In the Student Union Central Ballroom on April 11th at 1:30 the university will host the Outstanding Master's Thesis Awardee Presentation. This event honors the graduate student who won the award for the outstanding master's thesis in 2023-24 (last year). They will usually discuss their thesis for about fifteen to twenty minutes after they receive their award.

Following the outstanding master's thesis award, at about 2:00, the university holds the 2025 faculty mentor awards. This event takes about fifteen to thirty minutes, and is followed by the students awards—the awards for the best presentations, posters, and art shared at the STARS event. The schedule is 1:30pm for the outstanding master's thesis award; 2:00pm for the 2025 faculty mentor awards; and 2:30 for the student awards. In recent years these award ceremonies have been briefer than expected, and we have usually concluded all the awards by 2:30.