Awards

“It’s springtime - that time of year again – it’s both the beginning of spring and the beginning of award nomination season.  

Our office facilitates three awards for outstanding students, two relating to work with religious life and one for community activism. Each of these awards will be presented at the Celebration of University Leadership on April 29th, 2008.  The descriptions for the awards are below.  This year, nominations can be made completely online at www.faith.tcu.edu starting Thursday, March 20th.  The deadline to nominate this year is Friday, April 4th at 5pm.  Please take a moment for you or your group to nominate at least one or two people!”

The Sheri Mooney Scholarship Award was established in 2002 by the generosity of Bruce and Dorothy Mooney in memory of Sheri Mooney and her commitment to personal-lifestyle evangelism.  The scholarship recognizes and honors TCU students who constantly puts Christ first in their lives.   This award come with a $500 scholarship applied to the next academic year and so is only open to returning students.

Download the Mooney Scholarship Nomination Form Here and turn it in to the ORSL Office.
 
The Religious Life Leadership Award focuses on a leader in one of TCU's religious communities who provides leadership, mentoring and support to their faith community.  This award looks for leaders who have a deep commitment to their faith, have an understanding of their own tradition and that tradition’s relationship to the world.  The ideal candidate models strong servant leadership, helps others deepen their faith, and engages in service to the local and global community.
 
The third award is the is the Footsteps Award for Social Justice Leadership. This award is presented to one who has worked to better their community and their world through social activism, grassroots organizing, community involvement. The award looks for leaders who while at TCU have accomplished this through approaches that follow the thoughtful footsteps of other great leaders for social change such as Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, Dorothy Day, Oscar Romero and countless others.

Award	Choose An Award The Sheri Mooney Scholarship Award The Religious Life Leadership Award Footsteps Award for Social Justice Leadership
Name of student beging nominated.*
Student's TCU ID
Student's email address
Student's major
Nominator's name*
Department/Organization
Nominator's email*
Nominator's phone (optional)
Nomination (Please describe what makes this individual the ideal candidate for either the “Religious Life” or Footsteps” Awards.  Please include campus and community involvements, class and academic work and personal characteristics that support this nomination.)