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Graduation Awards and Prizes
The Dr. Susan Aurelia Gitelsson Award for Human Values in International Affairs
An annual award in memory of Moses Leo Gitelson is given by Dr. Susan Aurelia Gitelson to a student or students in the School of International and Public Affairs for scholarship relating to human values in international affairs, generally in the form of a paper satisfying a course requirement.
Leous/Parry Award for Progressive Sustainability
After winning the 2005 Andrew Wellington Cordier Essay Contest, SIPA students J.P. Leous and Neal Parry used the prize money to start the Leous/Parry Award for Progressive Sustainability. The award supports interdisciplinary approaches to protecting the environment and promotes collaboration from across the University to address the world's environmental issues. Presented at SIPA graduation beginning in 2007, the award will recognize the best student paper or project that identifies a social or political problem, highlights the environmental issues at stake, and presents a thorough cross-disciplinary solution.
The George C. Marshall Prize for Strategic Studies
The George C. Marshall Prize for Strategic Studies is made annually to a graduating student for an outstanding paper addressing issues of defense policy, military strategy, arms control, intelligence, peacekeeping, negotiation, and alternatives to the use of force as an instrument of policy.
Harvey Picker Prize for Public Service
The Picker Prize for Public Service was established at SIPA in 1988 as a demonstration of the School's deep commitment to the goal of promoting public service. The Picker Prize is awarded to the graduating MPA student who has demonstrated exceptional commitment to public service. The award honors Harvey Picker, Dean Emeritus of the School of International and Public Affairs.
The Raphael Smith Memorial Prize
The Raphael Smith Memorial Prize is given in memory of Raphael Smith, a member of the class of 1994, who was on the staff of SLANT, the student-produced magazine about international affairs. Raphael took a leave of absence from SIPA in order to retrace his stepfather's adventure of motorcycling from Paris to Tokyo 60 years earlier, writing newspaper articles during his journey. Raphael’s dream ended tragically in a fatal accident in Bulgaria. The prize, established by his family and friends, is awarded annually to the student who is judged to have written the best article published in SIPA NEWS
The SIPA Voice of Conscience Award
Dierdra Gray, a graduate of the Class of 1997, received the Arthur Ashe Aetna Voice of Conscience Award for the wonderful work that she did as a student at SIPA in promoting racial reconciliation. In gratitude for SIPA's efforts in helping her further tolerance and understanding, Dierdra used part of her award to fund a new SIPA Voice of Conscience Award. This award is given to the graduating student whose actions best illustrate a meaningful commitment to promoting reconciliation, tolerance and understanding among different racial and ethnic groups.