Outstanding individuals and organizations were honored at the 14th Annual Student Leaders Award ceremony on April 12. The event is hosted by Student Council. Awardees include:

Student awards

• Remarkable Student Group: Association of Computing Machinery
• Most Improved Student Organization: Riders’ Society
• Most Spirited Miner Award: Pranita Nayak
• Outstanding Student Advocate: Nathan Compton
• Extraordinary Faculty Award: Terry Wilson, associate teaching professor of biological sciences
• Diversity Recognition Award: Roberta Morgan, director of program and project operations for international affairs
• The Keystone Award: Hadley Bjerke

Student organization awards

• Blue Key’s Miner of the Semester and Organization of the Semester: Taylor Smith and KMNR
• International and Cultural Affairs’ Missouri S&T International Ambassador Award: Sudharshan Anandan
• International and Cultural Affairs’ Missouri S&T Honorary Global Counselor: Dr. Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe, professor of geology and interim chair of geological sciences and geological and petroleum engineering

New student program awards

• Outstanding Volunteer and Organization: Alyssa McCarthy and the Student Union Board
• Building Bridges Award: S&T Ambassadors

Miner Alumni Association awards

• Joe Mooney Distinguished Student Award: Heather Reynolds and Jonathan Colgan
• Miner Alumni Association Leadership Award: Kelly Stevens and Logan Wilcox

Society of Women Engineers award

• Pink Award: Alyssa Nelson

Student Council awards

• Rookie of the Year: Madison Moore
• Member of the Year: Morgan Hale

Student Union Board

• Ned and Berna Harvey Volunteer Involvement Award: Jacee Wood and John Sykora Jr.

National Residence Hall Honorary

• Up-and-Coming Leader Scholarship: Matthew Sauer

Residence Hall Association

• Golden Gavel Award: John Keiser

Counseling, Disability Support, and Student Wellness

• STEP UP!: Nicholas Luckert

Student Life

• Outstanding Service Award: Nicholas O’Gorman
• Impact Award: Ashley Allegri and Hadley Bjerke
• Miner of the Year Award: Julie Juhala
• Rising Miner Award: Owen Murphy
• Donald D. Myers Scholarship: Aaron Harmon

Student Affairs

• Extraordinary Student Leadership Award: Kevin Smith