Past Award Recipients
Complete list of award recipients from 1990-2019.
2020-21 Awards
Individual Award: Emerging Progress
- Amber Benton, Director of Diversity Programming & Student Engagement, James Madison College
- Laura Scales, Academic Specialist, Department of Theatre
- Quentin Tyler, Associate Dean and Director for the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Individual Award: Sustained Efforts toward Excellence in Diversity
- Susan Ewart, Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Individual Award: Lifetime Achievement
- Dave Weatherspoon, Professor, Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics Department and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Office of the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education
Team Award: Emerging Progress
- Jessica Stokes and Michael Stokes, HIVES Research Workshop and Speaker Series
- Latinx Film Festival
Team Award: Sustained Efforts toward Excellence in Diversity
Organization Award: Excellent Progress toward Advancing Diversity within Community
2019-20 Awards
Individual Award: Emerging Progress
- Kendra Pyle, Academic Specialist, Advising, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Kate Sonka, Specialist Teacher-Continuing, Academic Technology
Individual Award: Sustained Efforts toward Excellence in Diversity
- Richard Bryce, Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
- Javier Pescador, Professor, Department of History
Individual Award: Lifetime Achievement
- Wanda Lipscomb, Senior Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion and Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, College of Human Medicine
Team Award: Emerging Progress
- Project Biodiversify, Plant Biology, College of Natural Science
Team Award: Emerging Progress
- R-Ladies East Lansing, Pathobiology and Diagnostics Investigation, Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research
Unit Award: Lifetime Achievement
- Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities, Michael Hudson, Director
Organization Award: Excellent Progress Toward Advancing Diversity Within Community
- Women's Advisory Committee for Support Staff, Office of the Executive Vice President for Administration
2018-19 Awards
Individual Award: Emerging Progress
- David Biedenbender, assistant professor, College of Music
- Obafemi Elegbede, doctoral student, Department of Community Sustainability
- Patricia Jaimes, graduate student, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Sumaya Malas, undergraduate student, James Madison College and College of Arts & Letters
- David Rothstein, professor, director, Graduate Studies, Department of Forestry
Individual Award: Lifetime Achievement
- Robert Brown, associate director, Center for Community and Economic Development, University Outreach and Engagement
Unit Award: Excellent Progress toward Advancing Diversity within Community
- Center for Research in Autism, Intellectual, and other Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (C-RAIND)
Unit Award: Excellent Progress toward Diversity Collaboration
- Infrastructure, Planning and Facilities
2017-18 Awards
Individual Award: Emerging Progress
- Demetrice Jordan, doctoral student, Environmental Science and Spatial Sciences, College of Social Science
- Gerena Walker, undergraduate student, Social Relations and Policy, James Madison College
- Hilda Mejia Abreu, assistant dean, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Admissions and Scholarships, College of Veterinary Medicine
- Carina Mendoza, fourth year medical student, College of Human Medicine
Individual Award: Sustained Effort toward Excellence in Diversity
- Florene McGlothian-Taylor, Sergeant, Inclusion and Anti-Bias Unit, MSU Police Department
- Engineering Diversity Programs Office, College of Engineering
- Honors College
Individual Award: Advancing Global Competency: Excellent Performance in Research and Teaching
- Michael Largey, professor, Ethnomusicology, College of Music
Individual Award: Lifetime Achievement
- Kent Workman, Academic Specialist-Advisor, Lyman Briggs College
2016-17 Awards
Students Making a Difference Through Artistic Expression Award
- Gonzalo Garrido-Lecca, doctoral student, music composition, College of Music
- Sarah Palermo, masters student, music composition, College of Music
- Michael K. Wilson, doctoral student, African American and African studies, College of Arts and Letters
Honorable Mention
- Tutilo Mudumba, doctoral student, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Visual)
- Mary Peacock, masters student, studio art, College of Arts and Letters (Visual)
- John A. Smith, doctoral student, music performance, College of Music (Performance)
- Montgomery Smith, freshman, Lyman Briggs College (Visual)
Individual Award: Emerging Progress
- Mohammad Hassan Khalil, associate professor of religious studies, director of Muslim Studies Program
Individual Award: Sustained Effort Toward Excellence in Diversity
- Judi Brown Clarke, diversity director, Bio/Computational Evolution in Action Consortium
- Deanna Hurlbert, director, LBGT Resource Center
- Jeffrey Wray, professor, Department of English, College of Arts and Letters
Team Award: Emerging Progress
- Spartan Project SEARCH, Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education, College of Education
Team Award: Sustained Effort Toward Excellence in Diversity
- Ecological-Community Psychology, Department of Psychology, College of Social Science
Unit Award: Excellent Progress Toward Diversity Collaboration
- Native American Institute, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Individual Award: Lifetime Achievement
- Eunice Foster, professor, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
2015-16 Awards
Individuals: Emerging Progress- Alyssa Hadley Dunn
Assistant Professor, Teacher Education, College of Education - Catherine Feirer
Senior, Advertising, College of Communication Arts and Sciences - Joshua Palkki
Doctor of Philosophy, Music Education, College of Music - Raven J. Stanbrough
Doctor of Philosophy, Curriculum, Instruction, and Teacher Education
TEAMS
Emerging Progress
- MSU Adaptive Sports and Recreation Club
UNITS
Excellent Progress Toward Diversity Collaboration
- Urban Immersion Fellowship Program
College of Education
STUDENTS MAKING A DIFFERENCE THROUGH ARTISTIC EXPRESSION
- Joyce-Zoe Farley, Second-year doctoral student, African American and African Studies, “EnVISIONing and Remembering Sankofa in NYC: A digital photo project that examines memory, time, place, forgetting and African American history in New York City”
HONORABLE MENTION
- Arthur Muneza, Master’s Candidate, Fisheries and Wildlife, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources,“The Plight of Wildlife in the East African Region and the Effects of Conservation Methods”