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Student Leadership Awards celebrate campus community all-stars
Award ceremony recognizes outstanding campus community leadership at ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ
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Congratulations to all the winners of this year's Student Leadership Awards! Your commitment to ½ûÂþÌìÌà is what makes our vibrant campus come to life.
Student Organization Advisor of the Year Award
- Margaret “Peggy” Dias – NSBE
Most Improved Student Organization of the Year Award
- Graduate Student Senate
Student Organization of the Year Award
- Pre-Health Society
Outstanding Student Event(s) of the Year
- Society of Women Engineers, Outreach Program
- Black History Month Show Committee, Black Art: The Black History Month Show
Navigating Leadership Recognition
- Maria Dantas
- Surrya Mukkara
- Kyara Costa
- Nicolas Silva
- Sudhanshu Mukherjee
- Seshu Sigilisetti
- Aidan Danforth
- Ali Karami-Fard
- Raquel Ana Bush
- Carolina Cuevas
- Zalia Canty
- Kabya Rimal
- Lawensky Jean
- Logan Wornham
- William Alperin
- Seth Albernaz
- Surrya Mukkara
- Bryanna Mbugua
- Marilyn Bowhile
- Jeff Romano
- Sonam Suresh Tiwari
- Lourdjina Daout
- Comfort Korli
- Jada Boateng
- Mythri Krpet Jayaram
- Jorden Bostick
Emerging Leaders of the Year
- Roxnny Roche
- Seth Albernaz
David M. Milstone Established Leader
- Maxime Larsen
University Civic Engagement Award
- Marshall MacDonald
Student Bar Association Awards
- Excellence in Leadership Award, Kaitlyn Girouard
- Outstanding Part-Time Student Award, Jack Riley
- Law Review Excellent Award, Kelsey Delgado
Frederick Douglass Unity Award
- Maxime Larsen
Center for Religious & Spiritual Life Awards
- Brandon Weyand
- Cameron Kellstein
Student Government Association Awards
- Committee of the Year, Student Affairs Committee & DEI Committee
- Senator(s) of the Year, Ayva Faria, Tycho Dickerson, Kinu Takasugi
- Rising Star Award, Nazim Cisse
- Student Body Representative of the Year, Paula Mmamelu
- Excellence in Leadership, Cassy L. Depina
Graduate Student Senate Awards
Committee Impact Recognition
Finance Committee
- Prakhar Gupta, Chair
Event Committee
- Sagar Chittaranjan Modi, Chair
Premier Workplace Achievement
- Dr. Tesfay Meressi
Outstanding Professional Recognition
- Maria J. Antao
Excellence in Support & Guidance
- Dr. Michael D. Goodman
- Dr. Kimberly M. Scott
Senator of the Year
- Kamran A. Walsh
Excellence in Leadership
- S M Mushfiquer Rahman Ashique
Walter Cass Faculty Recognition Awards
- Bharatendra K Rai, Decision Information Sciences
- Kristen McHenry, Political Science
- Yuzhu Li, Decision Information Sciences
Distinguished Service to the University Awards
- Juma Miller, Charlton College of Business
- Olivia Farinha, Online Continuing Education
Susan T. Costa Leadership Award
- Armani Rivas
Louise M. Goodrum Unsung Hero Awards
- Annette Limoges
- Kerin Caldwell
Lamar E. McClinton Student Leadership Award
- Gina Cuba
Donald C. Howard Pillars of the Community
- Aaliyah Encarnacion
- Collin Farr
- Dean Cuba Jr.
- Gaspard Baye
- Gina Cuba
- Jessica Welsh
- Leandro Neves
- Marshall MacDonald
- Maxime Larsen
- Mitchell Messina
- Nicole Loiselle
- Tyree Brooks