCF)
 

Guidelines for Outstanding Leadership and Volunteer Awards (PDF/Word)

Outstanding Leadership Award 2004-5 (PDF/Word)

Outstanding Volunteer Award 2004-5 (PDF/Word)

OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND VOLUNTEER AWARDS

Motivation:

Since the establishment of Pakistani Students Association at University of Central Florida (PSA@UCF) in the spring of 2004, we have made significant progress towards increasing the awareness about Pakistan, its history, and culture among the UCF students, staff and community. To date, the success of several events organized by PSA@UCF in pursuing the goals and commitments outlined by the PSA Constitution would not have been possible without the initiative, hard work, and commitment of many of our faculty, students and other community members. Consequently, during the summer of 2005, Executive Council of PSA@UCF established the Outstanding Leadership Award to acknowledge those individuals who continuously work towards achieving goals set forth by Pakistani Students Association at University of Central Florida. This award will be awarded to selected students for recognition of efforts and services rendered in the enhancement of the Image of Pakistan and their work towards creating awareness of Pakistani culture, history, and traditions.

The Awards:

  • Two different Annual Awards:
    • Outstanding Leader of the year (only for PSA officers)
    • Outstanding Volunteer of the year (only for non-PSA officers)
  • Awarded every year during Spring Semester before elections. Awards for 2004-5 (i.e., election year ending in spring 2005) will be awarded in start of fall 2005.
  • Awards will be announced in Eid Mela 2005 and will have Certificate, Shield, and $100 Cash ($50 for Volunteer Award). PSA will publicize the names of Award winners on PSA website and in UCF community.

The Award Committee:

  • Committee must have at-least three members.
  • Current Faculty/Staff Advisor (Chair)
  • Highest Officer current-term (if not one of the nominee)
  • Past Advisor and/or Highest Officer previous-term (if not one of the nominee)
  • At-most two members (non-nominee) appointed by the current advisor

Note: Current advisor will constitute the committee. All members of Award committee will become ineligible for the award.

Eligibility:

  • Current or Past PSA@UCF Officers (for Leadership Award only)
  • Non-recipient of this award in the past.
  • Not a current PSA officer (for Volunteer Award only)
  • Must be current UCF Student and Active PSA Member as defined in Constitution
  • Exhibited excellent leadership skills and contributed as volunteer in PSA events (for Leadership Award only)
  • Contributed as volunteer in PSA events as part of any event committee (for Volunteer Award only)

Nominations Process:

  • A person may nominate himself or any other eligible person.
  • Forms shall be provided (with submission deadline) on PSA website.
  • Nominations will be submitted to the advisor through email or in writing by the deadline. Completed nominations form must be submitted along with list of contributions, resume and at-least one reference letter. Advisor's contact is given below:

Zia ur Rahman
Research Engineer,
MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION FACILITY,
Advanced Materials Processing & Analysis Center (AMPAC),
University of Central Florida,
12443 Research Parkway, Suite 304,
Orlando, Florida 32826, USA 
Phone:  (407) 882-1511, Fax: (407) 882-1502
E-mail: zrahman@ucf.edu

Award Decisions:

  • Winners will be decided by the Awards Committee.
  • Award decisions must be based on the role and efforts for PSA. Individuals most deserving of this award must be selected regardless of their field of study or research. The committee chair will make sure that all committee members remain impartial for their votes.
  • The committee chair will constitute a point system with equal values for various roles of the nominee such as:

(a)   Leadership or Volunteer Position held.

(b)   Work done in activities.

(c)   Contributions for enhancing awareness for PSA or Pakistan.

(d)   Others as defined by advisor.

  • Each member of the committee will give points to each nominee on a scale from 1-10 based of his/her contributions. The nominee getting highest total number of points for all categories will be given the award. The Chair will have the final vote in case of a tie.
  • The chair must ensure that all proceedings of the award committee are kept confidential.
  • Awards to be decided within 3 weeks of nomination deadline.
  • Recipient will be notified in advance in order to participate in award ceremony.