EIU Graduate School

Graduate School Awards

The 2019 Distinguished Graduate Student Awards Ceremony was held April 11, 2019, honoring a number of EIU graduate students for their achievements over the past academic year. Awards and scholarships presented during the ceremony included:

• Distinguished Graduate Student Awards
• Hamand Society of Graduate Scholars
• Williams Travel Grants
• Graduate School Research/Creative Activity Grants
• Robert and Kathryn Augustine Distinguished Master's Thesis Award
• EIU College Thesis Award of Excellence
• King-Mertz Distinguished Research/Creative Activity Award
• King-Mertz Research/Creative Activity College Award of Excellence
• Frances Meyer Hampton Graduate Scholarship
• Betty Wright Downing Graduate Scholar
• Annie L. Weller Undergraduate or Graduate Scholar
• Norm  and Maria Plummer Outstanding Research Award
• Graduate Alumni Fund Scholar
• GSAC Scholar
• UPI Scholar

In addition, awards were also presented to Eastern's talented graduate faculty. The links below will display the program from the 2019 ceremony as well as previous ceremonies, providing a more detailed account of those honored. Above, a slideshow of the evening's award winners is also displayed.

Graduate Journal of Scholarship:

Award Information:

• Competitive Awards for Students
• Scholarships
• Competitive Awards for Faculty
• Outstanding Graduate Alumni Nomination Form