2022 Award Recipients

Follow the link for each award to learn more about this year’s recipients.

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Alexander Prize

• Anthony Mezzacappa

Angie Warren Perkins Award

• Sherley Cruz

Charles R. Burchett Extraordinary Contributions to Campus Life

• SHRM – Society for Human Resource Management student chapter

Commission for Disability Advocate Award

• Sarah Boggess

Commission for Disability Graduate Student Award

• Kevin Mallary

Commission for Disability Undergraduate Student Award

• Madison Allen

Dr. Marva Rudolph Diversity and Interculturalism Unit Excellence Award

• CEHHS Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Extraordinary Campus Leadership and Service

• William Blankenship
• Lauren Eccles
• Saylar Epperson
• Paola Gomez
• Samantha Huang
• Isabelle Marshall
• Joseph Roebuck
• Morgan Strong
• Rachael White
• Reginald Williams

Extraordinary Community Service (Faculty / Staff)

• Stefanie Ohnesorg

Extraordinary Community Service (Students and Student Organizations)

• Student Nurses’ Association
• Bailey Bohannon
• Kaitlyn Daniels
• Ellysa Groh
• Amanda Inman
• Brandon Solsbee
• Denee Stewart Freeman
• Cyrus Yoshimoto

Extraordinary Customer Service

• Devon Graham

Extraordinary Graduate Student Teaching

• A. Capannola
• Abigayle Pollock
• Jacqueline Sullivan

Extraordinary Service to the University

• Melissa Parker
• Ann Robinson-Craig

Excellence in Academic Outreach

• Angela Wozencroft

Excellence in Advising

• Robin Anderson
• Amber Rayborn
• Qi Sun
• Raja Swamy

Excellence in Teaching

• Neeraj Bharadwaj
• Sherrie Bruner
• Will Schleter
• Hemant Sharma

Gene Mitchell Gray Pioneer Award

• Simphany Gillard

Global Catalyst Teaching and Service Award

• Flavia Brizio-Skov
• Renee D’Elia-Zunino
• Annachiara Mariani

Hardy Liston Jr. Symbol of Hope Award

• Javiette Samuel

Jefferson Prize

• Althea Murphy-Price

Jimmy and Ileen Cheek Graduate Student Medal of Excellence

• Amanda Rigell

L. R. Hesler Award

• Erin Darby

LGBTQ Advocate Award

• Kirsten Gonzalez

LGBTQ Student Leadership Award

• Hannah Roberts

Macebearer

• Louis Gross

Notable UT Woman Award

• Georgi Gardiner

Professional Promise in Research and Creative Achievement

• Aaron Buss
• Zoi A. Traga Philippakos
• Matthew Serfling
• Mariya Zhuravleva

Research and Creative Achievement

• Joshua Fu
• Suzanne Lenhart
• Philip Rack
• Dawn Szymanski

Rising UT Woman Award

• Alisa Garner
• Amber Rayborn

Success in Multidisciplinary Research

• Team lead by Paul Armsworth

Torchbearers

• Ashlyn Anderson
• Taylor Dempsey
• Claire Donelan
• Savannah Hall
• Simon Jolly
• Tasimba Jonga
• Aruha Khan
• Varun Rangnekar
• Deanna Riley
• Catelyn Williams

Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year

• Jessica Budke
• Vermont Dia

Undergraduate Researcher of the Year

• Mary “Chrissy” Jensen
• Owen Queen

Volunteer Spirit

• Ashley Blamey