Cultural Event
Ebony Harlem Awards
Date of Event: April 23, 2009
The Ebony Harlem Awards began as a way of honoring exceptional students within the African American community at N.C. State. In the past, members from outside of the NCSU community would come to State to present students with awards.
Today, the Ebony Harlem Awards ceremony is a collaboration between African American Student Affairs, the African American Cultural Center and the African American Heritage Society. Exceptional students, faculty and staff are nominated by their fellow peers to receive awards ranging from excellence in sports to excellence in service.
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Award Categories
The Ebony Harlem Awards honors outstanding male and female students in each award category. Faculty and staff also receive awards for their humble service to students. Students and/or organizations are nominated by their peers and/or faculty/staff members in the following categories:
| Objective | Criteria | |
| Drama | To recognize students with exceptional talent in drama. | Ability to bring out the range of emotions of viewers through their dramatic talents in work that represents the African American culture. |
| Literary | To recognize students with literary talent (prose, poetry, writing, storytelling and the like) who keep the African tradition of literary expression alive. | Proficient and demonstrative of African American literary expression. |
| Dance | To recognize students involved in formal campus dance programs as well as those who have a personal interest in dancing. | Demonstrates an exceptional talent for expression of African American culture using dance. |
| Instrumental Music | To recognize students with musical talent involved in formal campus instrumental music activities as well as those who have displayed a personal enjoyment in playing music. | Displays talent in regards to instrumental music that creates and transmits African American stories, themes and feelings through different types of musical instruments. |
| Vocal Music | To recognize students with vocal talent involved in formal campus vocal music activities as well as those who have demonstrated a personal enjoyment in singing. | Demonstrates vocal talent for the purpose of entertainment, conveying African American messages and should be selected based on voice quality, style of music and type of songs. |
| Art | To recognize students involved in the formal campus art programs as well as those who have a personal interest in art. | Proficient in an artistic field (sculpture, painting, photography, etc.) with demonstrated willingness to share this talent constructively to make significant contributions to the cultural enlightenment and development of African people. |
| Service | To recognize students who unselfishly give of themselves not only to the NCSU African American campus community, but the surrounding African American community and to others as well. | Displays a consistent and positive involvement in the African American community as a service volunteer. |
| Leadership | To recognize students who encourage and guide African American students and others at NCSU. | Demonstrates an ability to lead in a positive direction that supports the mission of the African American Cultural Center. |
| Distinguished Person | To recognize those who show support for and advocate for the African American community through word and deed. | Demonstrates African American heritage and culture through leadership, scholarship and service. |
***The following awards are on voted by specific departments only***
| Objective | Criteria | |
| Nash Winstead Academic Achievement | To recognize students who have emerged as leading scholars among their peers measured by their GPA while upholding the mission of the African American Cultural Center. | Achieved the highest GPA among those who have completed at least ninety hours of academic credit and are in good moral and ethical standing with the University while upholding the mission of the African Americal Cultural Center. |
| Outstanding Athlete | To recognize student athletes who value playing the game fairly, as well as winning while exemplifying a positive image of the African American athlete. | Demonstrates leadership qualities among teammates, contributes to team spirit as characterized by cooperation, compassion and humility. Demonstrates good citizenship and character and maintains a sense of responsibility to the African American athlete’s image through proper training and behavior. These students must also maintain scholastic achievement as their primary focus. |
| Design | To recognize students with talent in design who are involved in the formal campus design program. | Reflects the most outstanding design portfolio or collection of work that is reflective of the African American Cultural Center’s mission and maintains the most outstanding total grade point average. |