The phrase "awarding certificates" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is giving or presenting certificates, often in recognition of achievement or completion of a course.
Example: "The school held a ceremony for awarding certificates to the students who completed the program."
Alternatives: "issuing certificates" or "presenting certificates".
Mr. Kessler, president of the Friends for Long Island's Heritage, a preservation group, conceded that he applied a very loose definition of "eyewitness" in awarding certificates.
A team of volunteers will inspect 66,000 stores across the West Bank in the coming weeks, awarding certificates and window stickers to those free of settlement produce.
INSIDER'S TIP For more than 30 years, the resort's Vertical Foot Club has let out-of-town skiers (locals aren't eligible) track their cumulative runs, awarding certificates and belt buckles at specific milestones.
According to Gosper, the board discussed awarding certificates or the Olympic Order, which the American boxer Roy Jones was given after his lengthy appeal over bout-rigging in the 1988 Olympics.
Coursera is the next step: building an interactive platform that will allow the best schools in the world to not only offer a wide range of free course lectures online, but also a system of testing, grading, student-to-student help and awarding certificates of completion of a course for under $100.
In addition to degree education, Peking University and Shandong University provide a one- to three-year postgraduate training courses for clinical and basic medicine through the Internet, awarding certificates and credits but no degree.
At the CEE Senior Celebration and Awards Banquet, the winners were revealed and awarded certificates for their dedication to the department.
Films are awarded certificates that dictate the age of those who are allowed to view them.
Winners will be awarded certificates and photographs of their buildings will be published in Connecticut Preservation News, the preservation group's newsletter.
Participants completing these programs are awarded certificates that state the time spent in the course.
According to the Department of Education, the number of people awarded certificates in the paralegal field grew to 4,061 in 2007-8 from 2,890 in 2003-4.
