Golden Gator Awards
Golden Gator Awards
About the Awards
The Golden Gator awards recognize excellence in communications on behalf of the university, honoring those efforts that strengthen the university and help to meet its mission of teaching, research and service.
All University of Florida staff and faculty are eligible. Students qualify to be included as team members on the entry form. All entries must be written and submitted by UF staff or faculty. Entries submitted by consultants will be disqualified.
Golden Gator entries currently are not being accepted. The program will likely resume in the fall of 2010.
Congratulations to the 2009 winners!
Entry Fee
A nominal fee of $10 per entry is required.
The fee will be accepted via three methods:
- Departmental Transfer (E2R voucher) is the preferred method. E-mail Jeremy Gray, jpgray@ufl.edu, for details.
- Cash
- Check — Payable to The University of Florida.
Checklist
The submission requirements have changed this year. A checklist has been provided. Details may be found on the FAQ page.
Judging
Entries within the 12 categories will be evaluated by a panel of three judges. Each panel will include at least one UF professional who is familiar with the university’s marketing communications standards. The other panel judges will be either university or off-campus professionals who possess an area of expertise related to the specific category to be judged. One UF professional from each judging panel will be assigned to assist in the panel’s organization and thus will be assigned as the panel’s chairperson. UF faculty and staff cannot judge a category in which they or their team has submitted an entry.
The panel members will first individually evaluate the entries, and then will collectively determine the recipient of the Golden Gator - the entry with the highest score – for each category. A narrative section will be included within the judging form, providing entrants with a highlight of what was viewed as the most positive attribute(s) of the entry, as well as improvement suggestions. The purpose of the narrative feedback is to assist in the advancement of future projects.
Entrants are encouraged to carefully review the category descriptions and judging criteria, as well as the revised submission requirements. A checklist and “FAQ” is included as part of the revised entry form.
Awards
Each category will have one Golden Gator recipient, which is the highest scoring entry in that category. In addition, judges may award multiple silver awards in each category – assuming the entries meet the standard of excellence set by the panel.
The silver awards will replace the honorable mention and creative resource awards of the past two years. It is expected that the number of silver awards will exceed the number of previous honorable mention and creative resource awards, thus allowing more entries to be recognized for superior quality.
Golden Gator Committee
- Susan Stewart, Chair - stewarts@ufl.edu
University Relations - Amelia Bell
Secretary of the Faculty Senate - Julie Frey
College of Design, Construction and Planning - Jeff Stevens
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences - Tracy Zwillinger
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