Fourteen Tufts students received the President's Award for Citizenship and Public Service at a ceremony on Friday.
The award is given by President Larry Bacow and the University College.
According to University College Dean Rob Hollister, students were chosen for the award based on the "quality and extent of work" of their on- or off-campus projects.
"These awards emphasize effort above and beyond what is expected," Hollister said. "We view this group of awardees as outstanding but representative of a much larger group of students working to do public service."
Undergraduate winners included seniors Joshua Bauml, Sunindia Bhalla, Marissa Goldberg, Mitchell Lunn, Ifeyinwa Mora, and Christina Zahara.
The eight graduate winners of the award were dental medicine student Leena Bitar, veterinary medicine students Sean Majoy, Emily Stuart, and Lourie Yelton, computer science student Daniel Heller, medical student Daniel Koo, child development student Cristina Mendoza, and Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy student Brandon Edward Miller.
Students were recommended for the award by faculty, staff, and students. University College staff then reviewed these recommendations to create a list of more than 70 nominees, from whom President Bacow personally chose the 14 winners.
"Among the award recipients, something special jumps out of their nomination -- a particularly difficult obstacle that had to be overcome, an impressive volunteer network that was built, the sheer impact of the program on other people or on a community problem, a wonderful example of leadership or selfless service," Bacow said.
This is the sixth annual President's Award. The award was started in 1999 by former Tufts President John DiBiaggio to recognize the quality of community service work being done at Tufts.