Northern Illinois University
Division of International Affairs

The Outstanding Student Contribution to International Education Award acknowledges and recognizes the outstanding student contributions to international education at NIU. The awards are meant to encourage students to participate in and create greater visibility to international education at NIU.

The award will be presented to the selected NIU unit on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. during the International Recognition Presentation at the Holmes Student Center Sky room.

If you have any questions, please contact Lauren Mock at 815-753-0420 or lmock1@niu.edu.

Eligibility

In order to be eligible for the award, a nominee must be:

Regular undergraduate and graduate students in good academic standing and enrolled at NIU during the semester the award nominations are due are eligible for the award.

Two awards will be given:

• one to a non-immigrant student (non-US citizen or non-permanent resident)
• one to a domestic student (U.S. citizen or permanent resident).

Nominations

• Any current faculty, staff, or student at NIU can submit nominations for the award.
• Students can nominate themselves.
• Student workers and graduate assistants in the Division of International Affairs may not self-nominate but may be nominated by faculty or staff outside of the Division of International Affairs.
• Nominees must not have previously received this award.

Requirements

• Completed nomination form
• Completed activities list
• One-page essay (self-nomination) or one-page letter of support (faculty or staff nominator)

Nomination Form

Submission

Please email the completed nomination packet by Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023, to lmock1@niu.edu with "Outstanding Student Contribution to International Education Awards Committee" in the subject line.

Selection Procedure

An awards committee established by the Division of International Affairs will review the nominations and select award recipients. The committee may request additional information or clarifications from the nominees or nominators.

Past Award Recipients

Year	Domestic Student	International Student
2023	Galilea Santana	Rothsethamony Seng
2022	not awarded	Harold Nii-Aponsah
2021	not awarded	not awarded
2020	Anna Wojciechowski	not awarded
2019	Matthew Werstler	not awarded
2018	Michael Yurkiv	I Younan An
2017	not awarded	Oleg Grachev
2016	Diana Garcia	Anurag Singh
2015	Shanay Murdock	Jiaqi Li
2014	Laurence Anthonie Tumpag	Nay Yan Oo
2013	Sarah Stuebing	Beatriz Anabell Rodriguez Zelaya
2012	Matthew Ropp	Hui Woon Sim