L.B. Sims Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award

Leslie B. Sims,
former Graduate College Dean
and Associate Provost
for Graduate Studies,
The University of Iowa

In recognition of contributions to The University of Iowa and to graduate education nationwide, the Graduate College has established the L.B. Sims Outstanding Master's Thesis Award.

Leslie B. Sims was Graduate College Dean, Associate Provost for Graduate Education, and Vice Provost at The University of Iowa (1991-2001). He went on to national-level work with the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) in Washington, D.C. (2001-2006) as Dean-in-residence, a position from which he recently retired. While at CGS, he focused on the Ford and Sloan funded Professional Master's Projects and has just completed a book on the professional master's degree.

This award recognizes and rewards distinguished scholarship and research at the master's level. Each year's winner is also Iowa's nomination for the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Outstanding Thesis Award.

Click here for nomination instructions and criteria for the L.B. Sims Outstanding Master's Thesis Award.