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The Office of Intercultural Student Affairs

Annual Intercultural Awards Banquet

The Office of Diversity and Intercultural Life invites you to join us each spring for the Annual Intercultural Awards Celebration. ϳԹ celebrates diversity and recognizes students’ accomplishments from various cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Each year, the Multicultural Awards Banquet provides an opportunity to award outstanding students in academics, athletics, campus involvement, community service, spirituality, and involvement as leaders concerned about diversity, advocacy, and justice issues.

2024 Annual Intercultural Awards Celebration

Friday, March 25, 2024 at 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM CST

Location to be announced.

Tickets

  • Free for all, no RSVP required
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Celebrating Our Students, Faculty, Staff, & Alumni – Awards

Factors that may be considered in the selection process include active involvement with the Office of Diversity and Intercultural Life, outstanding contributions of time, leadership, and service, and their efforts to foster an inclusive and intercultural campus culture at ϳԹ.

Multicultural Student Leader Graduates

Multicultural Student Leader recognition honors graduating seniors who are currently or were before Cultural Clubs executive members within the positions of President, Vice President, Treasurer, or Secretary, provided by each active cultural club; currently or were before Collaboratory / Office of Diversity student workers with at least 1.5 years of service (three semesters, not including summer) or more; and currently or were prior SGA Diversity Representative. Recipients received the Office of Diversity and Intercultural Life Diversity Leader Graduate Stole.

The Champion of Diversity Award

The Champion of Diversity Award highlights those who have conducted exceptional work in interculturalism, restorative justice, or racial reconciliation on campus. Selected by the Office of Diversity and Intercultural Life professional and student staff, the award annually recognizes a ϳԹ faculty member, staff member, or administrator. (Formally known as the NPU Martin Luther King, Jr. Award).”

Honors Convocation Diversity Award

In partnership with the Office of the Provost, the Honors Convocation Diversity Award is selected by the Office of Diversity and Intercultural Life to honor a senior for outstanding leadership and sustained commitment to advancing North Park’s intercultural core identity on campus and/or throughout the Chicago community. This award is also recognized at the annual Honors Convocation ceremony.

Assistant Director Award and Director Award

Office of Diversity and Intercultural Life Director(s) Award is awarded to a person or group in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the campus community through their involvement in fostering an inclusive and intercultural campus culture at ϳԹ.

Impactful Alumni Award

The Impactful Alumni Award is awarded to a ϳԹ alumnus in recognition of their in service to the campus community through their involvement active involvement with the Office of Diversity and Intercultural Life to foster an inclusive and intercultural campus culture at ϳԹ.

Recipients

Honors Convocation Diversity Award

2023:

2022:

2021: Helen H. Uriostegui

2020: Mara Franzen

2019: Betty Godinez–Rodriguez

2018: Lisa Daniels

2017: Tarek El Ali

2016: Tatianna Hughlett and Gerson Ramirez

2015: Erick Castillo

2013: Shadae Gatlin

2012: Ericka Rodriguez

The Champion of Diversity Award

2023:

2022:

2021: Dr. Liza Ann Acosta, University Dean and Professor of English

2020: Richard Kohng, Director of Civil Engagement, and Dr. Gwendolyn “Dr. P” Purifoye, Professor of Sociology

2019: N/A

2018: Dr. Daniel White Hodge, Chair and Professor of Communications

2017: Dr. Mary Trujillo, Professor of Communications and Conflict Transformation

Assistant Director Award and Director Award

2023:

2022:

2021: Iga Szelag and Ngbarezere “Fritz” Frezar

2020: ϳԹ’s 2019-2020 Women’s Basketball Team

Amanda Crockett (Head Coach), Annie Shain (Assistant Coach), Sam Ervin (Graduate Assistant Coach), (Players) Lauryn Alba Garner, Esther Miller, Angelina Villasin, Alana Santos, Sinead Molloy, Jacki Rapp, Lauren Lee, Kendra Jackson, Emily Czuhajewski, Tyra Walker, Zakiya Newsome, Josie Summerville, Kayla Patterson, Nicole Hansen, Alisha Panthier, Yesenia Rodriguez, Jayla Johnson

Intercultural Student Leader Graduates

2023:

2022:

2021: Mallory N. Coakley, Ngbarezere “Fritz” Frezar, Michelle Gonzalez, Kathryn S. Gustafson, Yuzhen “Selena” Han, Haobitai “Melody” Haobitai, Emilia I. Ohia, Ayrianna S. Longs, Emily M. Ostercamp, Iga Szelag, Helen H. Uriostegui, Jordan N. Williams

2020: Sheyla Castellanos, Mara Franzen, Ashorina Houma, Elena Lawando, Hannah Lewis, Elsie McConaughey, Shalini Mody, Kosisochukwu “Kosi” C. Okeke, Esther Upturi

Impactful Alumni Award 

2023:

2022:

Diversity Leader Graduate Stole

Starting with the 2020 and 2021 graduating classes, the Diversity Leader Graduate Stole is given to the Office of Diversity and Intercultural Life’s Multicultural Student Leader Graduates as a gift for their service of fostering an inclusive and intercultural campus culture at ϳԹ. Further, the stole recognizes the graduates’ personal persistence to graduation. The stole showcases the unity of the 10 Diversity Office Clubs working together to cultivate the Intercultural distinctive at ϳԹ. In the Fall of 2019, all Diversity Office Clubs voted to participate in one stole. The Office of Diversity and Intercultural Life purchases the stoles.