Cultural Org Awards – Office of Intercultural Life

The Cultural Org Awards is a night of fun, food, and awards created by OIL and the Cultural Programming Board. The event is held early in late Spring term and at an off-campus location.

The purpose of the Cultural Org Awards is to recognize the incredible work that Carleton’s students and student organizations do throughout the year to uplift and celebrate the multitude of cultures, identities, and experiences across campus. The awards do not come with money, grants, or prizes – but instead allow us to come together for a night and share our successes as a community.

The most important part of the night is to have fun!

Spring ’25 Timeline

April 18: Nominations Open
May 2: Registration Begins
May 5: Nominations Close
May 12: Registration Ends
May 16: CULTURAL ORG AWARDS!!

This year the Awards will be hosted at The Grand Event Center in Northfield!

Registration Information

Dinner is a plated meal reserved during registration – so if you want to attend and eat you MUST REGISTER
There will be several automated photo booths with backdrops available at the venue for use, including a 360-degree photo booth!
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the event will begin around 7:00 p.m.
The event is anticipated to end at 9:00 p.m., but we will have the venue reserved until 10:00 p.m. to allow attendees to hang out together, enjoy the photo booths, and not be rushed out
If you want to bring a guest who does not have a Carleton.edu email address please reach out to Marshall (rbell3@carleton.edu) to reserve them a dinner meal
Traditional or formal wear is encouraged at the event!

Registration has closed! For any questions, please reach out to Marshall (rbell3@carleton.edu)

Award Categories

Nominations are closed, but you can still explore the category descriptions!

This award honors an individual who leads by example. A nominee for this award is respected by their peers, allows their leadership to be shown through actions and behaviors, and uses their unique watching, listening, and learning skills to support their organization.

This award honors an individual who embraces leadership vocally and through their strong presence. A nominee for this award is respected by their peers for being decisive, taking charge, and using their unique speaking skills, confidence, and charisma to support their organization.

This award recognizes the long days, and long nights, that student organization members work to provide support, opportunity, and entertainment to their communities – even at the sacrifice of a good nights rest. Nominees should be individuals who have a strong work ethic, a distinct commitment to the programming that their organization does, and a demonstrated willingness to put in the extra time to make sure things go smoothly.

The Exceptional Event Award recognizes the efforts and accomplishments of a campus event that demonstrates the mission of the hosting Organization. The event is exceptional for its educational and/or social value to the Carleton campus, and promotes a greater connectedness within the campus community.

This award recognizes a student organization that works tirelessly to provide a safe and welcoming community for members of the campus. Regardless of event attendance or membership numbers, this organization shows what it means to be “a community.”

All organizations may be nominated, but we encourage submissions that elevate smaller organizations and/or recently chartered organizations.

This award recognizes the student organization that has demonstrated excellence in areas of community engagement, collaboration, inclusion, and/or leadership and development. This organization is one that makes a substantial impact on its members and/or the Carleton community.

*What makes an organization exceptional is not necessarily size or number of events, so please include in your answer what makes this organization exceptional to you.

This award is an opportunity to recognize a faculty or staff member who goes out of their way to support the mission and goals of Carleton’s student organizations. Whether it’s offering insight, acting as a liaison, or simply showing up to support events, this faculty or staff member wants to see students succeed.

This award is bestowed upon a student who, during their first year at Carleton, has shown to be deeply committed to promoting the mission and values of their Organization.

This award is bestowed upon a student who, during their sophomore year at Carleton, has shown to be deeply committed to promoting the mission and values of their Organization.

This award is bestowed upon a student who, during their junior year at Carleton, has shown to be deeply committed to promoting the mission and values of their Organization.

This award is bestowed upon a student who, during their final year at Carleton, has shown to be deeply committed to promoting the mission and values of their Organization.