Student Leadership Awards

``A native of Milton, N.H., Renee Corriveau '22 has displayed commitment to service and the betterment of her community, both on the Rindge Campus and in her local community. After earning her bachelor's degree in Health Care Administration with a minor in Biology and Women in Leadership Certificate, Renee graduated in December of 2021, summa cum laude. She previously served as the Vice President of Alpha Chi Honor Society and was an active member of the Sigma Beta Delta Honors Society.

While earning her degree, Renee interned at the Portsmouth Regional Hospital, focusing on creating a better environment for the staff. Her commitment to community through health care has been continually demonstrated throughout the COVID-19 pandemic as a front-line worker in hospitals, putting her education and passion into action. Her career aspirations include pursuing a leadership role and advocating for Health Care Equality.

As a student leader within the Franklin Pierce Community Service program, Renee was the liaison for both Kitty Rescue and Launch Point afterschool program in Jaffrey, N.H. prior to COVID-19. In this role, she helped recruit and transport volunteers to host sites, providing peer to peer connection for participants. This past year, Renee spearheaded the on-campus ````Operation Santa - Book Tree```` initiative in partnership with the Rindge Women's Club. Renee gathered the list of local children ages 3-18, advertised to the campus community, and made sure that all children on the list received a donation. She was also involved with the Spirit Leader program, the Ultimate Frisbee Team, and worked as the Writing Center Manager, overseeing 15 peer tutors. Her service to the University and the many organizations throughout the region leave a lasting impact.``

Javaughn is an enthusiastic and considerate NEC senior who has been actively engaged in the NEC campus and community. He is a double major in Computer Science and Game Design. His campus activities include being an RA, a member of ODK, a student pub event coordinator, an E-Sports athlete and serving in the Student Senate as VP of Student Engagement. In his Senate role, Javaughn has exhibited a great level of dedication and professionalism. He always has a great demeanor and consistently demonstrates a respectful treatment of students and staff. He has been an outstanding role model for NEC students.

Leadership ``from the front`` is often lauded and while Diana Alvarado '22 certainly embraces this positionality when circumstances call for it, she truly shines in demonstrating leadership ``alongside``, using her place of leadership to amplify the voices and perspectives of others who might otherwise not be seen or heard. As a member of FYSEP (First-Year Student Enrichment Program), a program supporting first-generation and low-income Dartmouth students, Diana quickly transitioned to a leadership role, mentoring incoming cohorts and personally shepherding a group of first-gen students into their first year at Dartmouth, their first experience in college for their family, and their first transition from COVID into higher education. This Fall, Diana was invited to be the Senior speaker for the Twilight Ceremony wherein ``members of the most recent graduating class pass the flame to the individual members of the newest incoming class, from candle to candle the evening before Fall-term classes begin.`` Diana was hand selected for this honor due to her depth of commitment to the Dartmouth community and her ability to inspire students across the College, including the incoming class as they stood on the precipice of their own Dartmouth journey. Through her three consecutive years in SEAD (Strengthening Educational Access with Dartmouth), including two as Student Director, Diana has guided countless Educational Access Advisers and coached them through both college access curriculum and more nuanced skills such as how to have honest-yet-compassionate conversations with high school SEAD Scholars and Dartmouth peers alike. In her internships with both Access Opportunity and Our Children MN, Diana professionally analyzed educational equity through a combined direct service and a policy perspective to ensure that solutions were holistic, grounded, and collaborative. In short, as a double major in Italian and Cognitive Science, with a focus in language acquisition, Diana Alvarado '22 has leveraged myriad leadership experiences during her Dartmouth career as a launch pad for transformational social change and has done so with extraordinary success, kindness, and a powerful lasting impact.

Todd works in the Human Services field and is completing his BS Human Services degree with a concentration in Counseling Foundations while at Granite State College. He has worked as a residential counselor, stabilized and supported residents in crisis, acted as a mentor to residents, and worked on Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Exposure Response Prevention (ERP) skills. He also focused on workplace violence prevention, community health and safety including life safety drills, infrastructure inspections, basic maintenance, safety reporting, safety advising and documentation. All of these professional experiences align closely with his academic experiences and degree choice and illustrate outstanding contributions to the state of NH and our community at large.

``Eliana has done exceptional work to revive Plymouth State University's Black Students Union! She has hosted multiple events for students of color on campus, and one of those had more than 50 BIPOC students (and many white allies on top of that) talking about challenges at PSU and how to make campus safer and more welcoming.

At the Open Learning and Teaching Collaborative, she has also been involved with several initiatives, including the Cluster Pedagogy Learning Community, where she consistently helps move the topic of racial justice into the center of campus conversations. ``

``Amity DeAngelis has been selected to receive the Presidents' Leadership Award for her work on helping to make the Charles P. Puksta Library an inviting and engaging place.

Amity began working in the Library in September of 2021. With her background in library science and conscientious work ethic she became an instant part of the Library's team; it was like she had always been there. Amity's supervisor has worked with dozens of student workers in the past twelve years but maintains that Amity is, ````the best and we're extremely lucky to work with her.````

During her first year Amity proved to be both intuitive and creative in her work. Specifically, she helped to create many displays that generated interest and conversation. Most notably she took the lead on a November display featuring American Indian authors. Amity added to the display by bringing in artifacts and including educational and cultural information about New England tribes. Further, after working on the graphic novel display in March Amity asked her instructors if she could have some time at the beginning of their next classes to speak about the Library's resources. She brought a few titles to her classes for book talks and told her classmates about how graphic medicine can be used to improve medical care.

Additionally, as a member of the student body Amity provided invaluable feedback about library decisions. As an example, she recently worked with the Library Director to make tutoring services more accessible in the Library by creating new signs and helping to choose a more visible space for tutors to meet with their students. Lastly, Amity used her knowledge of library science and her perspective as a student to participate in the Library's work to improve the user experience by making navigation in the Library more intuitive.

Amity, with your conscientious work ethic, invaluable perspective, and your contributions to developing engaging displays that enliven our stacks, River Valley Community College is excited to extend this award to you. Congratulation!``

``COTAD of MCPHS University had an active year promoting justice, equity, inclusion and diversity for students and faculty within the MCPHS community. These efforts have been done through various methods, including education within the occupational therapy department and the university, as well as within the State of New Hampshire occupational therapy community:

The organization was involved with the following activities:
*Collaboration with the university's DEI committee to make our community more inclusive.
*Assisted in identifying/promoting inclusive language and opportunities for restroom choice for the LGBTQIA+ community - New signage has been installed signifying this.
*Identified opportunities to be more inclusive through the use of pronoun use in emails - completed.
*Developed/presented an educational seminar on pronoun use and gender diversity for OT students.
*Supported Afghan refugees through collaborative fundraising with SOTA.

The group's executive members (in addition to the co-chairs) include Haley Oliveira - treasurer, Shira Caplan - communications liaison, and Heidi Robertson, Faculty Advisor.``

The Psychology Club has established itself as a significant and vital group of Hellenic American University. Since the Fall Semester of 2020, the club has demonstrated its ability to create a safe and inclusive space for all community members while also remaining innovative in their execution of events.

As a club, they have provided students with opportunities that could be counted towards civic engagement by collaborating with organizations, including Best Buddies (a nonprofit that promotes one-to-one friendships for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities) and Ο Άλλος Άνθρωπος (a social kitchen that prepares free food for the homeless and hungry, titled ````The Other Human````). Furthermore, their emphasis on promoting mental health awareness is at the core of their club's values whereby they have hosted events related to the impact of COVID19 on students' mental health, had discussions related to suicide prevention, worked alongside the organization Positive Voice to shed light on topics related to HIV and AIDS, and finally, featured psychology-related articles in the student-run newsletter, The Titan Chronicles. The creativity of the Psychology Club has also been reflected through their Experiential Art Therapy and Music Therapy workshops, as well as their social media-powered Kindness Week whereby, they promoted small acts of kindness among university community members.
As a group, Nini Lomsadze (President), Anna Rombotis (Vice President), and Yasmeen Trisa Cardenas (Secretary) have been role models in coupling both leadership and teamwork skills when brainstorming, planning, and executing the club's events. The combination of their unique strengths has led to the creation of a dynamic team valued by the Hellenic American community.

Collin is a leader and steward at Colby-Sawyer College. He has been so encouraging to our student body to volunteer for the food co-op and for the animal shelter. He was our point person at the Woodcrest Nursing home for our outside celebration for the community for Halloween. He has also volunteered to become a van driver in order to help bring students to service opportunities and to provide a needed service to our students without transportation. His revitalization of our Community Service Club and the positive partnerships he has developed in our community will have a lasting impact.

The Student Nurses Association Activities:

*Participated at NH Super-Site COVID Vaccine Clinics at NH Motor Speedway and collaborated with Zonta Club of Concord to educate students about COVID vaccine
*Participate in NHTI Campus Flu and Immunization Clinics annually
*Increase Suicide Awareness
*Collaborated with Laurie Belanger to be a guest speaker for education/prevention in Fall 2021; In March '22, will show movie ````Each and Every Day```` with debriefing, the documentary explores mental health through the eyes of young individuals who have attempted suicide and have suicidal thoughts
*SNA team participated in the Out of the Darkness Walk in Sept. 2021- surpassed their $500 fundraising goal and donated $920 for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
*Fundraising and donations for the Lynx Food Pantry and plan to repeat Spring 2022
*Increase diversity awareness
*Researching a health professional to discuss transgender patients, their unique health issues and discrimination faced in the healthcare system
*Creating sense of pride of NHTI nursing students by selling swag with SNA logo and wearing proudly in community!

When nursing students Charlotte Leto and Karla Belinsky were at clinical assisting a new mom, they learned about the Diaper Pantry at Amoskeag Health which provides diapers at no cost to community members who are in need.
Seeing firsthand the difference the Diaper Pantry makes, Charlotte and Karla jumped in to help--- raising awareness and material support. They not only challenged our MCC community to donate diapers and funds, but extended the diaper challenge to Spark Academy, a public charter school located on our campus.
Their passion shined through, and they were able to donate over 8,500 diapers and 6,900 wipes, enough to supply the pantry for about 4 to 5 months' worth of product. MCC is incredibly proud to honor Charlotte and Karla with MCC's Presidents' Leadership Award.

Camryn is involved in the Rivier University and Nashua community in many ways. She founded the Education Club in her freshman year and has guided and supported it by serving as the president, hosting two ``Trunk-or-Treat`` events for the Nashua community, and a similar Easter Egg Hunt event in the spring. In addition, she worked with 68 Hours of Hunger to provide gift cards and food supplies for families in need, as well as working with the Police Athletic League in Nashua to provide birthday bags for the children who utilize the safe-haven program.

As a Rivier Global Scholar, Camryn and her peer group created a bilingual binder for the Arlington Community Center in Nashua, which holds lessons for both English and Spanish speakers. For the past four years, she has collaborated with the community center director and Education Club members to provide both in-person and virtual instruction.

As a member and officer of the Rivier University Dance Team, Camryn and the group members have raised money for the American Cancer Society. Outside of school, she is a dance instructor educating children ages 2 to 15 not only on dance technique, but also on how to be respectful, be good teammates, and most notably the importance of celebrating each other's achievements while embracing differences and limitations with the motto ``self-confidence through dance.``

Throughout this academic year, White Mountains Community College students in the Culinary Arts and Baking & Pastry Arts programs have had the opportunity to serve meals they have created to their fellow students from other programs. Culinary and Baking & Pastry Arts students typically prepare buffet and four-course luncheons that are open to members of the public one to two times per week as part of their curriculum. This year, due to the pandemic, a shift occurred that led to these students serving other students rather than the public. This turned out to be a great experience for all involved. The Culinary and Baking and Pastry Arts students were able to share their creations with their peers, which led to a level of engagement amongst students that may not have occurred otherwise. Also, students from other programs were fortunate to enjoy finely prepared, restaurant quality meals, all of which was at no cost to them, thanks to the Meals IncludED program. The WMCC Culinary Arts and Baking & Pastry Arts students played a unique role in the success of the Meals IncludED program this year, and we are happy to recognize this group with the Campus Compact Presidents' Leadership Award.

``Brenna Leach's passion for community engagement and social justice has been an integral part of her undergraduate experience. Ever since Brenna arrived on the Saint Anselm College campus, she has shown a deep commitment to her community through a variety of roles and opportunities. For over three years, Brenna has worked at the Meelia Center for Community Engagement as a Community Partnership Coordinator with Pine Haven Boys Center and Webster House, both programs work with youth ages 5-18 years old. In her role, Brenna supports all Saint Anselm volunteers in their community engagement and learning. Brenna has always stood out in her commitment to ensuring that we are able to facilitate enriching, supportive programs that connect Saint Anselm College students to the youth at Pine Haven and Webster House. She has collaborated with various community members across programs, including agency staff, program directors, administrators, teachers, and direct care staff. Whether she is communicating directly with program staff, or she is working one on one with a youth, Brenna's engagements are led with a strength-based approach; it is how she moves through the world.

During the pandemic, Brenna played a key role a new program developed in partnership with Manchester School District, the Remoter Tutoring Collaborative. Brenna worked closely with school staff, teachers, and parents of students to provide effective academic, social, and emotional support to the students she engaged with. Brenna was able to build strong, empowering connections with these students despite the program being complete remote. Brenna was intentional and thoughtful in her work, and she positively contributed to the overall success of the program because of her deep sense of care and commitment to the students. She was creative is coming up with practices and activities that kept students engaged and motivated, while also working through their own personal challenges.

Brenna is naturally compassionate and empathetic, and she uses these skills to connect with community members in ways that make them feel empowered, heard, and valued. Brenna has been passionate about working alongside children and youth. She sees each one of the youth that she works alongside as showing up in the world with many strengths and skills. She views these community members through a lens that sees the whole person, not just their challenges or barriers. This has made Brenna's ability to strengthen community partnerships even more powerful. ``

Team Cooke NoMADS is a group of UNHM undergraduate and graduate students that submitted a proposal to a NASA-SPOCS competition in the Fall of 2020 and were selected as one of 5 student teams nationwide to have the opportunity to send an experiment to the ISS. As part of this competition, the students had to submit not only a plan for the experiment itself, but their project had to integrate substantial outreach. Their outreach plans were ambitious and I think it was a large part of why they were selected! Sydney Rollins is the UNHM biotech graduate student and team co-lead that is primarily responsible for the outreach plans and work but all the team members participate in outreach at some level. There are two aspects to their outreach. First, they organized a competition for NH middle school students (````NoMADS Junior Scientist Competition````) in which the winning team would get to provide the actual soil we send to space in our experiment. They selected the winning team last Fall (a 5th/6th grade class from Newington NH) and have been working with those students since then. The entire team has traveled to the school three times so far and they have plans to meet with the students (either virtually or in person) approximately every two weeks for the rest of the school year. At the meetings, the UNHM students guide the kids through activities to teach them about various aspects of our project, including lots of hands on science! Later in the school year, the kids and their teachers will be visiting the UNHM campus as well.

The other aspect of outreach is more broad. Since they knew they would only be able to interact with a limited number of students through the Junior Scientist program, they also created what they call the NoMADS Tribe programs. For these programs, any school in NH (K-12) can arrange for a free visit by members of the team (in person or virtual) and they will present on a variety of STEM topics, including bacteria, antibiotic resistance, and space science among others, all aligned with the curriculum standards for that grade. They have already had their first school presentation at Swasey Central School where they presented to 43 total people (37 students). In an effort to reach even more people, they have also connected with community partners including the McAuliffe-Sheppard Discovery Center, Girls Inc, the SEE Science Center and the Plaistow Library and have held both live and virtual programs for kids and adults through these community partners. They have also done tables or presentations at a variety of events right here at UNHM. All together, these events have resulted in them connecting with 316 people (182 of which were kids in K-12)! And this is just the start of what they have planned! There are many more events on the books, both through the community partners and at local schools. The demand was high enough that we added several new team members just this semester who are specifically acting in the role of Youth Educators on the team.

Sydney was recently awarded at UNH Alumni Association grant to cover materials and equipment so we can expand and enhance these programs, which are already well beyond the scope required by the NASA-SPOCS program.

Catherine Slayton kicked off her UNH experience by moving in a week early to do community service projects with the PrOVES program. Catherine has since continued to integrate service into her life on and off campus with intention and enthusiasm. She has been a member of Alpha Phi Omega, a community service fraternity on campus, through which she's participated in over a hundred hours of volunteer work. She's written for Her Campus on feminist and sustainability issues, and completed a Sustainability Internship at BAE Systems. Most notably, Catherine started a philanthropic effort called ``Jewelry Four Change``. She spends significant time designing, making, marketing, and selling homemade jewelry, and donates 100% of the profits to charitable efforts such as the Afghanistan Emergency Fund and MitoAction. She is very talented and could easily be using this as a business to earn money for herself, but instead she chooses to use her time and talent to benefit others. Recently, Catherine became very interested in a town ballot measure concerning the removal of a local dam. She took it upon herself to learn more about the issue, and then started organizing, completely independently and in her free time. She created content for social media educating her peers on the issue, gave presentations to student groups, and hosted a candidate night for students to meet candidates for town government positions. Catherine's willingness to independently get involved in local issues that align with her passions makes her a leader on campus, and we are proud to acknowledge her work with this award.

Global Culture Club promotes diversity in the Keene State College community and provides an avenue for local students to learn about international culture, understanding, tolerance, and friendship. During the pandemic, Global Culture Club became a refuge and a strong social support for many international students who were unable to visit their families back in their home countries. The organization continues to become a melting pot among international and local students to learn from each other and share interests that intensify a holistic college experience.

As a service-learning coordinator in The Chandler Center, Aree is responsible for keeping track of her students' attendance, ensuring they are engaged in service that is related to what they are learning in their classes, and serving as a liaison between the community partner, the faculty member, and our Center. This position requires a passion for direct service, strong organizational skills, and an ability to motivate and hold your peers accountable, all of which Aree does extremely well.

But it's the things Aree isn't expected to do that really make her a leader. She is the first to volunteer to take on more work. When she sees a problem, she fixes it without waiting to be asked. She's not loud about it. Other students on our staff might not even see it. She doesn't hold a leadership position and she doesn't expect praise. She just cares deeply about our community and wants to do the best by everyone in it.

This year she took on an additional role as an advisor in the Breakthrough Manchester- College Bound program. As an advisor, she supports a small group of high school students with weekly check-ins, answers questions about college application processes, serves as a resource to get students connected to resources around study skills and time management, and is present at monthly Skill Building Saturdays where she participates in and leads workshops that help students prepare to pursue higher education. Within a few months of stepping into this role Aree was recognized as the Advisor of the Month. Her nominator wrote, ````Aree has formed exceptionally strong bonds with her students in the few short months that they have been connected. At the first Saturday (with no prior experience), Aree expertly let her students drive the conversation in her advisory and provided needed time for her students to get to know each other. She asked students what they wanted to see from their advisory time at the next Saturday, and then created materials and plans based on their answer. She researches and offers resources to students when they are appropriate, and overall has been doing a stellar job in creating a community within her group.````

Aree has made community a priority throughout her experience at Southern New Hampshire University and so many people have benefitted from her passion, commitment, and hard work.