Student Activities Office | Sunday, May 18, 2008

Organization Awards - Previous recipients (1970 - present) (Note: Prior to 2004, most awards were limited to Dean of Students organizations. In 2004, the awards ceremony was open to all registered student organizations.)

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Edgar A. Whiting Award
2008 Michael Wei-Ming Chua, Cornell Concert Commission, Slope Day Programming Board
2007 Keith Greenberg, Class Councils, WSH Student Union Board
Sue McNamara, Office of the Dean of Students
2006 Krystyn Tendy, Class Councils, Slope Day Programming Board, SAO Employee
2005 Stephen P. Blake, Slope Day Programming Board; Class Councils
2004 Katy Davy, '04, WSH Program Board
Sherry Karaim, Administrative Coordinator, Dean of Students Office
2003 Roxanne Edsall-Beebe, Administrative & Operations Assistant, Student Activities Office
2002 Joseph Scaffido, Assistant Dean of Students for Student Activities
2001 Irene Wang '00, Student Personnel, SAF, BOM
2000 Kris Corda, Class Councils Advisor, Student Activities Office
1999 Lindsay Raymond, '99, Student Personnel SAF / SOS
1998 Audrey Roy, '98, Student Personnel A-Board WSH Program Board SAF
1997 Mark Harrahy, '97, Lead Manager-on-Duty WSH Administrative Board WSH Program Board
Sarah J. Brown, Assistant Director of Student Activities
1996 Michael Glen Merritt, Jr., '96, Student Personnel
Jill M. Nusbaum, '97, Cornell University Program Board
Andrew Craig Swanson, Empathy, Assistance Referral Service
1995 Allison Halpern '95 Orientation Steering Committee Class Councils
Andrew J. Vail, '95, Student Personnel WSH A-Board WSH Program Board
1994 Christian J. Doucette '94 Lead Manager on Duty WSH Program Board
1992 John 'Jay' Evans IV '92 Council Co-Chair / Prog. Assistant Robert Purcell Union
1991 Shehriyar Antia '91 WSH A-Board, Chair Noyes Center Night Mgr.
1990 Jonathan Renty, Ticket Office Manager
1989 Daniel Kaufman, WSH Administrative Board Chair
1988 Frances H. Apgar, '88, Cornell Catering Coordinator Reser
Duane T. Pugh, Jr., '88, Noyes Center Night Manager Noyes Center Pub & Deli, WSH Administrative Board Reservations Coordinator
1987 Marguerite M. Adams, Coordinator of Educational Services Noyes Center
1986 Russell D. Cohen, '86, Robert Purcell Union Council Co-Chair Board of Governors Chair
1984 Jeffrey S. Glick, '84, WSH Administrative Board
1983 Edward Martinez, '84, Noyes Center Board Noyes Center Staff Board of Governors
M. Stacey Hawver, '88, Cornell Concert Commission Board of Governors
1982 William P. Collins, '82, Cornell Concert Commission University Unions Program Board
Edward J. Ku, '82, Noyes Center Board Willard Straight Hall Staff Board of Governors
1980 Daniel F. Mahaney, '80, North Campus Union Board Noyes Center Staff Alfalfa Room Manager
1978 Steven Gelb, '78, University Unions Program Board Board of Governors
1977 Elbert 'Punk' Chaffee, Maintenance Supervisor 39 Years of Service
1976 Omar M. Cordes, '76, WSH Board Noyes Center Board
John L. Hibbett, '76, North Campus Union Board
1975 Larry Pape, '75, Audio Visual Services Manager
1973 Monica E. McFadden, '73, North Campus Union Board
1972 Thomas E. Forsberg, '72, University Unions Executive Board
1971 Abraham Hirsch, '72, Cornell Concert Commission
1970 Esta R. Bigler, '70, WSH Board
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Daniel F. Mahaney Memorial Scholarship
2007 Lizz Giorgos, Cornell Concert Commission, Cornell Productions, Cornell University Program Board, Slope Day Programming Board
2006 Maria Adelmann, Student Activities Office, EARS
Kara Tappan, B-Libe Manager, Student Union Board, Class of 2007 Council
2005 Julia Miller, 520 Receptionist; Student Union Board
2004 Marcy Patrick, '04, Cornell Concert Commission, Cornell Productions, Cornell University Program Board
Ibralate Nmieariye Stanley-Ikhilio, '05, WSH Employee, WSH Administrative Board
2003 Allison Miller, '04, 520 Receptionist, Student Activities Forum
Zain Yousaf, '04, Class Councils
2002 Briana Ward, '03, 520 Receptionist, SAO, SOS, Slopefest
2001 Diane Horey, '02, 520 Receptionist, SOA, SOS, SlopeFEST
Archana Verma, '02, 401 Receptionist, Manager, EARS
2000 Debra Newman, '02, Student Personnel, SAO, EARS
Shyam Uttamchandani, '00, Lead MOD, A-Board
1999 Erica Allgyer, '00, 401 Receptionist, Manager
Suann Yang, Graphics Manager/ Class Council EARS
1998 Lindsay Raymond, '99, Student Personnel
1997 Leslie Kirchler, '98, Class of 1998 Council, Student Activities Forum
1996 Scott Logan Aronson, Jr,.'96, Cornell Concert Commission
1995 Michael Glen Merritt, Jr., '96, Student Personnel WSH Administrative Board
1994 Andrew J. Vail, '96, WSH Administrative Board WSH Program Board Gameroom Manager
1992 Michell James, '93, RPU Council Co-Chair, Secretary, Board of Governors
1991 John Evans, IV, '92, RPU Council Co-Chair RPU Staff
1990 Shehriyar Antia, '91, Noyes Center Night Manager WSH Administrative Board
Kristal Vath, '91, Student Personnel Coordinator
1989 Carol A. Borack, '89, WSH Program Board 'Volunteer Extraordinaire'
Daniel Kaufman, WSH Administrative Board Chair
1988 Jill Bunzl, Senior Class Secretary
1987 Peri Lynne Johnson, '88, Chair ' Student / Faculty Interaction Program Board, WSH
Michael D. O'hara, Night Manager, Noyes Center
1986 James E. Hess, WSH Administrative Board
1985 George Ayala, '86, Human Relations Training Program Student Activist
Jennifer Bradford Smith, '87, Program Committee Chair Student Services Staff Robert Purcell Union
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Hahn/Rotterdam Award
2002
 Wendy de Heer, EARS
2001 Claire Ackerman, Class Council President, SOS, SAF, SlopeFEST
2000 Claire Ackerman, Class Council / SAF SFPC / SOS
1999 Leslie Kirchler, Class Council / OCS / CCC / SOS / SAF
1998 Suzie Ariyaratana, EARS
1997 Laura Barrantes, Orientation Steering Committee
1996 Jill Meredith Nausbaum, Cornell University Programming Board
1995 Adam Baacke, Cornell Productions, CCC
1994 Michael Rollins, Orientation Steering Committee
1992 Jerome Jordan, Third World Student Program Board
1991 Ian Kutner, Class Councils
1990 Sari Locker, WSH Browsing Library Administrative Board Springfest Planning Committee
1989 Dan Lavanga, Robert Purcell Union Council Co-Chair
1988 Jill Bunzl, Senior Class Secretary January Graduation Brunch Chair
1987 Jeffrey Bershad, Class of 90 Council
1986 James F. Hess, WSH Administrative Board & Staff
Jennifer M. Lotwis, WSH Administrative Board
1985 Sara Nelson (Sally) King, M.S., Graduate Assistant Program and Development, WSH
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New Student Volunteer Award
2008 Sasha Lopez, La Asociacion Latina, Cuban American Student Association
Mario M. Rivera, Sangre Taina: Puerto Rican Students Association
Ebony Scott, Class of 2008 Council
2007 Nicolas Chavez, CU IMAGE
2006 Richard Cheung, Let's Get Ready!
Tom Noble, Alternative Breaks
2005 Lizz Giorgos
Eric Hsu
Daniel Rubenfeld
2004 Dan Chambers, '06, Cornell University Program Board
2003 Jonathan Bellante,'06, 2006 Class Council
2002 Stephen Blake, '05, Class Councils, SAF, Late Nights @ Cornell
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Class of 1963 Diversity Awareness Award
2008 Asian & Asian American Forum
Black Students United
2007 Watermargin Cooperative
2006 Project Hope at Cornell
2005 Sephardi Mizrachi Association
2004 Sephardi Mizrachi Association
2003 Hillel and Muslim Education & Culture Association
2002 MECA, AWAAZ, Arab Club Ithaca Muslim Community
2001 International Students Programming Board
1998 ALANA Programming Board
1997 Model United Nations
1996 Water Margin Educational Program
1995 The Multicultural Living Learning Unit
1994 Asian American Coalition
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Distinguished Leadership Award
2008 Shoshana Aleinikoff, Cover Africa
Brian Alson, Catholic Fellowship
Jonathan Feldman, Interfraternity Council
Vince Hartman, Class of 2008 Council
Andrew Lee, ECAASU 2008 Planning Board, faQ Online
Michelle M. Leinfelder, Graduate & Professional Student Assembly
Elizabeth Rapoport, Cornell Concert Commission, Cornell Club Field Hockey, Slope Day Programming Board
Manuel A. Natal, Puerto Rican Students Association: Sangre Taina
Linda Yu, Class of 2008 Council
2007 Jeffrey Chien, Cornell University EMS
Mike Chua, Cornell Concert Commission, Slope Day Programming Board
Jade D. Patterson, National Society of Minorities in Hospitality
Tamar Maya Sharabi, Engineers for a Sustainable World
Janine Stanisz, Class of 2007 Council, Cornell University Program Board, EARS, REACH
Janet Vertesi, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly
Diane Wu, Multicultural Greek Letter Council
2006 Marie-Jouvelle Aubourg, Welcome Weekend
Jerald Nguyen Chau, Cornell Hawai’i Club & Cornell Vietnamese Association
Jack Cognetta, ILR Student Government Association
Sharmila Gordon, Welcome Weekend Committee
Samantha Henig, Kitsch Magazine, StudPubs
Gregory Ngai Hom, MOSAIC: For Same Gender Loving People of Color
Katherine Jentleson, Kitsch Magazine, StudPubs
Miltos Kininis, Hellenic Students Association
Jennifer SoYoung Lee, Translator-Interpreter Program
Richard L. Zhao, Operation D.E.E.P.
Michael A. Zuckerman, Class of 2006 Council
2005 Jonathan Bellante
Brian Holmes
Yuantian Huang
Kevin Hwang
Fatima Iqbal
Saleem Malkana
Jordan Peterson
John Rawlins
Krystyn Tendy
Jessica Wang
2004 Melissa Ariate, Student Assembly, MILRSO, ALANA
Claudia Bermudez, Cornell Student Chapter of Institute of Biological Engineering
Steve Blake, Student Assembly, Slope Day Programming Board
Jason Jendrewski, Student Assembly, 2005 Class Council
Keisuke Nakagawa, Help A Life Organization (HALO)
Ashot Papoyan, Armenian Student Club
Jacqueline L. Pribil, The Chordials, Textiles and Apparel Student Association
Mario Salazar, Cornell Filipino Association
Cinthia M. Tejada, Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad/ Lambda PI Chi Sorority, Inc.
2003 Alexander Halterman, '03, CCC, CUPB, CP, SDPC
2002 Lisa Adelman, '02, 2002 Class Council
Nkosi Brown, '03, Haven
Esther Tang, '04, 2004 Class Council
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Program Showcase Award
2008 Cornell University Program Board, Stephen Colbert - “I Am America” World Tour 2007
East Coast Asian American Student Union, ECAASU 2008 Conference
Expanding Your Horizons, Expanding Your Horizons Workshop
2007 Cornell Concert Commission - Death Cab for Cutie and Franz Ferdinand Concert
Cornell Public Services Center - Into the Streets
Graduate and Professional Student Assembly - Grad Ball
2006 Cornell Hillel Jewish Student Union - Shabbat 1000/Speed Dating/Chicken Soup for the Cornell Soul/Latke Hamentash Debate/ Jews in the Streets
Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad/Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, Inc. - A Night of Poetry
Residence Hall Association - Martyopoly - Regional Conference
2005 Robin Erat, Healthy Alternatives
Society for Women and Law
Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad/Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, Inc.
Cornell University Program Board, Jon Stewart Live
Project Sunshine, Second Start to the Right
Residence Hall Association, Energy Conservation Project
2004 Society for India
Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad/Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, Inc.
Cornell University Program Board - "An Evening with Bill Cosby"
Cornell Vietnamese Association
Class of 2005 Council - "Disco Explosion on Ice"
2003 Class Council - 'Movie on the Slope'
WSH Program Board - 'Win Ezra's Money'
2002 Class Councils, Renaissance, and WSHPB - 'One Night Stand'
Student Activities Office - 'Student Leadership Institute @ Cornell'
Paul El-Meouchy, '03, and Leah Doan,e '02, - 'Sex with Paul'
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Outstanding Employee Award
2008 Matthew Veneskey, WSH Student Personnel
2007 Kevin Dieterle, WSH Student Personnel
2006 Jennifer Rosenbaum, Carol Tatkon Center
2005 William Gordon, Student Activities Office
2004 Allison Miller, '04, WSH Student Personnel
2003 Lisa McNamara, '03, Student Personnel
Aviesha Palmer, '05, Desk Manager Student Personnel
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Distinguished Student Volunteer Award
2008 Christina Dykeman, Cornell Concert Commission, Club Field Hockey, Slope Day Programming Board
Emily Gordon, Cornell Concert Commission, Cornell Productions, Cornell University Program Board, Slope Day Programming Board
Tamara B. Pardo, Graduate & Professional Student Assembly
Ariane Raymondo, CUTonight Funding Commission
2007 Elizabeth Rapoport, Cornell Concert Commission, Cornell Productions, Cornell University Program Board, Field Hockey Club, Slope Day Programming Board
Michael Walsh, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly
2006 Michele Annibal, Encourage Young Engineering Students
Lizz Giorgos, Cornell Concert Commission, Slope Day Programming Board
Tory Lauterbach, Class of 2006 Council
Sienna J. Wedderburn, National Society of Minorities in Hospitality
2005 Philip Bobbs
Keith Greenberg
Susannah Reed
2004 Victoria Hadfield, National Lawyers Guild & Lambda Law Students
Ryan Stenson, Cornell Concert Commission, Cornell Productions, Cornell University Program Board, CU Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Team (CUAUV)
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Outstanding Publicity Award
2008 ECAASU 2008 Planning Board, ECAASU 2008 Conference
Catherine Lee, Cornell Concert Commission
2007 Tamar Maya Sharabi - Engineers for a Sustainable World
2006 Cornell Hillel Jewish Student Union - Ronna Krell and Emily Lilja, Let's Talk About Sex with Dr. Ruth
2005 Jerilyn Gusmanos - Slope Day 2005
Vidya Gunasekaran - Organization for the Society of India
Wasif Syed - Muslim Education and Cultural Association
2004 Ballroom Dancing - 2003-2004 Publicity Campaign
Class of 2005 Council - 2003-2004 Publicity Campaign
Cornell Filipino Association - Philippine Culture Night
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Outstanding Cultural Event
2004 Cornell Filipino Association - Phillippine Culture Night
American Indian Program, Akwe:kon - The American Indian: Contemporary Myths and Reality
Malaysia Association of Cornell - Malay Interactive Wedding
Aaron Skinner, MOSIAC - Re-situating American Indian Genders & Sexualities
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Outstanding Activist (Club or Individual)
2008 Amma Aboagye, Public Services Center
2007 Art Beyond Cornell (ABC), VOICE: A collection of artwork by the young women of Lansing Residential Center
Stephanie Meller, Cornell Bigs
2006 Alternative Breaks
Committee on US/Latin American Relations (CUSLAR)
2005 Stephen Blake, Slope Day Programming Board; Class Councils
Farmworker Advocacy Coalition
2004 Help US Stop Hunger
Kyoto Now!
Maquise McGraw, Let's Get Ready! - Cornell Chapter
Nathan Shinagawa, Asian Pacific Americans for Action
Daisy Torres, Multicultural Greek Letter Council
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Outstanding Event That Celebrates Campus Diversity
2008 Asia Night, Cornell Asian-Pacific Student Union (CAPSU)
31st East Coast Asian American Student Union Conference, ECAASU Planning Committee
2007 Big Red Relief - 2006 Big Red Relief Concert
2006 Shabbat 1000 - Jewish Student Union
Taste of Culture - Translator-Interpreter Program
2005 Cornell Pow Wow
2004 Sephardi Mizrachi Association of Cornell - Persian Sephardi Food Festival
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Outstanding Contribution by a First Year Student
2008 Ernest Meadows, Class of 2011 Council
Alexandra Meier, Class of 2011 Council
2007 Andrew Neal Lazar, Cornell Concert Commission, Cornell University EMS, Slope Day Programming Board
2006 Chen, Vincent Peng Yu, Project Hope
Ariane Raymondo, Konbit Ayisien: Haitian Students Association
2005 Pinar Comezoglu
Shirley Cueva
Joanna Dai
Kolene McDade
2004 Sarah Elliot, NAACP
Lily Hakim, Cornell Sephardic Organization
Joey Notaro, Cornell Greens, Amnesty International
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Outstanding Advisor Award
2008 Kevin F. Harris, ILR Sports Management Club
Laura Weiss, Haven, Office of Student Support
2007 Katherine FitzGibbon, Cornell Glee Club
Leon Lawrence, Minority Organization of Architects, Artists, and Planners (MOAAP)
2006 Amber Cohen, National Society of Minorities in Hospitality
Catherine Holmes, Welcome Weekend
Van Dyke Lewis, The Cornell Design League
2005 Harry Greene
Frances Yufen Lee Mehta
Kandea Mosley
Clark Rodman
2004 RJ Burt, Society of Women Engineers
Thess Savella, Cornell Filipino Association
Joseph Scaffido, Cornell Concert Commission, Cornell University Program Board
Scott Tucker, Cornell University Chorus & Glee Club
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Outstanding Sports Club Award
2008 Sport Taekwondo
Women's Club Soccer
2007 Women's Club Volleyball
2006 Women's Water Polo
2005 Cycling Club
Tennis Club
Western Equestrian Club
Women's Club Ultimate Frisbee
2004 Figure Skating
Women’s Rugby
Men’s Rugby
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For more information about Student Organizations, contact the Student Activities Office at (607) 255-4169, or email activities@cornell.edu.