Friday, April 15, 2022 Winners announced for annual Student Impact Awards

Husker Venture Fund won the Outstanding New Student Organization Award at the Student Impact Awards on April 14, 2022.    [Mike Jackson | Student Affairs]

The Student Impact Awards were announced for 2021-22 by Student Leadership, Involvement, & Community Engagement at an evening reception in the Nebraska East Union on April 14.

Student Impact Awards celebrate the outstanding contributions to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln community by the more than 550 Recognized Student Organizations (RSOs) and their leaders. This year's nominees included 19 organizations and 23 individuals.

The 15 recipients are highlighted below in the list of nominees. Winners were presented engraved awards.

Diversity and Inclusion Award

• Engineers Without Borders   * WINNER *

Outstanding Commitment to Recruitment

• Business International Student Association   * WINNER *
• Engineers Without Borders
• University of Nebraska Dance Marathon

Outstanding Advisor

• Joe Hagerty, University of Nebraska Dance Marathon   * WINNER *

Outstanding New Advisor

• Hassan Almokreq, Middle Eastern and North African Student Association   * WINNER *

Outstanding New Student Organization

• Husker Venture Fund   * WINNER *
• Know More
• Middle Eastern and North African Student Association

Outstanding Student Organization

• Startups UNL   * WINNER *
• Engineers Without Borders

Outstanding Student Organization Member

• Aliyah Kristie Muniz, National Residence Hall Honorary   * WINNER *
• Laurel Wagner, Engineers Without Borders

Outstanding Student Organization Officer

• Karli Workman, National Residence Hall Honorary   * WINNER *
• Kaylee Brown, Creative Commons
• Adam Folsom, Husker Venture Fund
• Uziel Ramos, Engineers without Borders
• Elodie C. Galeazzi, International Student Advisory Board
• Caitlin McCarthy, University of Nebraska Dance Marathon
• Jun Yi Goh, UNL Model United Nations

Outstanding Student Organization President

• Aila Ganić, Sustain UNL   * WINNER *
• Hunter Bergman, Startups UNL
• Cierra O'Shields, National Residence Hall Honorary
• Isabelle Koehler, Engineers without Borders
• Katherine LaTourrette, Plant Pathology Graduate Student Association
• Emily Kist, Husker Venture Fund
• Ashley McMurchie, University of Nebraska Dance Marathon
• Laurene Lee, UNL Model United Nations
• Furqan Mahdi, Middle Eastern and North African Student Association

Program of the Year

• Biomaterials Day, Society For Biomaterials UNL Student Chapter   * WINNER *
• Engineers Without Borders-University of Nebraska Chapter

Student Organization Philanthropy/Service Award

• Engineers Without Borders   * WINNER *
• University of Nebraska Dance Marathon

Student Leadership Award

• Nicholas Lauver, Gamma Iota Sigma   * WINNER *

Sport Club Athletes of the Year (2)

• Dillon McNeill, UNL Cycling Club   * WINNER *
• Abbey O'Brien, UNL Cycling Club   * WINNER *

Sport Club of the Year

• UNL Men's Ice Hockey Club   * WINNER *
• UNL Baseball Club

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