Kansas State University

Commerce Bank Presidential Awards for Diversity

The Commerce Bank Presidential Faculty/Staff Award for Distinguished Services to Historically Under-Represented Minority Students was established in 1978 to recognize outstanding individual contributions to the development of quality education for students of color at Kansas State University. The Commerce Bank Presidential Student Award for Distinguished Services in Enhancing Multiculturalism at Kansas State University was established in the spring of 1997 to recognize outstanding individual contributions to diversity enhancement within the student sector.

Commerce Bank Presidential Awards Selections committee members for 2022-2023 include:

• Mirta Chavez, Commitee Chair, Interim Associate Vice President for Student Life of Diversity and Multicultural Student Affairs
• Tamara Bauer, Instructor, Staley School of Leadership Studies. 
• Patricia Hudgins, Associate Director, Career Center.
• Rebeca Paz, Assistant Director, Office of First-Generation Students.
• Spencer Clark, Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.
• Brandon Haddock, Coordinator, LGBT Resource Center.
• Amy Betz, Assistant Dean for Retention, Diversity and Inclusion, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department.
• Dr. Rana Johnson, VP for DEIB.

2023-2024 Award Applications:   

Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Nomination (PDF)

Student Nomination (PDF)

The nomination deadline is Friday, October 6th, 2023 at 5:00 p.m 

Submissions may be send to Adam Carr via email (arcarr@k-state.edu) or mailed / delivered to 224 Anderson Hall.

2021-2022 Award Winners:

Faculty & Staff: Brenee King, Director, Office of Undergraduate Research

Student: Lonnie Hobbs Jr, PhD Candidate, Agricultural Economics

              Christopher Burrell, Senior, Mechanical Engineering