Previous Award Recipients

2021

  • 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
  • Monique Bernoudy, Associate Athletics Director
  • Michael Kirkwood, NIU Law Student
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