The Division of Students Affairs and Inclusive Excellence, in partnership with the Associated Students of the University of Portland (ASUP) and the College of Arts and Sciences hosts an annual Leadership Awards event honoring the students and staff who have exemplified leadership and significantly contributed towards the University's mission of teaching and learning, faith and formation, and service and leadership.
Rev. John Van Wolvlear C.S.C. Award for Outstanding Involvement - Senior student: This award is presented to a student who exemplifies Father Van’s cheerful and relentless exuberance, energy, and utter devotion to serving the community on and off campus.
Newcomer in Student Affairs Award - This SAIE award is presented to a staff member who has served in the division three years or less; honoring one who has excelled in promoting the department's mission and work, created bridges of learning and increased opportunities for students, professional staff, and/or faculty.
Outstanding Contributor to Core Themes Award - This SAIE award is presented to a staff member who has been serving in the division for four years or more and has significantly impacted one or more of our University’s Core Themes of Teaching and Learning, Faith and Formation, and Service and Leadership. The honored staff is a leader among one’s colleagues and exemplifies the very best of a student affairs professional.
Outstanding Hall Council Executive - This award recognizes a student who works as a Hall Council Executive who was exemplary in their role and worked hard to foster connection community in their hall through programs and events.
Residence Life Pilot - This award recognizes a member of an Ambassador Leadership Program whose performance exemplifies a commitment and a dedication to the service of others during the current academic year.
Director's Award for Meritorious Service within Residence Life - This award recognizes a resident assistant who has demonstrated meritorious service to the Department of Residence Life over a period of more than one year.
Holy Cross Award for Residential Mission - This award recognizes a Residence Life team member who is considered a role model by fellow staff and residents through a ministry of presence, and embodies our Holy Cross spirit of residentiality.
Outstanding Community Assistant - This award recognizes a student who works as a Community Assistant and exemplifies in their role an ability to create a friendly, welcoming, and inclusive community in their hall.
Brian Doyle Student Media - The Brian Doyle Student Media Award was established in Spring 2018 by the Office of Student Activities (OSA) to keep Brian’s spirit alive within each of UP’s student media organizations, The Beacon, The Log, and KDUP. Brian described himself as "a storycatcher," and he often said stories are holy. He also recognized they come in many forms: words, images, music, etc. As Brian would put it, students should “tell stories that both inform and move their readers…and shoulder the universe forward two inches.” This award is given each year by OSA to a student whose dedication, character, and excellent work within student media exemplify Brian’s approach to his craft and love for the UP community.
Kate Johnson Outstanding Service - This award is presented to a University student whose life and work on The Bluff, and record of outstanding voluntary service, encapsulate and celebrate the spirit of the late Catherine Johnson, of the Class of 2002. Tireless in her cheerful work for others, wonderfully alert to music as prayer and paean, a graceful and talented teacher, a woman of penetrating mind and powerful faith, Kate was the essence of the University of Portland as its very best: bright, passionate, energetic, brave, and aware every minute of how her own capacious talents might be turned to better the lives of others.
Outstanding Contributions to Diversity and Inclusion - This award is presented to a student whose individual commitment to diversity and inclusion has fostered a welcoming environment, sensitive to positionally and privilege, helping to ensure all feel welcomed at the University of Portland.
Center for Gender and Sexuality (CGS) Allyship - This award recognizes a student, staff or faculty who has been an integral part of the Center’s mission and programming in fostering an inclusive, equitable, and supportive environment where everyone feels valued and respected.
Campus Ministry award - Rev. Fred Barr C.S.C. - This award is given to a student who evinces the University’s devotion to Christ as a compass point and prism for a life of creative and diligent grace and generosity – in short, an individual who is graced with the spirit of the late and beloved Father Fred. This is the essence of who we wish to see on the Bluff – relentlessly honest and selfless, bent on healing what is and creating what will be, alert to how the shaping and wielding of ones gifts can be of direct and powerful service to our brothers and sisters. On this remarkable soul, the University asks the light and love of the Lord, and His boundless grace forever.
Campus Safety award - Community Care - This award is presented to a UP community member who has demonstrated compassionate, empathetic, and caring leadership in addressing a situation which compromised the safety or security of the University of Portland community or any of its members.
Student Wellness award - Fr. John B. Delaunay, C.S.C. Wellness and Advocacy - Fr. Delauney founded the Department of Psychology at UP and created with the faculty and students pioneering programs in clinical psychology and community counseling services. Originally housed on campus, the community services program evolved into an independent organization: The Delauney Mental Health Center. In the spirit and legacy of Father Delauney who contributed to the care of the UP community, this award is presented to a student who has rendered creative and exceptional service and advocated for innovative programming to support the health and wellness of their peers.
International Student Services award - Brother Fulgence James Dougherty, C.S.C. - This award is presented to a student whose creative energy and hard work with the University’s international student community and international student office echoes and celebrates the legacy of Brother Fulgence — calm, gentle, generous, deft, kind, a quiet leader, a respected role model, an unforgettable pillar of the community.
College of Arts and Sciences award - Kay Toran - This award is named after Kay Toran (CAS '64, Social Work) whose life‐long endeavors and work have made a positive difference in the lives of so many people. The Kay Toran award recognizes an outstanding graduating senior in the College of Arts and Sciences who, in the spirit of Holy Cross Education, has engaged in thoughtful and active outreach in the "service of the common good alongside their academic pursuits."
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