The specific criteria for each award is listed below:

Criteria for the Helen Davis Humanitarian Award:

• Enabling and empowering others to accomplish their goals and dreams.
• Displaying resourcefulness to meet the needs of others.
• Embracing differences and showing a commitment to diversity.
• Sharing a generous and unselfish attitude.
• Promoting human welfare through education and action.
• Demonstrating a commitment to social justice.

Criteria for the Ripple Award:

• An altruistic attitude.
• Exceptional leadership skills.
• Recognizes the impact of individual contributions to the success of every project/program/group.
• Recognizes the broad impact of small actions.
• Intrinsically motivated as evidenced by leadership and action.
• Celebrates the individual.
• Recognizes and encouraging personal initiative.
• Enables individuals and groups to flourish.

Criteria for the Victor H. Farwell Award:

• Showing compassion for fellow students.
• Selflessly sacrificing on occasion in order to benefit others.
• Unifying our campus - building bridges between individuals as well as groups of students.
• Understanding and addressing the issues facing University students and their environment.
• Instilling confidence in others through belief in and encouragement of fellow students
• Helping others to achieve their potential.

Criteria for the Outstanding Freshmen Leader Award:

• Desire to learn more about leadership and being a leader at Washington University .
• Shows initiative, motivation, and potential for continued student leadership within the University.
• Consistently exploring new resources and activities at Washington University .
• Quality, scope, and level of involvement.
• Demonstrated personal growth.
• Future commitment and potential for future achievement.
• Helping others to achieve their potential.

Criteria for the Outstanding Sophmore Leader Award:

• Continue to show enthusiasm about involvement at Washington University .
• Established personal goals and begun to achieve those goals within their student groups or within the Washington University community.
• Quality, scope, and level of involvement exceed the average sophomore student.
• Future commitment and potential for future achievement
• Showing compassion for fellow students.
• Selflessly sacrifice in order to benefit others.
• Unifying our campus - building bridges between individuals as well as groups of students.
• Understanding and addressing the issues facing University students and their environment.
• Instilling confidence in others through belief in and encouragement of fellow students
• Helping others to achieve their potential.

• Continue to show enthusiasm about involvement at Washington University .
• Established personal goals and begun to achieve those goals within their student groups or within the Washington University community.
• Quality, scope, and level of involvement continues to improve and individual has demonstrated personal growth
• Demonstrated future commitment and potential for future achievement.
• Showing compassion for fellow students.
• Selflessly sacrifice in order to benefit others.
• Unifying our campus - building bridges between individuals as well as groups of students.
• Understanding and addressing the issues facing University students and their environment.
• Instilling confidence in others through belief in and encouragement of fellow students.
• Helping others to achieve their potential

• Does not hold an executive leadership position in the student organization, program, or initiative.
• Demonstrates a strong commitment to enhancing the community at Washington University .
• Positively influences the organization, program, or initiative from behind the scenes.
• Has a positive attitude toward what they are trying to accomplish and demonstrates sincere willingness to help in whatever capacity necessary.
• Completes tasks and duties with a high level of quality.
• Shows compassion for fellow students.
• Selflessly sacrifices in order to benefit others.
• Unifies our campus - building bridges between individuals as well as groups of students.
• Understands and addresses the issues facing University students and their environment.
• Instills confidence in others through belief in and encouragement of fellow students
• Helps others to achieve their potential.