Residence Life celebrates student employees, staff and faculty.
Student employees, staff, and faculty were honored for their leadership, teamwork, and creativity on Wednesday, May 1, at the annual Residence Life end-of-year award dinner. In addition to the many annual awards, graduating seniors within the department were inducted into the National Residence Hall Honorary and presented with blue and white graduation cords.
Residence Life also recognized members of the Residence Life student staff council and three graduating masters of higher education graduate apprentices: Aly Weaver, Julia DeWitt and Caleigh MacKinnon.
The evening included opening remarks from Vice President of Student Life Jon Dooley.
Student Staff Member of the Year (by neighborhood)
Student Staff Member of the Year is awarded to at least one staff member from each residential neighborhood who has demonstrated excellent teamwork, dedication, and positivity in their role.
Recipients
· East: Sarah Freedman
· Global: Danielle Giraldo
· Historic: Kenley Bidwell
· Colonnades: Maximus Garganta
· Danieley Center: Emily Smith
· Loy Center: Kennedy Steiner
· Oaks: Henry Searle
· Station at Mill Point: Delyla Makki
NRHH Rising Diamond Award
This award recognizes a Residence Life staff member who shows us that leadership inside and outside the department is crucial to continued growth in the Elon University experience. The recipient of this award has demonstrated that their skill set learned here at Elon University has positively impacted their community and will continue to impact whatever community joined after positively. The official symbol of NRHH is a diamond –the world’s most precious gem- to signify the value and beauty one finds in their experiences.
Recipient
Leah Short, Danieley Center Neighborhood apartment manager
Student Leadership and Community Development Award
This award highlights a student staff member who demonstrated extraordinary leadership in their role and promoted community development by challenging and caring for residents through their Elon experiences.
Recipient
Antonella Tommasi, Senior resident assistant from the Historic Neighborhood
Student Employee Excellence Award
This award highlights an hourly student employee who has displayed extraordinary dedication, leadership and service to their neighborhood and/or the Office of Residence Life. They consistently positively impact their neighborhood/office staff and community by going above and beyond what is asked in completing their work responsibilities.
Recipient
Izzy Zory, Danieley Center Neighborhood and Station at Mill Point office assistant
Julie Justice Faculty Engagement Award
In honor of Julie Justice’s depth of service and engagement with her residents during her time as a faculty-in-residence in the Oaks neighborhood, this award is meant to honor a faculty member who has contributed to enhancing the residential campus initiative by engaging with students within the residential community, and broadly developing connections within the neighborhood to enhance the student residential experience.
Recipient
Nina Namaste, faculty director in the Colonnades Neighborhood
Program of the Year
This award highlights a neighborhood program, event, or series that promotes active engagement of residents with faculty and staff over a topic that promotes the intellectual theme of the neighborhood.
Recipient
Neighborhood: Global
Program Name: Global Extravaganza – Global’s 10th Birthday
Trace Pace Program Assistant of the Year
This award honors a program assistant in Residence Life who utilizes exceptional organization, interpersonal, and customer service skills.
Recipient
Molly Mancuso, central Residence Life office program assistant
Professional Staff Member of the Year
This award recognizes a professional staff member of the Residence Life team who has demonstrated mentorship, community building and professionalism throughout the 2023-2024 academic year.
Recipient
Jasmine Hill Evans, East Neighborhood community director
Community Partnership Award
The Community Partnership Award is presented to an individual who has continuously partnered and supported throughout the school year with Campus Safety and Police.
Recipients
Associate Director Cynthia Jones and graduate apprentice Aly Weaver
