Student Engagement Leadership Awards

April 24, 2018

The office of student engagement honored special students who showed outstanding leadership and service throughout the 2017-’18 academic year.

On Tuesday, April 24th, the office of student engagement held an awards ceremony for students and student organizations who showed outstanding leadership and service. There were a total of 18 awards and 25 award winners. The awards ceremony began with a welcome by dean Jean-Pierre Laurenceau-Medina and a word from the keynote speaker Melat Kiros, who was the former SGA president. The leadership awards committee was comprised of Heather Calloway, Jean-Pierre Laurenceau-Medina, Hilary Bateman, Brandon Gross, and Arianna Hall, who introduced all of the individual award winners and student organization winners. After the awards were announced, the current SGA president Victoria Cline made a closing speech to leave the attendees off with some encouragement and gratitude.

The keynote speaker Melat Kiros speaks briefly before the awards are given out

Meredith Kenton accepts her award for Sorority Member of the Year

Bekah Nesbit accepts Zeta Tau Alpha's award for Greek Organization of the Year

Amy Akell accepts the Goose Nation Collaboration Award that went to Intercultural Ambassadors

Karis Marano accepts the Leadership in Athletics Award

Ari DeAriz accepts the Community Service Award

Justin Yerkie accepts the Comunity Service Club Award for Habitat for Humanity

Jack Nevins accepts the Greek Organization Community Service Award for Kappa Sigma

Amanda Tran accepts the Outstanding Contribution to Intercultural Awareness Award

Gaviota Del Mar Hernandez Quinones accepts their award for Outstanding Contribution to Intercultural Awareness

Sabrina Jenkins accepts the Organizational President Award

Jean-Pierre Laurenceau-Medina gives opening remarks

Paris Mercier accepts the Black Student Union's Organization of the Year Award

Rhoda accepts the First Year Leadership Award

Heidi Butler receives the Outstanding Senior Award

May Kiros accepts the Outstanding Senior Award

Sarah Graff accepts the Washington College Leadership Award

The closing speaker, Victoria Cline, says a few words after all of the award winners have received their awards