Student Impact and Advocacy Leadership Awards
Register for the IMPACT Awards!
The Student Impact and Advocacy Leadership Award recognizes UT Health Science Center students (i.e., undergraduate/graduate) from
the colleges of dentistry, graduate health sciences, health professions, medicine,
nursing, and pharmacy, whose actions demonstrate impact and advocacy at UT Health
Science Center and our community that supports UT Health Science Center's Strategic
Plan.
Impact and Advocacy will be evaluated based on the Strategic Pillars:
- Engaging Communities
- Educational Excellence
- Expanding Research
- Advancing Health
- Developing Talent
and will be supported by four cross-cutting and foundational priority areas:
- Campus Culture and Work Environment
- Communications
- Data and Data Governance
- Philanthropy
Dependent on nominations, one winner from each college may be awarded the Student Impact and Advocacy Leadership Award and will receive a one-time $500.00 stipend for professional development (i.e., conference; webinar; membership; subscription)
in the areas of impact and advocacy in healthcare or student healthcare organization
conference in addition to a commemorative award.
Download the Nomination Packet
To be eligible for this award, the nomination packet must be complete.
The Nomination Packet must include:
1. SIALA Nominee Form to be completed by the nominee.
- Nominee's contact information
- List of nominee’s involvement on campus and the community highlighting impact and
advocacy
- Essay question: Explain why you deserve this award. Provide examples of how your actions
highlight impact and advocacy on our campus and the community. Examples should align
with UT Health Science Center's Strategic Plan. (maximum of 1000 words)
2. 3 Reference Evaluations from the nominee’s choice of references.
- 1 from a faculty member
- 1 from a student
- 1 from nominee's choice (One letter from a person of your choice - either a student,
staff, faculty, or community member you regularly work with).
Reference Letters should indicate the relationship between the student nominee and
the writer. In 350-500 words, explain why you believe the student deserves this award.
Please provide examples of how their actions highlight impact and advocacy on our
campus and beyond. Formatting: official letterhead, signed, and in PDF format.
Download the Nomination Packet
Nomination Packets will be reviewed and ranked by the review committee. One finalist
from each college may be selected as the awardee and will be announced at the Impact
Awards Ceremony. This ceremony will be hybrid and open to friends, family, and other
members of the UT Health Science Center community near and far!
