Outstanding Civic Engagement Award

Students who are awarded this honor will have lived the mission of the Staley School of Leadership through their community engagement and service to others. The student will have demonstrated a commitment to personal development, intellectual growth, and positive community impact through their work as a citizen leader.

Students will have committed to service and civic engagement through a diversity of experiences on campus and in the community that demonstrate their commitment to serving community needs. Examples of this work may include volunteer service, involvement in service learning courses or programs, engagement in political activism on campus and in the community, social justice work and advocacy, research or work with faculty members on community based initiatives or social justice issues.

Past recipients

2026 Andrew Le

2025 Adelaide Easter

2024 Jade Valdez-Gomez

2023 Evan Bergeron

2022 Abby Goins

2021 Jaden Siegle

2020 Francisco Cardoza

2019 Kate Schieferecke

2018 Patrick Kenney

2017 Zev Allen

2016 Kaitlyn Rippel

2015 Daniel Ecklund, Tyler Bedell

2014 Theo Stravropoulos

2013 Margaret Swagerty

2012 Bethany Miles, Katie Vine

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