President's Cup

President's Cup Winners will be determined by the programming descriptions and photos submitted by the group via the application, as well as GPA data and community service hours. Greek chapters will also submit a list of campus leaders via an excel file.

Community Service

• Recorded via GivePulse - Reports will be pulled by the Leadership & Volunteerism Office. This category will be judged based on the average number of community service hours per member, as well as the degree of impact.

Programming Initiatives  & Categories

• Descriptions and photos submitted via the online application.
• Personal Development: A student’s process of gaining awareness and understanding of who they are as individuals. Personal Development includes understanding who they are in terms of values, beliefs, and purpose as well as their social group identities. Demonstrating empathy and compassion, especially for those with very different backgrounds and experiences, is critical in all relationships. By exploring their sense of purpose, abilities, privileges, and intersecting identities, students can learn to develop self-efficacy and agency to positively change their own lives and impact their communities. Programming initiatives address the following outcomes:
  • Articulate their identities.
  • Demonstrate empathy and compassion in relationships.
  • Describe how they can contribute to making positive change.
  • Demonstrate the competencies needed for their professional development.
• Well-Being: A student’s holistic understanding of wellness; including the emotional, mental, environmental, financial, intellectual, occupational, physical, social, and spiritual dimensions of wellness. Well-Being is conscious, self-directed and evolving, positive, affirming, and inclusive. Students will be able to foster their own well-being as well as communities of well-being. Programming initiatives that address the following outcomes:
  • Define personal well-being.
  • Identify resources to support their well-being.
  • Integrate wellness strategies into daily life.
  • Foster communities of well-being.
    
• Community Impact: A student’s awareness of issues impacting communities and the world as well as their capacity and desire to take action to make positive, sustainable change. Both components are critical to collaboratively solving our world’s most pressing problems. Programming initiatives that address the following outcomes:
  • The impact of their actions on others.
  • Identify issues facing communities.
  • Collaborate effectively with others.
  • Advocate for positive change in their communities.

Grade Point Average

• Reports will be pulled by Fraternity and Sorority Programs and Services and Residence Hall administrators to provide the group's average GPA. 

Campus Leader List (Greek Chapters Only)

• Chapters will upload an Excel spreadsheet as follows:
  • Column 1: The campus organization/group name
  • Column 2: The office held; and
  • Column 3: The student name

Timeframe

• Greek Chapters: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
• Residence Halls: August 1, 2025 - February 28, 2026

Organizations & Residence Halls will track and gather information on the Award Criteria for the year leading up to the annual awarding of the President's Cup. 

Submit an Application for the 2026 President's Cup 

Registered Student Organizations are not eligible for the President's Cup, however, we will be selecting up to 10 groups for $1000 awards based on their programming efforts in the three Student Affairs Strategic Plan Pillars: Personal Development; Well-Being; and Community Impact. Descriptions and photos are submitted via the online application.

DSOs (Big Event, AASA, BSA) and Governmental/Presidential groups (SGA, CAC, Crimson Club, PCS) are not eligible to win the $1000 award.

Q: What counts as volunteer hours?
A: OU values and encourages others to give back to the community. Acts of service done freely outside of academic requirements or work count as volunteer hours. Eligible service does not include donating funds, political lobbying (non-partisan voter registration is an eligible activity), religious instruction, conducting worship service, proselytizing, court-ordered community service, and serving only family members (source: President's Volunteer Service Award Program).

Q: What if I am part of a service organization? (The Big Event, Food Pantry, etc.)
A: Any direct service with community organizations or clients including service projects, day-of events, etc. can count toward the award. Meetings and administrative work do not count.

Q: Do camps/mission trips count?
A: Yes! Please only count the hours you were actively volunteering.