Student Affairs Distinguished Leadership and Service Awards
Each spring, the Vice President for Student Affairs invites members of the Duke community to nominate deserving undergraduate and graduate students, recognized student organizations, faculty, staff, and alumni for the University’s most prestigious awards for leadership and engagement.
The Student Affairs Distinguished Leadership and Service Awards program is a celebration of leadership and service and an opportunity to recognize a select number of individuals and organizations whose influence and achievements have made a significant impact on University life and beyond.
Awards for Graduating Students
- Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award
- Baldwin Scholars Unsung Heroine Award
- Betsy Alden Outstanding Service-Learning Award
- Student Affairs Distinguished Leadership and Service Awards
- Promotion of the Ideals of Community
- Commitment to Diversity
- Demonstration of Integrity
- Expanding the Boundaries of Learning
- Building Alliances through Collective Engagement
- William J. Griffith University Service Award
- Outstanding Contributions to the Duke Community (as a whole or specific communities)
- Outstanding Contributions to the Durham and Local Community
- Outstanding Contributions to the Global Community
- Outstanding Contributions to the Duke Community (as a whole or specific communities)
Awards for Underclass Students
- Baldwin Scholars Unsung Heroine Award
- Julie Anne Levey Memorial Leadership Award (awarded to first-year students only)
- Lars Lyon Volunteer Service Award
- Leading at Duke Leadership and Service Awards
- Individual First-Year Student
- Individual First-Year Student
- Individual First-Year Student
Awards for Recognized Student Organizations
- Leading at Duke Leadership and Service Awards
- Outstanding New Student Organization (Newly formed - within the last 2 years)
- Outstanding Student Organization (Established - longer than 2 years)
Awards for Faculty and Administrators
- Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award
- Baldwin Scholars Unsung Heroine Award (alumnae and retirees also eligible)
- Outstanding Service in Student Organization Advising
- Outstanding Staff Advisors
- Outstanding Volunteer Advisors
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