Activities & Organizations

Leadership & Service

Leadership Awards

Spirt of Ohio State

Awards Celebration Information

2009 Award Recipients

Many congratulations to this year’s outstanding award recipients:

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

Outstanding First-Year Student Award

• Sarah Beale
• Emily Chappie
• Michael Coleman
• Brandon Edwards
• Thomas Kaffenberger
• Robert Kapaku
• Alicia Smith

Outstanding Senior Award

• Barbara Barash
• Vicki Bouttavong
• Mallory Butts
• Megan Conroy
• Randal "Scott" Dudis
• Gregory Ebersole
• Andrew Eggerding
• Anne Evans
• Melissa Glazer
• Priyanka Joshi
• James Knight
• Kelly Mirgon
• Eric Reynolds
• Laura Rizzo
• Nat Sheppard
• Stephen Smith
• Jessica Smith
• Nicole Staples
• Mark Torrez
• Katie Whipkey
• Kathryn Zatroch

Outstanding Graduate Student Award

• Patricia Frances Rene Cunningham, II
• Lorraine Guzman
• Kerry Hodak
• Sarah Hoffarth
• Jason Marion
• Julie Runner
• Elizabeth Toher

Outstanding Professional Student Award

• David Defay
• Joseph Landry II

Stanley D. Gottsegen Leadership Award

• Peter Koltak

STUDENT ORGANIZATION AWARDS

Outstanding Student Organization Program Award

• Best Day of Your Life - Ohio Staters, Inc.
• Buckeye Kick-Off with Block "O" - Block "O"
• Dump And Run - Students For Recycling
• Walk A Mile In Her Shoes - Interfraternity Council
• Women's Campus Safety and Self Defense - Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Outstanding Student Organization Website Award

• The Accounting Association
• Block "O"
• Delta Theta Sigma Fraternity
• Lebanese Student Organization
• Siebert Hall Activities Council

Student Organization Innovation Award

• Family Matters, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated
• New Member Education, Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
• Pledge Process, Delta Theta Sigma Fraternity
• Online Delegate Elections, Council of Graduate Students
• Big Ten Sportsmanship Conference, Ohio State Sportsmanship Council

Student Organization Collaboration Award

• OSU Votes: Undergraduate Student Government, John Glenn Civic Leadership Council, College Republicans, College Democrats, Politics Society and Law Scholars, Ohio Union Activities Board, and the New Voter's Project
• Rivalry Run: Phi Gamma Delta and Pi Kappa Alpha
• Al Gore Event: Residence Halls Advisory Council and Ohio Union Activities Board
• Dump and Run: Students For Recycling, Student Life Facilities Operations and Development, and various student organizations
• Pancakes for Parkinson’s: Parkinson’s Disease Awareness and American Marketing Association

Outstanding Student Organization Contribution Award

• Vicki Bouttavong, Ohio Union Activities Board
• Imran Ghazali, Pakistani American Students Association
• Kerry Hodak, Council of Graduate Students
• Laura Rizzo, Chi Omega Sorority
• Alex Swain, Undergraduate Student Government

Outstanding Student Organization Award

• College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Student Council
• The John Glenn Civic Leadership Council
• Theme Park Engineering Group
• SERVitecture

Outstanding New Student Organization Award

• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
• Active Minds OSU
• The Professional Development Program

NOMINATION-BASED AWARDS

Student Life Student Employee Award

• Ashley Black
• Vicki Bouttavong
• Kelsey Boyd
• Jeff Brown
• Octavia Mathews
• Ashley Schalk
• Lisa Trabold
• Andrew Vieth
• Katie Whipkey

Spirit of Ohio State

• Patricia Cunningham
• Drew Lagergren
• Lea Madry
• Jason Marion
• Phi Gamma Delta

Outstanding Student Organization Advisor Award

• John Bolte, Block "O"
• Maureen Geraghty, Student Dietetic Association
• Josh Harraman, Student-Alumni Council
• Tom McGinnis, Ohio Staters, Inc
• Andrea Prud'homme, Buckeye Operations Management Society