Awards and Recognition

Explore the awards and recognitions available to faculty and students at the Graduate School of Education, celebrating excellence, innovation and dedication.

Awards and Recognition

  • Commencement Award Nominations (Login Required)
    7/24/25
    Each year, faculty select deserving colleagues, students and alumni to be honored over the course of commencement week. Honors include a faculty and student commencement ceremony speaker and awards include the Distinguished Alumni Award, Excellence in Equity, Diversity, Justice and Inclusion Award, Excellence in Community Outreach and Engagement Award, PhD Excellence Award and the Excellence in Research Award.
  • GSE Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award
    7/24/25
    The GSE Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion award recognizes a GSE faculty member who demonstrates a commitment to the ideals of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Nominees may demonstrate this commitment through research, teaching, service and/or outreach.
  • GSE Faculty Service, Teaching, Advising and Research Awards (STAR)
    7/24/25
    GSE Faculty 4 S.T.A.R. Awards were established by GSE’s Executive Committee to help recognize the excellent work of our faculty in all the ways they contribute to GSE’s mission expressed through Service, Teaching, Advising and Research. The purpose of the GSE Faculty 4 STAR Awards is to recognize individual faculty excellence in each of these four areas so critical to GSE’s mission using, GSE workload guidelines, contributions to UB 2020 and the Envisioning themes. Nominations will be reviewed by a faculty and student committee representing each GSE department.

All award winners will be announced at the annual faculty and staff end-of-year luncheon with a celebration and photo planned for the recipients. For funded proposals, the earliest project starting date will be early August.