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Nomination forms and entry criteria for Nautilus Awards 2019

Nautilus2019Nominations are now open for the Green Templeton College Nautilus Awards 2019.

The Nautilus Awards are awarded by Green Templeton to students who have gone beyond the call of duty and responsibility to contribute to their college.

The deadline for nominations is Friday 31 May 2019.

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About the awards

There are three categories of award:

Nautilus Academic Award

Bestowed to individuals who have outstandingly contributed to improve the academic environment at Green Templeton College. Examples include (but are not limited to) organising academic events, providing support to the community, leading academic activities, etc.

Nautilus College Citizenship Award

Bestowed to individuals who have outstandingly contributed to improve the environment at Green Templeton College. Examples include (but are not limited to) organising events, providing outstanding support, etc.

Nautilus Sports Award

Bestowed to individuals who have outstandingly contributed to improve the sportive environment at Green Templeton College. Examples include (but are not limited to) leading sports teams, contributing to the sports atmosphere, etc.

Criteria for nomination

The primary criteria for the Nautilus Awards is that the individual has gone beyond the call of duty and commitment in their contribution to the various aspects of Green Templeton College. Simply holding particular positions or achieving awards outside Green Templeton College are not reasons alone why the individual shall be awarded a Nautilus.

Previous Nautilus awardees cannot be awarded a second Nautilus Award in the same category. A student may be nominated in more than one category but may not receive more than one award in a year.

In previous years, there have been tit-for-tat nominations, when two students have nominated each other and they each have only one nomination. These cases will be recognised with the β€˜TFT’ symbol in the panel table. There is nothing implicitly wrong with this, but it shall be taken into account by the Nautilus Awards Committee when deliberating to ensure that these are genuine nominations.

Often there are unsung heroes that contribute significantly but do not receive publicity because they occupy less visible positions.

Number of awards

The number of Nautilus Awards each year is dictated by the Nautilus Fund. The allocation of Awards per category is chosen by the Nautilus Awards Committee during the deliberation, depending on the number and quality of the final awardees.

Nomination process

Nominations are now open and will close on Friday 31 May 2019.

Nominations must be submitted in writing, using the attached form, and will be kept anonymous. All completed nomination forms should be emailed to diarysecretary@gtc.ox.ac.uk.

Students can be nominated by other Green Templeton students or Green Templeton Fellows. Students can also nominate themselves if they provide a supporting statement from another student or Green Templeton Fellow.

Simultaneous with the opening of nominations, the Principal of Green Templeton College will call a meeting of the Nautilus Awards Committee, which meets at the close of nominations.

The Nautilus Award Committee will be composed as follows:

  1. The Principal of Green Templeton College, who will chair the Committee;
  2. The Senior Tutor of Green Templeton College;
  3. Two Graduate Common Room representatives;
    1. The incumbent President of the Graduate Common Room Committee;
    2. The incumbent Continuity Officer of the Graduate Common Room Committee;
  4. Minimum of one representative of sports at Green Templeton College, to be appointed by the Sports and Societies Officer of the Graduate Common Room Committee and approved by the Principal in advance; or, failing this, the Sports and Societies Officer of the GCR. In case the position of Sports and Societies Officer is vacant, the President will take this decision;
  5. At least two previous Nautilus Awardees, who are still part of Green Templeton College and involved with the community, to be appointed by the Continuity Officer and approved by the Principal in advance.

Any member of the Nautilus Awards Committee may be awarded a Nautilus Award but are to leave the room during deliberations over their nominations.

If Nautilus Award Committee members have nominated someone else, they are also requested to leave the room during the deliberations of the person in question.

Created: 20 May 2019