Please join us in sending huge congratulations to the students in the Department of Social work who were recognized at this year’s Celebration of Student Leadership Awards!

Lauren Perry, graduating senior in the Department of Social Work, is the winner of the Tom Segnitz Leadership Award. This award recognizes a student leader for wisdom, vision and exceptional leadership in serving students of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.

Amanda Martinez, graduating senior in the Department of Social Work is the winner of BOTH the Danielle S. Jones Student Leader Inclusive Excellence Award and the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence. The Danielle S. Jones Student Leader Inclusive Excellence Award recognizes a member of a student organization who has demonstrated and sustained a passion for the advancement of diversity and inclusion. The criteria for the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence include academic performance, University-related service and community involvement.

Congratulations also to Colleen Hansen, who was nominated for Faculty/Staff Student Organization Advisor of the Year. This award recognizes a faculty or staff advisor who has gone above and beyond while serving in a volunteer role to provide for their students and their organization. In the Fall of 2019 she was awarded the Faculty/Instructional Academic Staff Advisor Award by the Advisory Council for Comprehensive Academic Advising (ACCAA) through the University Academic Resource Center.

Way to go, Lauren and Amanda!