The Cornell Engineering Alumni Association and the College of Engineering sponsor a Student Group Leadership Award each year.  This annual award recognizes one or more of the student organizations that have worked diligently and creatively to improve their activities.  CEAA provides a modest monetary award to winning organizations to provide seed money for future events.  The number and amount of awards may vary, but the total allocation is $1,000.  Generally speaking, a group will not win an award two years in a row.  

The Leadership Award is designed to foster the following goals:  

• To secure an increase in the quality and the frequency of an organization’s events and activities.
• To secure an increase in membership relative to the appropriate student population.
• To stimulate the active involvement of a larger fraction of the organization’s members in sponsored activities.
• To enhance the quality of life for engineering students and hence make outstanding contributions to the College of Engineering.
• To promote the active involvement of undergraduates in the Cornell Society of Engineers, the alumni organization of the College.
• To participate fully in student group activities, including planning and implementation of joint events. 

The application process for the award is very simple. 

1. Submit a brief description of your organization’s goals and accomplishments for this present academic year, Fall 2017-Spring 2018.
         –     Give explicit discussion related to the items listed below in “Discussion Questions.”
         –     Submit additional information you feel would be helpful to the selection committee.
         –     Limit your presentation to two typed pages and a one-page calendar of events for this year.
         –     Do not submit large annual reports. 

2. Advisor statement: Each organization should also include a brief statement from its faculty advisor assessing the progress your organization has made in meeting the goals listed above.

Discussion questions:

1. List (on an attached calendar) your organization’s events this year and estimate the number of students who actively helped with the organization and coordination of the events (include tabulations for both officers and non-officers). Also, estimate the number of students who attended the functions.  

2. Indicate the number of active members for the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 years. Also, indicate the total number of students in the College who are eligible to join your organization.  

3. Describe the ways in which your group has tried to promote membership and how you have tried to attract new members. Also, describe the involvement your group has had with the Cornell Society of Engineers, if any.  

4. Describe the events that represent new activities undertaken by your group this year. For example, is this event unique among other student organizations in the College?  In what way?  

5. Two representatives from each winning organization will be invited to attend the CEAA awards banquet in April. Please include the names and phone numbers (or email addresses) for your designated representatives.  (Typically, these are the incoming and outgoing presidents.) 

Complete applications, including advisor endorsement, should be turned in to the Undergraduate Programs Office in 167 Olin Hall or emailed to crp5@cornell.edu by Tuesday, March 6, 2018.  Applications received after this time will not be eligible for consideration by the selection committee.