King’s Crown Awards 2009-10
The 2010 ceremony will be held on Thursday, April 29th, from 5-7:30pm. The annual King’s Crown Leadership Awards are presented to students who have demonstrated exemplary leadership through their involvement in student organizations and activities at Columbia University.
Gold, Silver, Bronze and Copper Crown Leadership Awards
A King’s Crown Awards Committee is assembled and charged with selecting recipients from among students who have been active in at least one recognized student organization, and who, with exemplary commitment and energy, have offered outstanding leadership to their groups and/or to the community.
The King’s Crown Awards are presented in four categories:
Gold Crown winners must be seniors active during their four years tenure, or seniors whose leadership for three years has been extraordinary. In addition, they have made a significant impact or contribution in a student organization.
Silver Crown winners are juniors or seniors active for three years. In addition, they have demonstrated significant leadership for at approximately two years within a student organization.
Bronze Crowns winners are at least sophomore students who have demonstrated significant leadership roles in their organization/s in their first two years as student leaders. This award can also be given to juniors and seniors with a maximum of two years leadership experience.
Copper Crowns winners are students from any academic year who have demonstrated significant leadership roles in their organization/s in their first year as student leaders.
Gold, Silver, and Bronze Crown Horizon winners are the students who best exemplify the criteria for their category and are most on the brink of transcending that category and reaching the next level of leadership. There is only one Horizon winner selected per category.
Members of the community are invited to nominate student leaders for awards. Please check back for links to the online nominations process. If you have questions about criteria, please email sdalead@columbia.edu.
Organization Achievement Leadership Award
The Organization Achievement Awards are offered in conjunction with the King’s Crown Award to distinguish those student organizations and student-led programs that have demonstrated exemplary leadership and have had a significant impact on Columbia’s campus and its surrounding community. All members of the Columbia community are invited to nominate and select the top five finalists for each category, for which the committee will select the winners. Each organization that is voted in the top five will have the opportunity to submit a written statement and select a member to be interviewed by the King’s Crown committee to explain why the organization should be chosen as the winner.
The Five Organizational Awards are:
The Impact Award: awarded to those student organizations or programs that have had a significant impact on the campus community.
The Alma Mater Award: awarded to student organizations, which best embody the ethic of community building at Columbia.
The Intergroup Award: awarded to student organizations, which promote collaboration among the various student organizations and programs.
The Promise Award: awarded to recently recognized as well as established student organizations with the best potential for positive impact upon the Columbia Campus.
The Best Program Award: awarded to the student-led program that has been most significant to the Columbia community.
Leadership Legend Award
In addition to the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Crown Leadership Awards and Organizational Achievement Awards presented each spring, a special award was created to honor a select group of seniors. Students are invited to nominate their peers, with final winners to be selected by the King’s Crown committee.
The Leadership Legend Award is presented to approximately 6-12 senior student leaders who have met the general qualifications of the Gold Crown Award, and have further distinguished themselves in one of the following areas:
Pioneer: as a student leader, the awardee has been instrumental in the creation, revival or rehabilitation of a student organization, a major event or program, and/or student policy.
Bridge Builder: as a student leader, the awardee has been pivotal in establishing or supporting connections between student groups and/or between student groups and the Administration.
Indelible Mark: as a student leader, the awardee has in some capacity left an indelible mark on the Columbia community.
The Community Builder Award
Now in its third year, the Community Builder Award was created for a senior in Columbia College, SEAS, or General Studies, who has demonstrated outstanding commitment to community building over his/her four year tenure at the University. Nominees may have assumed diverse leadership roles that span non-recognized student group participation, such as opportunities as Residential Advisors, athletes, members of the spirit organizations, administrative or departmental committees, administrative or departmental teams, and/or community service leaders in the New York City environs, to name a few. The affiliations should include organizations of at least 50 individuals with an impact attributable to community building. Three finalists are be selected to interview with the KCLA committee and one student is selected as the award winner to attend the ceremony on April 29th.
The on-line nomination process for the KCLAs will begin next semester. Stay tuned for announcements or join "Leadership News," an opt-in service that allows you to receive leadership opportunities directly to your inbox. Email sdalead@columbia.edu with "opt in" and you're signed up!
The King’s Crown Leadership Awards Committee, made up of Columbia administrators and student representatives, administers the King’s Crown Leadership Awards Ceremony and selection process. Any inquiries should be directed to Student Development & Activities, at (212) 854-9388 or
.
View some of our photos from past ceremonies at the 2006-07 King’s Crown Awards Gallery and the 2007-08 King’s Crown Awards Gallery.
Tags: