An award is only as prestigious as the judging process. We have put a lot of time and effort into making sure that this process is fair, unbiased and comprehensive. Additionally, we want to keep matters as transparent as possible. The rubric below is the approach that will be taken to judge competing student organizations. The process of nominee selection and winner selection is described after.
| CRITERIA | Distinguished (4 points) |
Accomplished (3 Points) |
Satisfactory (2 Points) |
Unsatisfactory (1 point) |
| Quantitative Accomplishments (number of attendees at event, prize money, competition placements, donation amounts, budget, revenue, etc. ) | Quantitative accomplishments are impressive and provide detailed statistics for every component of the organization | Quantitative accomplishments are significant and provide some detailed statistics of the organization | Quantitative accomplishments are average and provide limited statistics of the organization |
Quantitative accomplishments are inadequate with little or no statistics of the organization |
| Uniqueness of Organization and/or Events | An exceptional level of originality and creativity is presented within the organization and/or events |
Displays some use of creativity or originality within the organization and/or events |
Slight effort was made to be creative or original within the organization and/or events |
There was no attempt at utilizing creativity or originality within the organization and/or events |
| Community Impact (interactions with other organizations on campus, outreach to the community, spreading awareness of the organization’s purpose) | Exceptional level of outreach beyond the UT Austin community and impressively spreads awareness of the organization |
Has shown significant outreach to the UT Austin community and effectively spreads awareness of the organization |
Slight effort was made to impact the community and needs improvement spreading awareness of the organization |
There was no attempt to make an impact on the community and no effort to spread awareness of the organization |
Each application will be reviewed by a panel of judges and the Indian Students Association Officer Board. The judges will consist of trusted professors, administrative staff and student organization leaders who will be revealed the night of the awards ceremony. The Administrative Staff and student organization leaders will include individuals who have a one-on-one interaction with various student organizations on campus and are familiar with what events each organization hosts.
- The scoring rubric used to determine the points for each organization can be found above. Only the General Questions and the Specific Questions will be used to determine the nominees.
- The organizations with the highest scores will be nominees for their category and will move on to Round 2 of the judging process.
Percent Breakdown to determine Nominees for each category
- 70% – Panel of Judges (25% Professors, 25% Administrative Staff, 20% Student Organization Leaders)
- 30% – Indian Students Association Officer Board*
*The Indian Students Association pledges to be unbiased during the application judging process and during nominee interviews. Each board member will sign a pledge form stating the above. Board members who are a part of another South Asian organization participating in the awards ceremony will refrain from judging their organization’s category and pledge not to help their organization with the application.
Total scores for Round 2 will include scores from the General Questions and the Specific Questions from Round 1.
- Nominee Interviews: All nominees will be notified and interviewed by the ISA Executive Board and Event Co-Chairs the week of Monday, November 7th, 2011. All nominees will be considered for the Most Outstanding South Asian Organization Award.
- Online Voting: Students can vote online at http://ut-isa.org/ShaanAwards for their favorite organizations before the day of the event. Online voting will begin once the nominees are announced and close on Thursday, November 17th, 2011 at 11:59PM.
- Text-in Voting: In addition to online voting, the audience will be given a chance to support organizations through text-in-voting on the night of the event. We encourage all attendees to be unbiased and respectful of all organizations.
Percent Breakdown to determine winner for each category
- 50% – Panel of Judges (20% Professors, 20% Administrative Staff, 10% Student Organization Leaders)
- 15% – Indian Students Association Officer Board*
- 10% – Interviews (conducted by the Indian Students Association Executive Board & Event Co-Chairs*)
- 10% – Online voting at http://ut-isa.org/ShaanAwards
- 15% – Audience Text-in Voting
*The Indian Students Association pledges to be unbiased during the application judging process and during nominee interviews. Each board member will sign a pledge form stating the above. Board members who are a part of another South Asian organization participating in the awards ceremony will refrain from judging their organization’s category and pledge not to help their organization with the application.
The winner of each category will be considered for the Most Outstanding Organization Award. Nominees for the award will not be revealed until the night of the event, and their respective scores will be tabulated to include the audience text-in voting. Only the General Questions and the Most Outstanding Question from the application will be judged for this portion. Interview scores will be taken from the organization’s raw nominee score. Online voting will not have an effect on the winner of the Most Outstanding Organization Award.
Percent Breakdown to determine winner for Most Outstanding
- 50% – Panel of Judges (20% Professors, 20% Administrative Staff, 10% Student Organization Leaders)
- 15% – Indian Students Association Officer Board*
- 10% – Interviews (conducted by the Indian Students Association Executive Board & Event Co-Chairs*)
- 25% – Audience Text-in Voting
*The Indian Students Association pledges to be unbiased during the application judging process and during nominee interviews. Each board member will sign a pledge form stating the above. Board members who are a part of another South Asian organization participating in the awards ceremony will refrain from judging their organization’s category and pledge not to help their organization with the application.