UNCG Excellence Awards Winners
2022 Excellence Awards Winner
Outstanding Student Group of the Year – Hillel
Outstanding New Student Group of the Year – Graduate History Association
Outstanding Undergraduate Student Leader – Isaiah King
Outstanding Graduate Student Leader – Ashanti Figures
Outstanding Student Group Advisor – Vicki Cathcart, Hillel
Excellence in Innovation – No Labels
Excellence in Advocacy – Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
Excellence in Community Service – Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority
Spartan Leadership Awards – Destiny Franklin, Chandni Lal, Mariah Taylor-Judd, Ariyan Starks, Scarlett Nunez, Christelle Barakat, Emilee Robbins, Megan Whitbeck
2021 Excellence Awards Winner
Outstanding Student Group of the Year – Hillel
Outstanding New Student Group of the Year – National Retail Federation Student Association
Outstanding Undergraduate Student Leader – Sky Kihuwa-Mani
Outstanding Graduate Student Leader – Christelle Barakat
Outstanding Student Group Advisor – Dr. Erica Payton Foh, Eta Sigma Gamma Honorary (Health Education)
Excellence in Innovation – Chi Upsilon Sigma National Latin, Sorority, Inc.
Excellence in Advocacy – Helping Hand Project
Excellence in Community Service – Graduate Student Association
Spartan Leadership Awards – Austin Moore, Brittany Gottschalk, Milan Novakovic, Naglaa Rashwan, and Zi Yae Kang
2020 Excellence Awards Winner
Outstanding Student Leader – Mahlik Conley
Outstanding Student Group Advisor – Shawn Copeland, National Residence Hall Honorary
Excellence in Innovation – Queen in You
Excellence in Advocacy – Chi Upsilon Sigma National Latin Sorority, Inc.
Excellence in Community Service – Graduate Student Association
Outstanding New Student Group – Performers of Change
Spartan Leadership Awards – Shevon Phifer Smith, Jasmine Spears, Desiree Gorbea Finalet, Sydney Rogers, Raygan Hansley, Austin Moore, Leila Shelley, Talisha Mobley, Carver Thompson, & Derick D. Jones, Jr.
2018 Excellence Awards Winners
2017-2018 Student Groups of Excellence – Tau Sigma National Honor Society
Emerging Student Leader – Kikkio Alvarado
Outstanding Student Leader – Rhema Hedgepeth
Outstanding Student Group Advisor – Dr. Christine Murray, Chi Sigma Iota
Excellence in Innovation – Threads
Excellence in Advocacy – No Labels
Excellence in Community Service – Food Recovery Network
Outstanding New Student Group – Vietnamese Student Association
Spartan Leadership Awards – Nour Bara, Gabriel Caldas, Gabriel Caldas, Rebecca Cash, Ashley Fowler, Grant Fuller, Angelo Herrera, Catherine Iszard, Whitney Noelle Mantooth, Lindsay Sharpe, Jessica Twitchell
2017 Excellence Awards Winners
2016-2017 Student Groups of Excellence – Alpha Kappa Psi, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Filipino American Student Association, Catholic Campus Ministry, American Medical Student Association, Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc, Black Business Student Association
Emerging Student Leader – Grant Fuller
Outstanding Student Leader – Hitam “Sam” Alsharif
Outstanding Student Group Advisor – Dr. Dayoung Huang, Chinese Student Association
Excellence in Innovation – Girls Reaching Out (GRO)
Excellence in Advocacy – Muslim Student Association
Excellence in Community Service – Chi Sigma Iota (Upsilon Nu Chi Chapter)
Outstanding New Student Group – Ritmo Latino
Spartan Leadership Awards – Mirrah Colbert-Grant, Dalton Meyer, Alexis Brant, Thomas Reginald Sander Scott, Charisma Thomas, Ashley Hogan, Shatonia Kenion, Katrina Birt-Jenkins, Jazma Streeter, Senhao Lei
2016 Excellence Awards Winners
2015-2016 Student Groups of Excellence – Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc, Chi Upsilom Sigma, Neo Black Society, UNCGGreen
Emerging Student Leader – Matthew Kerr
Outstanding Student Leader – Regina Da Silva
Outstanding Student Group Advisor – Pierre Campbell, Chi Upsilom Sigma
Excellence in Innovation – Mystique Modeling Troupe
Excellence in Advocacy – Chi Upsilom Sigma
Excellence in Community Service – Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
Outstanding New Student Group – Percussion Club
Spartan Leadership Awards – Alexa Florencio-Picazo, Amik Chowdbury, Antonio Roberson, Brittany Archie, Caleb Cuthbertson, Danielle Teah, Elisven Saavedra, Kelsey Dorrill, Leslie Locklear, Tiffany Boley
2015 Excellence Awards Winners
2014-2015 Student Groups of Excellence – Alpha Lambda Delta, Chi Upsilon Sigma, Delta Chi Xi, GRO, NAACP, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Phi Sigma Pi, RHA, Sigma Gamma Rho
Emerging Student Leader – Hitam Alsharif
Outstanding Student Leader – Kaziah Miller
Outstanding Student Group Advisor – Connie Uselman, Delta Sigma Pi
Excellence in Innovation – UNCGreen
Excellence in Advocacy – Native American Student Association
Excellence in Community Service – Delta Chi Xi
Outstanding New Student Group – Food Recovery Network
Spartan Leadership Awards – Joseph Graham, Melissa Elmes, Mariah Governor, Kyle Levine, Ryan Davison, Amanda Aileru, Louisa Steffen, Brittany Whitlow, Lorenzo Hamilton
2014 Excellence Awards Winners
Outstanding Community Service Project – Student Alumni Ambassadors
Overall Excellence for Community Service – Alpha Delta Pi
Programming Excellence – Atheists, Agnostics, and Skeptics
Most Improved Student Group – Muslim Student Association
Outstanding New Student Group – Filipino-American Student Association
Outstanding Student Group – Neo-Black Society
Emerging Student Leader – Kyle Levine
Outstanding Student Leader – Camille Zarzar
Outstanding Volunteer Advisor – Nora Dial-Stanley, Native American Student Association
2013 Excellence Awards Winners
Outstanding Community Service Project – UNCG HOSA
Overall Excellence for Community Service – Nutrition Graduate Student Association
Programming Excellence – Campus Activities Board
Most Improved Student Group – Neo-Black Society
Outstanding New Student Group – Oxfam American Club at UNCG
Outstanding Student Group – Chi Omega
Emerging Student Leader – Stephanie Walton
Outstanding Student Leader – Taylor Wilson
Outstanding Volunteer Advisor – Dedrick Curtis
