Graduate, Professional, & Adult Student Awards
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.