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Graduate, Professional, & Adult Student Awards

Excellence Awards Ceremony 

Graduate, Professional, & Adult Student Awards 

These awards were added to the Excellence Awards ceremony in 2016. The Graduate, Professional, & Adult Student Awards seek to recognize graduate, professional, and/or adult students who demonstrate a commitment to excellence, service that promotes justice, and demonstrate values-based leadership in each award category. 

 

2023-2024

Outstanding Graduate, Professional, or Adult Student Leader Award

Recipient: Emma Kelley 

Finalists: Nina Frankovic,Richa Khatiwada, and Vanessa Mendoza 

 

Outstanding Graduate, Professional, & Adult Student Organization Award

Recipient: Loyola Stands 

2022-23

Outstanding Graduate, Professional, or Adult Student Leader

Recipient

BridgetBrodlo

 

Finalists

Bridget Brodlo 

Brandon Thomas 

Nneka Ugqu

2021-22

Outstanding Graduate, Professional, & Adult Student Leader Award 

Recipient 

TJ DiPuma

 

Finalist

Krislyn Zhorne

2020-21

Outstanding Graduate, Professional, & Adult Student Leader

Recipient

Jessica Simpson 

 

Finalists

Thomas (TJ) DiPuma

Alysia (Cici) Gazder

Adriana Lugosan

Jonathan Okstad

Asura Osborne

Crystal Quinones

Colleen Reaney

Guadalupe Rosas-Rico

Ryan Wong

Country Yablon

 

Outstanding Graduate, Professional, & Adult Student Organization

Award Recipient

Graduate Student Advisory Council

 

Finalists

Academic Medicine Interest Group

First-Generation & Low-Income (FGLI) Support Committee Graduate Student Advisory Council

Higher Education Student Association (HESA)

Student Wellness Advisors

The AOA Cascade Leadership Program

 

Graduate, Professional, & Adult Student Outstanding Program of the Year Award

Recipient

The Ripple Effects of COVID-19: Interdisciplinary Advocacy During the Pandemic

 

Finalists

Open Forum by Black Graduate Student Alliance and Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education

Careers in Higher Education Panel by Higher Education Student Association (HESA)

Gender Disparities in Health Care Industry by Women in Neurology Group and Student Interest Group in Neurology

Student Wellness Advisory Group Programming

2019-20

Outstanding Graduate, Professional, & Adult Student Leader

Recipient

Mark Solinski

 

Finalists

Ryan Evans

Yucheng Jiang

Sergio Juwa

Nephtalie Lesperance

Crystal Quinones

Justin Sia

Mark Solinski

Laurie Thompson

Matthew Williams

 

Outstanding Graduate, Professional, & Adult Student Organization

Award Recipient

Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE)

 

Finalists

Medical Polish Peer-Led Language Program at Stritch School of Medicine

Society of Women’s Health – Loyola Stritch School of Medicine

 

Graduate, Professional, & Adult Student Outstanding Program of the Year Award

Recipient

Stritch Peer Professional Education Program

2018-19

Outstanding Student Leader Award

Winner:

Rebecca Valeriano-Flores

Finalists:

Abby Cannon

Jonathan Eby

Adriana Lugosan

Yver Melchor- Hernandez

Yahitza Nuñez

Adam Regnier

Melissa Regnier

Rebecca Valeriano-Flores

Jessica Vitkin

Hye-Jin Yun

 

Outstanding Program of the Year Award

Winner:

Graduate Organizers and Mentors for the Undergraduate Philosophy Conference

2017-18

Outstanding Student Leader Award

Winner:

Sahand Ghodrati

Finalists:

Abby Cannon

Paola Carrera

Sydney Curtis

Christina Gikas

Flor Navarro

Jessie Payne

Joshua Shannon

Elizabeth Southworth

Kristen Surla

Bingya Wu

Tiffany Yi

 

Outstanding Student Organization Award

Winner:

Women in Science (WINS)

Finalists:

Higher Education Student Association (HESA)

LUC Operation Smile

 

Outstanding Program of the Year Award

Winner:

Building the Next Generation of Academic Physicians Academic Medicine Interest Group – Leadership Certificate

Finalist:

Health Professionals Recruitment and Exposure Program

2016-17

Outstanding Student Leader Award

Grace Montero

Finalists

Soulit Chacko
Megan Monahan


Student Social Justice in Action Award

Anthony Sis

Finalists

Hilary Thomas
Charla Trubey-Hockman


Outstanding Student Organization Award

Journal of Critical Scholarship on Higher Education & Student Affairs (JCSHESA)

Finalists

Nursing Student Council 2017
SCPS Student Ambassadors


Outstanding Program of the Year Award

Women’s Day Conference 2017

Finalist

Second Year Master’s Dietetics Nutrition Program

2015-16

Outstanding Student Leader Award

Christina Beynon
Rebekah Turnbaugh

Finalists

Taiwo Adefiyiju, Naseeb Bhangal, Brett Beasley, Shannon Cervantes, La Wanna Wells, Gregory Deye, Briellen Griffin, Katherine Knight, Joanna McAdams, Matthew Miniscalco, Grace Montero, Melissa Moses, Blake Spesard, Anthony Sis, Tracy Smith


Staff Member of the Year Award

Natasha Teetsov

Finalists

Nancy Argudo, Kelly Barry, Bianca Bulliner, Gregory Deye, Richard Renfro, Ph.D.


Faculty Member of the Year Award

Elizabeth Burkhart, Ph.D.

Finalists

Amy Heinke, Ph.D., Amy Jordan, Ph.D., Sabina Neugebauer, Ed.D.


Student Social Justice in Action Award

Marcos Gonzales, S.J.

Finalist

James Johnson


Outstanding Student Organization Award

Higher Education Student Association

Finalists

History Graduate Student Association, School of Social Work Student Organization, Social Worker(s) of Color Alliance


Outstanding Program of the Year Award

Black Lives Matter Conference

Finalist

SCPS Student Ambassadors

Graduate, Professional, & Adult Student Awards 

These awards were added to the Excellence Awards ceremony in 2016. The Graduate, Professional, & Adult Student Awards seek to recognize graduate, professional, and/or adult students who demonstrate a commitment to excellence, service that promotes justice, and demonstrate values-based leadership in each award category.