Students honored at annual Leadership and Service Awards

Mount Holyoke College student and alum leaders gathered in Chapin Auditorium in celebration of the many contributions made to the community throughout the year.

Leadership comes in many forms, and on April 24, student leaders from across campus came together with staff, faculty and alums to celebrate their accomplishments throughout their time at 果冻传媒.

The event commenced with remarks from President Danielle R. Holley, who discussed how various styles of leadership take form.

鈥淟eadership is not formed in a vacuum. It is learned. Leadership is also a word we tend to hear a lot, and when we think of leaders, we tend to think of our most visible leaders,鈥 she said. 鈥淧eople who are identified as heads of state, generals, CEOs and recognizable faces of various social movements. That might be your path, you might want to be one of those visible leaders, and if so, go for it and make yourself MoHome in the highest places! But for most of us as leaders, we are encountered in more regular life, leading through collaboration and compromise, leading by example. All of you who are here this evening are leaders. You are engaging in purposeful leadership with people who have a common purpose in order to achieve a vision.鈥

Marcella Runell, dean of students and vice president of student life, highlighted how the ceremony was a chance to celebrate the community that is at the heart of Mount Holyoke College.

鈥淎t 果冻传媒 in particular, we take our community very seriously, and this award ceremony is all about the student organizations, the student leaders, the ways that our community celebrates one another,鈥 she said. 鈥淪o it is really a celebration of the students and to thank them for all of the work that they do.鈥

Throughout the night, awards celebrating sustainability, social and global justice, residence life and more were presented to various students and alums. Below is a complete list of winners.

This award is given to students with the highest grades in their class who ranked as Sarah Williston scholars during their sophomore or junior year.

Elanor Andrew-Vaughn 鈥24

Emily Barrera 鈥24

Brynna Bartoo 鈥24

Mai Bui 鈥24

Hayley Cline 鈥24

Darcy Coleman 鈥24

Amandine DeSimone 鈥24

Marjolaine DeSimone 鈥24

Samantha Estrada 鈥24

Nina Fulmer 鈥24

Wejie Gong 鈥24

Kathryn Greenblatt 鈥24

Grace Guan 鈥24

Anna McGrath 鈥24

Meaghan McKenna 鈥24

Lily Nemirovsky 鈥24

Hong Anh Nguyen 鈥24

Marie Nguyen 鈥24

Ngoc Anh Nguyen 鈥24

Calista Sperry 鈥24

Kathleen Strachota 鈥24

Culing Sun 鈥24

Saadia Tasneem 鈥24

Emma Waldron 鈥24

Yichu (Isabel) Xu 鈥24

Feifan Zhang 鈥24

Boxiao Zhu 鈥24

This award recognizes students who have demonstrated outstanding commitment to raising awareness on campus about critical global issues.

Jen Thornquest 鈥24

This award honors students who have demonstrated excellence in engaging the Mount Holyoke community on topics of sustainability and environmental justice and who have supported the Miller Worley Center鈥檚 mission to create a greener and more equitable world.

Eli Mancini 鈥24

Sarah Purvis 鈥24

Charlotte Cai 鈥24

This award honors students who have demonstrated leadership across campus, with a particular commitment to Weissman Center for Leadership activities and events.

Talya Denis 鈥24

Hilary Vergera 鈥24

Lauren Brook 鈥24

Emma Reid 鈥24

This award honors students who have demonstrated leadership across campus, with a particular commitment to Community-Based Learning activities and events.

Nina Fulmer 鈥24

Carson Law 鈥24

CBL Senior Recognition Community Fellow

Yaslyn Cruz 鈥24

CBL Senior Recognition Program Facilitators

Lubbi Angel 鈥24 
Ashley Marte 鈥24 
Orion Griesmer 鈥24

CBL Senior Recognition

Brielle Hunter 鈥24

Established in 1915 by the 1890 class of Mount Holyoke College, this award honors a student who has demonstrated commitment to promoting debate on campus.

Ainsley Morrison 鈥24

This award is conferred by the Alumnae Association to recent alums (graduated 15 years ago or less) who demonstrate exceptional promise or sustained achievement in their life, profession or community and whose work embodies the humane values that Mary Lyon exemplified in her life and inspired in others.

Violet Kupersmith 鈥11, Edward Algar Malenfant 鈥13

This award is presented to the resident assistant who best fulfilled the spirit as well as the letter of their position during the previous academic year. They have demonstrated excellence in programming, modeled care for others and built up their staff, building and campus community.

Ava Healy 鈥24

Tanisha Liang 鈥26

This award is presented to the residential fellow who has excelled in all areas of their position during the previous academic year. Their supervision skills, ability to handle difficult situations and the relationships they built among their staff and building have made them a role model to the Mount Holyoke community.

Serynn Nowlin 鈥25

This award is in recognition of their service and commitment to the Office of Residential Life throughout their time at the College.

Mackenzie Windus 鈥24

Inaugurated in 2022, this award is offered by the Religious and Spiritual Life program within the Office of Community and Belonging to a senior who has advanced interfaith leadership, literacy, community building and spiritual justice action during their college education.

Mia Gonzales Jackson 鈥26

Xi Stoddard 鈥24

Honorable Mention: Alice Bilodeau 鈥25

This award recognizes students who have positively influenced a program or organization from behind the scenes with a positive attitude, a willingness to help in whatever capacity necessary and a commitment to excellence. Eligible students cannot have served in an executive board position of a student organization, committee, class board and so on.

Sarahjeen Paul 鈥25

This award honors four students in their first or second year at the College who show leadership promise through their contributions to student life and community building. Their commitment can be seen in their involvement in campus committees, student organization, student government, class board, residential life or community service.

Diana Perez 鈥26

Elle Rood 鈥27

Michelle Kim 鈥27

Saturn Barnes 鈥27

Established by the family of Frances H. Williams 鈥19 in 1981, this award is presented to students who passionately pursue their goals of academic excellence, social justice or service to others.

Danyah Tarabulsi 鈥24

Fatou Barry 鈥24

This award was established in 1978 by Irma L. Rabbino 鈥53 to honor her father by recognizing students who have made a significant contribution to the life of Mount Holyoke College.

Anna McGrath 鈥24

Established in 1979 by Helen Warren Smith, class of 1908, this award honors a senior student whose interest, involvement and service to the Mount Holyoke College community have been outstanding.

Emily Mock 鈥24

This award honors students who have consistently given their time, energy and talents to promote positive change and growth in the Mount Holyoke community and, in so doing, have motivated others to do the same. These students will have demonstrated dedication and depth of experiences.

Sky Cho 鈥27

Marley Berano 鈥25

Giang Pham 鈥25

Dilawaiz Rao 鈥25

Anne Rizvi 鈥24

Darcy Coleman 鈥24

Hana Cho 鈥27

Cameron Wehner 鈥24

Shannon Breen 鈥24

Mackenzie Windus 鈥24

Suzy Kim 鈥25

Maggie Knee 鈥25

Sanskriti Giri 鈥26

This award honors recognized student organizations and their distinguished level of contribution to the MHC community through planned events and programs on campus. Student organizations that receive this award are recognized for their exceptional success in motivating and organizing fellow students to enhance campus life, as well as for their collaborative efforts with other organizations or departments to achieve objectives to improve student life. In addition to enriching the campus life, they have co-sponsored with other organizations or groups to bring together different facets of campus, thereby building and strengthening the campus community.

SGA Committee: Ways & Means, 2024 Class Board

This award recognizes the student organization that has done extraordinary work creating a diverse and inclusive community. It is presented by the MoZone social justice peer education program. The award honors a recognized student organization that has demonstrated a significant commitment to diversity and inclusion throughout the academic year.

Gender+

This award was established by the dean of students division in 2010 to recognize leaders who have done extraordinary work creating a diverse and inclusive community.

Kayla Scott-McDowell 鈥24

Maille Romulus 鈥24

This award celebrates leaders who have done extraordinary work in affirming identity, building community and cultivating leadership while at 果冻传媒.

Sabina Miezah 鈥24

Shanthini Ragoonaden 鈥24

Sabina Miezah 鈥24

Participants in the Engage MHC program were also honored during the ceremony.

Grainne Beltramo-Dolan 鈥27

Emily Bisson 鈥27

Qianyue Chen 鈥27

Lila Hancock 鈥26

Michelle Kim 鈥27

Kim Kindred 鈥24

Athena Mandahar 鈥27

Ryanne McCann 鈥27

Kit Moore 鈥27

Prakriti Nepal 鈥27

Maya Ornston 鈥27

Emma Quirk 鈥26

Whitney Welch 鈥27

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