Outstanding Alumni Award

Outstanding Alumni Award

The College of Forestry Outstanding Alumni Award was established to acknowledge College of Forestry alumni who have made outstanding contributions to the profession and/or programs of the College over the past year or more.

Purpose:

To recognize outstanding College of Forestry alumni and to foster closer relationships between award winners and students, faculty, staff and other alumni.

Eligibility:

All College of Forestry alumni are eligible.

Frequency of award:

Awards are given every year during the Dean's Dinner. 

Selection Criteria:

  • Award nominees must hold a bachelors, masters, or doctoral degree from the College of Forestry at Oregon State University
  • Award nominees must have made outstanding contributions to the profession and/or programs of the College over the past year or more. 

Examples of Outstanding Contributions include:

  • Professional achievement, excellence, impact, and recognition
  • Service to the profession (all professions represented within the College of Forestry are appropriate), to the College of Forestry, and to the community
  • Demonstration of high personal and professional standards
  • Input on key advisory committees
  • Job opportunities for students or graduates
  • Research sites or access to facilities by researchers
  • Leadership in Research Cooperatives

Nomination Process:

Any friends of the College of Forestry alumni, faculty, staff or student may make a nomination (including self-nominations). 

To nominate someone for the 2019 College of Forestry Outstanding Alumni Award, please send a letter to the appropriate Department Head naming your nominee and explaining why they deserve the award:

  • Forest Ecosystems and Society, 321 Richardson Hall, Corvallis, OR  97331
  • Forest Engineering and Resources Management, 280 Peavy Hall, Corvallis, OR  97331
  • Wood Science & Engineering, 119 Richardson Hall, Corvallis, OR  97331

Nomination deadline November 30.
Departments will complete the selection process by November 30.  Awardees will be recognized at the Deans Dinner each year.