Annual Intercultural Awards Banquet
The Office of Diversity and Intercultural Life invites you to join us each spring for the Annual Intercultural Awards Celebration. North Park University celebrates diversity and recognizes students’ accomplishments from various cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Each year, the Multicultural Awards Banquet provides an opportunity to award outstanding students in academics, athletics, campus involvement, community service, spirituality, and involvement as leaders concerned about diversity, advocacy, and justice issues.
2024 Annual Intercultural Awards Celebration
Friday, March 25, 2024 at 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM CST
Location to be announced.
Tickets
- Free for all, no RSVP required
- Event page: https://northpark.campuslabs.com/engage/event/7528996
Celebrating Our Students, Faculty, Staff, & Alumni – Awards
Factors that may be considered in the selection process include active involvement with the Office of Diversity and Intercultural Life, outstanding contributions of time, leadership, and service, and their efforts to foster an inclusive and intercultural campus culture at North Park University.
Multicultural Student Leader Graduates
Multicultural Student Leader recognition honors graduating seniors who are currently or were before Cultural Clubs executive members within the positions of President, Vice President, Treasurer, or Secretary, provided by each active cultural club; currently or were before Collaboratory / Office of Diversity student workers with at least 1.5 years of service (three semesters, not including summer) or more; and currently or were prior SGA Diversity Representative. Recipients received the Office of Diversity and Intercultural Life Diversity Leader Graduate Stole.
The Champion of Diversity Award
The Champion of Diversity Award highlights those who have conducted exceptional work in interculturalism, restorative justice, or racial reconciliation on campus. Selected by the Office of Diversity and Intercultural Life professional and student staff, the award annually recognizes a North Park University faculty member, staff member, or administrator. (Formally known as the NPU Martin Luther King, Jr. Award).”
Honors Convocation Diversity Award
In partnership with the Office of the Provost, the Honors Convocation Diversity Award is selected by the Office of Diversity and Intercultural Life to honor a senior for outstanding leadership and sustained commitment to advancing North Park’s intercultural core identity on campus and/or throughout the Chicago community. This award is also recognized at the annual Honors Convocation ceremony.
Assistant Director Award and Director Award
Office of Diversity and Intercultural Life Director(s) Award is awarded to a person or group in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the campus community through their involvement in fostering an inclusive and intercultural campus culture at North Park University.
Impactful Alumni Award
The Impactful Alumni Award is awarded to a North Park University alumnus in recognition of their in service to the campus community through their involvement active involvement with the Office of Diversity and Intercultural Life to foster an inclusive and intercultural campus culture at North Park University.
Recipients
Honors Convocation Diversity Award
2023:
2022:
2021: Helen H. Uriostegui
2020: Mara Franzen
2019: Betty Godinez–Rodriguez
2018: Lisa Daniels
2017: Tarek El Ali
2016: Tatianna Hughlett and Gerson Ramirez
2015: Erick Castillo
2013: Shadae Gatlin
2012: Ericka Rodriguez
The Champion of Diversity Award
2023:
2022:
2021: Dr. Liza Ann Acosta, University Dean and Professor of English
2020: Richard Kohng, Director of Civil Engagement, and Dr. Gwendolyn “Dr. P” Purifoye, Professor of Sociology
2019: N/A
2018: Dr. Daniel White Hodge, Chair and Professor of Communications
2017: Dr. Mary Trujillo, Professor of Communications and Conflict Transformation
Assistant Director Award and Director Award
2023:
2022:
2021: Iga Szelag and Ngbarezere “Fritz” Frezar
2020: North Park University’s 2019-2020 Women’s Basketball Team
Amanda Crockett (Head Coach), Annie Shain (Assistant Coach), Sam Ervin (Graduate Assistant Coach), (Players) Lauryn Alba Garner, Esther Miller, Angelina Villasin, Alana Santos, Sinead Molloy, Jacki Rapp, Lauren Lee, Kendra Jackson, Emily Czuhajewski, Tyra Walker, Zakiya Newsome, Josie Summerville, Kayla Patterson, Nicole Hansen, Alisha Panthier, Yesenia Rodriguez, Jayla Johnson
Intercultural Student Leader Graduates
2023:
2022:
2021: Mallory N. Coakley, Ngbarezere “Fritz” Frezar, Michelle Gonzalez, Kathryn S. Gustafson, Yuzhen “Selena” Han, Haobitai “Melody” Haobitai, Emilia I. Ohia, Ayrianna S. Longs, Emily M. Ostercamp, Iga Szelag, Helen H. Uriostegui, Jordan N. Williams
2020: Sheyla Castellanos, Mara Franzen, Ashorina Houma, Elena Lawando, Hannah Lewis, Elsie McConaughey, Shalini Mody, Kosisochukwu “Kosi” C. Okeke, Esther Upturi
Impactful Alumni Award
2023:
2022:
Diversity Leader Graduate Stole
Starting with the 2020 and 2021 graduating classes, the Diversity Leader Graduate Stole is given to the Office of Diversity and Intercultural Life’s Multicultural Student Leader Graduates as a gift for their service of fostering an inclusive and intercultural campus culture at North Park University. Further, the stole recognizes the graduates’ personal persistence to graduation. The stole showcases the unity of the 10 Diversity Office Clubs working together to cultivate the Intercultural distinctive at North Park University. In the Fall of 2019, all Diversity Office Clubs voted to participate in one stole. The Office of Diversity and Intercultural Life purchases the stoles.