Congratulations to all the following winners who are deserving of this special award. Visit msu.edu to read about the recipients.
Individual Award:
Dr. Hilda Mejia Abreu, Associate Dean, Admissions, Student Life and Inclusivity, College of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Salah Hassan, Associate Professor, Department of English, College of Arts and Letters; Director, Global Studies in the Arts and Humanities
Dr. Huey-Wen Lin, Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy/Department of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering, College of Natural Science
Alexander Redfern, Operations Supervisor III, Materials and Logistics Department, Infrastructure Planning and Facilities
Steven Thomas, Program Manager, Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate, Center for Academic and Future Faculty Excellence and Summer Research Opportunities Program, The Graduate School
Dr. Denise Troutman, Associate Professor, Department of Writing, Rhetoric and American Culture/Department of Linguistics, Languages and Cultures, College of Arts and Letters
Dr. Kurt Dewhurst, Professor, Department of English, College of Arts and Letters; Director, Arts and Cultural Partnerships, Office for Public Engagment and Scholarship, and Senior Fellow, University Outreach and Engagement; Director Emeritum, MSU Museum; Curator, Folklife and Cultural Heritage, MSU Museum
Dr. Marsha MacDowell, Professor, Department of Art, Art History and Design, College of Arts and Letters; Director, Michigan Traditional Arts Program, Residential College in the Arts and Humanities; Director, The Quilt Index and Michigan Stained Glass Census, Matrix: Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences; Curator, MSU Museum
Dionardo Pizaña, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Specialist, MSU Extension, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
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
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
Unit Award: Excellent Progress toward Diversity Collaboration
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”