The committee encourages all nominators to make the nominee come alive for the committee in this letter. Rather than submitting a list of accomplishments, the nominator should provide a well-rounded profile of the student being nominated. Criteria as defined by the committee are listed below, as well as some other information, which may be helpful, as nominations are formulated. A student who has had significant, positive impact on the Ohio Northern campus. This might be augmented by a positive impact in the community.
Positions are merely platforms from which leadership can be performed.
There can be and usually is a difference between personal achievement and leadership. It may be either transforming or sustaining. As a creator of change, the leader may not be constrained by conventional wisdom. These criteria should be demonstrated in the successful letter of nomination. The following definition of leadership will be used as part of the printed program at the dessert and may be helpful as students are considered for nomination.