The Graduate Student Senate sponsors and administers several awards each spring to recognize the contributions of outstanding graduate students here at Bowling Green State University. 

We are proud to administer the Charles E. Shanklin Award for Academic Excellence which recognizes 6 individual students from the areas of arts and humanities, behavioral and social sciences, and science and mathematics.  More….

In addition to the Shanklin Awards, GSS sponsors and administers several other awards recognizing the graduate students’ contributions to the Bowling Green educational community, their demonstration of the university’s core values, as well their exemplary academic achievements.  These awards include:

Outstanding Graduate Student Awards
Outstanding International Student Awards
Administrative Assistant Awards
Research Assistant Awards

Through the GSS sponsored OCGRE (Outstanding Contributor to Graduate Education) Award graduate students have the opportunity to recognize those faculty members whose expertise, vision, and encouragement have most benefited their professional and academic development.