Recognize Exceptional Student Service With a Frist Nomination

Ole Miss students, alumni, friends, faculty and staff can nominate candidates for the annual awards online through April 1. To access the nomination form, click here.

Any full-time faculty or staff member, except previous winners, is eligible for the award, which includes a $1,000 prize and a plaque. Past nominations also may be considered.

"It's a tremendous honor to have been awarded the Frist Award and to know that there were students for whom my service made a difference," said Tracy Case Koslowski, associate director of the Intensive English Program and the staff winner of the 2024 Frist Award. "Honestly, my nomination was a direct result of principles taught to me by my community: being kind, courteous, considerate and helpful.

"It is incredibly impactful for students and others to nominate people for service rewards because it validates and strengthens those values we cherish."

The nomination should differentiate between obligation and service by citing specific examples in which the person being nominated has gone beyond the call of duty to help a student or students.

Nominations should not focus on classroom teaching or tutoring efforts. The Elsie M. Hood Outstanding Teacher Award, which has a separate nomination process, recognizes excellence in that area.

The recipients will be honored May 10 at the university's Commencement convocation.

A list of previous Frist Award winners is available here.

The Frist Student Service Awards were established with a $50,000 gift from the late Dr. Thomas F. Frist, of Nashville, a 1930 UM graduate.