Scholarly Excellence in Equity and Diversity (SEED) Awards
The Office for Equity and Diversity is pleased to announce the winners of the first annual Scholarly Excellence in Equity and Diversity (SEED) Awards. View the list of 2008 SEED Award recipients.
The undergraduate SEED Awards program is designed to honor diverse undergraduate students who are doing outstanding work at the University of Minnesota, both in and out of the classroom. The graduate SEED Awards program recognizes excellence in equity and diversity scholarship and research at the Ph.D. level. Individual awards vary in amount; between $15,000 and $20,000 will be awarded to up to fiften 2008 SEED Award winners.
The SEED Awards will be presented on Thursday, November 20, 2008, at the University of Minnesota Equity and Diversity Breakfast. Learn more about the Equity and Diversity Breakfast.
The Office for Equity and Diversity gratefully acknowledges the generous support of our Gold Corporate Sponsors, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Ernst & Young, and our Maroon sponsors listed below, who have joined with us to present the Equity and Diversity Breakfast. Their support makes the SEED Awards program possible.
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Program description and selection criteria
The undergraduate SEED Award program honors outstanding diverse undergraduate students who are currently registered for full-time study at the University of Minnesota.
Download the Undergraduate SEED Application Information and Instructions Packet (PDF). To receive this document in alternate formats, contact the Office for Equity and Diversity at 612-624-0594.
Undergraduate SEED Award recipients are diverse students who demonstrate impressive achievement and leadership in at least ONE of the two following areas:
- academic performance and engagement with the chosen field of study. The field of study need not be in the areas of equity, diversity, ethnic studies, etc., but students must demonstrate a high level of commitment and achievement the areas of study they have chosen to pursue at the University of Minnesota.
- community outreach and activism. Students should demonstrate a high level of commitment to and engagement with a particular community or issue of social justice, either on- or off-campus.
All SEED Award recipients will demonstrate a deep understanding of and commitment to issues of equity, diversity, and social justice through their academic work and/or service to the community. Six to ten undergraduate SEED Awards, ranging from $1000 to $3000, are awarded each year.
Students eligible for SEED Awards are:
- Diverse students whose backgrounds and/or identities are underrepresented at the University of Minnesota
- Students who are full-time undergraduate juniors or seniors at the University of Minnesota, with a minimum of four semesters’ completed coursework (60 credits) at the University
- Students with a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA
Application deadlines and instructions
SEED Award applications packets are due by October 10, 2008 at 4:30 p.m. to SEED Awards, Office for Equity and Diversity, 432 Morrill Hall, 100 Church St. S.E., Minneapolis, MN, 55455.
Download the Undergraduate SEED Application Information and Instructions Packet (PDF). To receive this document in alternate formats, contact the Office for Equity and Diversity at 612-624-0594.
The graduate SEED Award honors outstanding graduate students at the University of Minnesota whose research is focused on issues of equity, diversity, and/or social justice, and who demonstrate outstanding creativity, innovation, and potential for scholarly and/or professional excellence in their discipline or field. One graduate SEED Award of $2000 will be awarded each year.
Graduate SEED Award recipients are chosen from the pool of current doctoral students in the Graduate School who have been awarded doctoral fellowships for the 2008-09 academic year.
For more information about the graduate SEED Awards program, contact Patricia Jones Whyte in the Graduate School at whyte001@umn.edu or 612-625-4069.
We are so grateful to the corporations, organizations, and indivdiuals whose financial contributions support the Equity and Diversity Breakfast and the Scholarly Excellence in Equity and Diversity (SEED) Awards.
Individuals and organizations interested in making a gift in support of the SEED Awards may visit www.giving.umn.edu/diversity or contact the Office for Equity and Diversity at oed@umn.edu or 612-624-0594.