The call for nominations for the 2025 Marsha L. Landolt Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award is now open! Named for the late Graduate School Dean Marsha L. Landolt, the award has recognized excellent faculty mentors annually since 1999.

The Graduate School is especially interested in generating a diverse group of nominations, including nominations of faculty members who are women; are from underrepresented minority groups; are with disabilities; or who strive to mentor master’s degree students.

The Graduate School, with assistance from the President’s Office, sponsors this annual award to recognize outstanding mentoring of graduate students by faculty. The relationship between a graduate student and a faculty advisor is one that can have a profound, lifelong influence on both parties.  At its best, this mentoring relationship inspires and gives confidence to the student while providing the faculty member with a valued colleague.

The Marsha L. Landolt Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award allows us to honor those members of the faculty who exemplify excellence in graduate education.  A single award, accompanied by $5,000 in discretionary funds that may be used to support the awardee’s scholarly activities, will be presented at the annual UW Awards of Excellence Ceremony in June 2025.

Complete information on this year’s nomination procedures and guidelines is available on the Nomination Guidelines page.

Questions about the Landolt Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award or nomination procedures may be directed to graddean@uw.edu.

Complete nomination packets must be received by 5 p.m. Pacific, November 5, 2024.  There will be no exceptions to this deadline.