Jasmine Ivy, graduate student, Higher Education and Student Affairs
Jessica Labatte, associate professor, School of Art and Design
Paula Frasz, professor School of Theatre and Dance
Michelle Bringas, director of Asian American Resource Center
Jocelyn Santana, director, Social Justice Education Program
Lisa Freeman, president, Northern Illinois University
2019
Sandra Puebla, student, senior Political Science major
Carter Cavazos, student senior Sociology major
Susana Das Neves, Director of Illinois Migrant Education Services
Sean Frazier, Associate Vice President/Director of Athletics
Kay Shelton, NIU Naperville Education Center Operations Supervisor
Dream Action NIU, Student Organization
2018
Pablo Valencia-Garcia, student, Athletic Training major
LeBrian Carrington, Academic Advisor/Counselor, Academic Advising Center
Janice Hamlet, Associate Professor, Department of Communications
William McCoy, former Director of BELIEF, College of Business
2017
Laura Vivaldo Cholula, NIU Undergraduate Student
Kristina Wilkerson, NIU Graduate Student
Beverly McCall, Advisor/Counselor, CHANCE Program
Lisa King, Associate Director, CHANCE Program
Yolanda King, Associate Professor, College of Law
Katrina Myers Caldwell, former Assistant Vice President for Diversity and Equity
2016
Romeo Jackson, NIU Undergraduate Student
Daniel H. Tamayo, NIU Undergraduate Student
Javier Rodriguez, NIU Undergraduate Student
Charles Ogundipe, Assistant Director, Financial Aid
LaVerne Gyant, Professor, Adult and Higher Education
Glenda Jones, Collection Specialist II, Bursar's Office
2015
Sandra Gonzalez, NIU Undergraduate Student, Spanish Language and Literature K-12 Major
Sara Briseño, NIU Undergraduate Student, Sociology Major
Karen Baker, Associate Vice President, Affirmative Action and Equity Compliance
2014
Marc Reynolds, NIU Graduate Student, U.S. History Major
Chris Liska Carger Professor, Literacy Education on College of Education Strategic Diversity Plan (James Cohen, Joe Flynn, Connie Fox, Becqui Hunt and Scott Wickman)
Project R.E.D. Residents Engaging in Diversity
2013
Latasha Bennett, NIU Undergraduate Student, Center for Non-Governmental Organization Leadership and Development (NGOLD)
Sandy Lopez, Assistant to the Director for the Center for Latino and Latin American Studies
James Cohen, Assistant Professor, Department of Literacy Education
Nancy Russo, Professor, Department of Operations Management and Information Systems
Society of Women Engineers
2012
Suzanne Coffield, English Department
Ellen Franklin, English Department
Wesley Coats (ret.), Procurement Services
2011
Ron Carter, School of Music
Murali Krishnamurthi, Faculty Development & Instructional Design
Edgar Ramirez, NIU Undergraduate Student
2010
Don Bramlett, Director of the Office of Retention Services
Lt. Darren Mitchell, Department of Public Safety
Derrick Smith, Academic counselor for the Center for Black Studies
2009
Joy Mutinda, Psychologist
Robert Collins, Deputy Director of Athletics
Andres Giraldo, NIU Undergraduate Student
2007
Dean Promod Vohra, College of Engineering and Engineering Technology
Luis and Clersida Garcia, Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education
Minority Science Association
2006
Admasu Zike, Executive Assistant in Human Resource Administration
Donald Grady, Department of Public Safety
Glenda Jones, Specialist in the Bursar’s Office
2005
James Brunson, Assistant Director of Housing
The entire Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center
LaMetra Curry, NIU Doctoral Student
2004
Leroy Mitchell, Director of Educational Services and Programs/CHANCE Program