Scholarships
AAS Major Scholarship: Rachael Hale
NABJ/NURU Scholarship: Cassandra Santiago and Elona Neal
AAS Community Service Award
To recognize a campus organization, undergraduate and graduate student for:
- serving people and diverse communities
- addressing important community issues through service
- participating in activities that have had a measurable impact on the community
- demonstrating exemplary commitment to volunteerism
- contributing to organized cultural and community endeavors
Organization: UI/Iowa City Carnival
Public Engagement: Associate Professor Loyce Arthur, Department of Theatre Arts
Undergraduate/Graduate: Lisa Covington
AAS Leadership Award
To recognize a campus organization, undergraduate and graduate student for:
- Actions that are effective to creating positive change
- Actions that address important campus issues with a measurable impact
- Actions that set a high level of integrity and personal standards
- Actions that help build bridges between people and between organizations
- Actions that motivate and inspire others to realize leadership potential
Organization: Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
Black Males and Police Project - Alex Lodge
Undergraduate/Graduate: Bryan Porter
AAS Academic Achievement Award
To recognize undergraduate students who have taken at least three AAS courses and demonstrated an extraordinary appreciation of issues in African American Culture, along with academic accomplishments in the major.
Undergraduate AAS Majors & Minors: Rodnika Carter, Waale Gbara, Ashley Stott, Elona Neal, Matthew Bruce, Samuel Osaro, Brooke Kimbrough, David Butler-Mays, Taniesha Kauten
Graduate AAS Cultural Research Award
To recognize graduate students near completion of their dissertation for outstanding contributions, commitment and initiative related to research in African American culture.
Troy Mills (Religious Studies/Public Health)
AAS Creative Arts Award
To recognize an undergraduate or graduate student for inspirational talent, motivation, and creative ability.
Undergrad: Shawn Boursiquot, Caleb Rainey and Justin Roberson
Graduate: Alvon Reed (Dance)
AAS Cultural Awareness Award
To recognize freshmen, sophomores, and others who are good students, take a minimum of two AAS courses, and show an exceptional capacity for cultural awareness.
Gabrielle Young, Jeremiah Jones, Kyah Bridges, Fabio Thomas
Marie Nesbitt Promise Prize
The Marie Nesbitt Promise was established in 2002 and incorporated into the Change Create Transform Foundation in 2010. It was created in the memory of Marie Nesbitt who encouraged people to trust in God, reach for the stars, stand up for what you believe in and most of all never give up. The prize is a tribute to an extraordinary student chosen to continue a tradition of excellence.
Aja Witt
Graduating Seniors
Madison Barnum, Rodnika Carter, Darian Cooper, Rachael Hale, Evan Ivory, Brittney Reed, Sara Lowery