VALE Award Winners

Posted by Eileen Remley on Thursday, April 13, 2017 in News Blurbs.

The first-ever Vanderbilt Awards for Leadership Excellence ceremony was held on Wednesday, April 5^th. Vanderbilt students, faculty, staff, administrators, and community members came together to celebrate the incredible work of our student leaders. Please join us in congratulating all of this year’s award winners:

 Individual Awards

• The Accolade: Chancellor’s Diversity Award: Deanna Bradley
• Casey Carter Bonar Award: Damonta Morgan
• Glenn & Elizabeth Bogitsh Award: Hannah Cutshall
• Imani Award: Reverend James Lawson Award for Campus and Community Leadership: Bridget Ukawu
• Lori Groves-White Award: Mac Ploetz
• John T. & Lizzie Allen McGill First-Year Award: Brian Hou and Sumanth Chennareddy
• John T. McGill Award: Tristan Abbott
• John T. & Lizzie Allen Upperclass McGill Award: Henry Bristol and Lauren Pak
• Nora C. Chaffin Scholarship: Molly Gupta
• Reverend Beverly A. Asbury Award for Interfaith Dialogue: Musbah Shaheen
• Ripple in the Pond Award: Karin Oh
• Rob Roy Purdy Award: Courtland Sutton
• Robert Peter Pratt Memorial Award: SaifHamdan
• Susan Jung Award: Amy Woo
• Thomas M. Weser Award: Cici Xuning Zhang
• William Aaron Pathfinder Award: Kelly Perry

Student Organization Awards

• Best Arts Program: “Tell Me You See Me” by The Original Cast
• Best Collaborative Program: “Voter Registration Initiative” by the Multi-Partisan Student Coalition, VSG, College Democrats, and College Republicans
• Best Diversity & Inclusion Program: “Islamic Awareness Week” by the Muslim Students Association
• Best Health & Wellness Program: “Suicide Awareness Week Panel” by Active Minds
• Best Intercultural Awareness Program: “Deepa Iyer: Why Black Lives Must Matter to South Asian Community” by the South Asian Cultural Exchange
• Best Interfaith Program: “Chaplain’s Speaker Series lecture, Reviving Your Heart: Putting Student Life in Perspective” co-sponsored by the Muslim Students Association
• Most Meaningful Service: Vanderbilt Food Justice

Thank you again to our DOS and campus partners who were part of the VALE Awards Selection Committee!