Current Awards

Frankie Muse Freeman Award
Category: Undergraduate – Community Service
Student can self-nominate or be nominated by Washington University administrators, academic advisors, faculty, staff and students.

George Washington Carver Award
Category: Undergraduate – Research
Student can self-nominate or be nominated by Washington University administrators, academic advisors, faculty, staff and students.

John B. Ervin Award
Category: University College Undergraduate/Graduate – Civic Engagement
Student can self-nominate or be nominated by Washington University administrators, academic advisors, faculty, staff and students.

Langston Hughes Award
Category: Undergraduate – Visual and Performing Arts or Creative Writing
Student can self-nominate or be nominated by Washington University administrators, academic advisors, faculty, staff and students.

Mary McLeod Bethune Award
Category: Graduate - Leadership
Students can self-nominate or be nominated by Washington University administrators, academic advisors, faculty, staff and students.

Maya Angelou Award
Category: Postdoctoral Researcher - Leadership
Postdoctoral Researchers can self-nominate or be nominated by Washington University faculty, administrators, staff, or students.

Nelson Mandela Award
Category: Undergraduate – Leadership
Students can self-nominate or be nominated by Washington University administrators, academic advisors, faculty, staff and students.

Thurgood Marshall Special Award
Category: Undergraduate (Senior) – Leadership
Nominations ARE NOT accepted for this award. This award is given only at the discretion of the McLeod Awards Committee.

W.E.B. Du Bois Staff Mentor Award
Category: University Staff
Undergraduate and graduate students can submit nominations for the Staff Mentor Award.

Wangari Maathai Award
Category: Graduate – Community Service
Students can self-nominate or be nominated by Washington University administrators, academic advisors, faculty, staff and students.