Awards and Recognition
Student Life Awards are annually presented to recognize staff for their hard work and dedication to the division mission and the student experience.
Congratulations to the 2023 Student Life Award recipients!
2024 Student Life Awards Nominations
Please submit your nomination for the annual Student Life Awards. Review the submission requirements, and award overview and criteria prior to your submission. Nomination submission deadline: March 15, 2024, 4pm.
Submission Requirements
Nominators will be asked the following for each nomination submission:
- Nominees name, title, department, relationship to nominee, and rationale for their nomination
Each award will have it’s own nomination page. Your complete nomination should be no longer than one page, single spaced text. You do not have to nominate an individual for each award. Please proceed to the next page if you do not have a nomination. Ensure you have reached the submission page (page 7) to submit your nominations.
Awards Overview and Criteria
Student Life Mark Duntley Award:
This award recognizes excellent administrative and/or professional performance that enhances the effective functioning of the individual office or unit and contributes to the attainment of the goals and objectives of the Division of Student Life at Lewis & Clark College.
Criteria:
The award committee will consider the following criteria when reviewing nominations:
- Positive and effective relationships/interactions with students, staff, and other institutional stakeholders;
- Accomplishments that have had a positive impact on the department/office, student experience, and/or Division of Student Life;
- Honesty and adherence to the highest standards of moral and ethical values through personal and professional behavior;
- Contributions to the awareness and consciousness about diversity and inclusion within the context of the College’s mission/vision.
Student Life Team Award:
The recipients of this award will collaborate exceptionally well; bring a spirit of inclusion to all that they do; and strive to cultivate the best possible student experience.
Criteria:
The award committee will consider the following criteria when reviewing nominations:
- Advanced the Student Life Strategic Direction initiative;
- Pursued clear goals and created distinctive results/solutions that improved performance or productivity, and/or reduced costs, or enhanced the image of the College;
- Created a team environment of successful collaborative relationships that promoted communication, trust, and respect for differences;
- Demonstrated commitment to values of diversity, tact, and inclusion in performance of responsibilities and in interactions with members of the LC community, and demonstrated efforts to promote an environment free from bias and discrimination.
Student Life Excellence in Innovation Award:
This award celebrates and acknowledges an individual whose exceptional innovative and creative initiatives enhance the Division of Student Life.
Criteria:
The award committee will consider the following criteria when reviewing nominations:
- Made significant changes, modifications, or approaches, or developed an innovative process or procedure, that enhanced the effective functioning of the individual office or department, and/or the student experience;
- Built interactions and partnerships that produced results and left others feeling respected and valued;
- Demonstrated commitment to values of diversity, tact, and inclusion in performance of responsibilities and in interactions with members of the LC community, and demonstrated efforts to promote an environment free from bias and discrimination.
Student Life Medallion Award:
This award recognizes an emerging professional who consistently goes above and beyond in their efforts to support the student experience. The recipient of this award will be new to Lewis & Clark (five years or less) and/or new to the field of Student Affairs (five years or less).
Criteria:
The award committee will consider the following criteria when reviewing nominations:
- Demonstrated commitment to the betterment of Lewis & Clark College and/or their department;
- Sustained outstanding performance in one’s job responsibilities that is frequently above and beyond the normal scope of expectations;
- Demonstrated impact on creating an environment which enhances the student experience at Lewis & Clark College;
- Provided leadership and innovation within the context of the individual’s role and position responsibilities (e.g. exercising sound decision-making and resourcefulness, fostering the development of new ideas and creativity, positive role model for others);
- Demonstrated commitment to values of diversity, tact, and inclusion in performance of responsibilities and in interactions with members of the LC community, and demonstrated efforts to promote an environment free from bias and discrimination;
- Employed five years or less at LC and/or new to the field of Student Affairs.
Student Life Partner Award:
This award recognizes an outstanding faculty or staff member from a department outside of the Division of Student Life who has contributed to the Division’s attainment of its goals and objectives as demonstrated by collaboration, involvement and partnerships with the Division.
Criteria:
The award committee will consider the following criteria when reviewing nominations:
- Enhanced the Division’s ability to have a positive impact on a department or office within Student Life, the student experience, and/or the Division of Student Life itself;
- Demonstrated commitment to values of diversity, tact, and inclusion in performance of responsibilities and in interactions with members of the LC community, and demonstrated efforts to promote an environment free from bias and discrimination;
- Is a faculty or staff member from a department outside of the Division of Student Life.
Selection Committee:
Hilary Martin Himan (Chair), Joann Zhang, Michelle Callahan, and Robin Keillor
Kudos for Colleagues
In addition to the awards program, “Kudos for Colleagues” offers the opportunity to recognize Student Life colleagues for going above and beyond in order to solve a problem, be of assistance, build community, or generally enhance the overall Lewis & Clark experience. Nominated by their peers, every month a colleague will be recognized, receive a gift card, and will announced on the VPSL/DOS social media account. Recognize someone today via this form!
| Date | Recipient | Position |
| March 2024 | Michelle Callahan | Director, Health Promotion & Wellness |
| February 2024 | Carolin Thompson | Administrative Coordinator, Office of Student Accessibility |
| Dec. 2023-Jan. 2023 | Jared Kasten | Area Director for Holmes, Hartzfeld, and Apartments |
| November 2023 | Jessica Carron | Assistant Dean of Campus Life and Director of Student Rights & Responsibilities |
| October 2023 | Brian White | Associate Dean and Director, International Students and Scholars |
| September 2023 | Gina Parisi | Assistant Athletic Trainer, Physical Education and Athletics |
| May - August 2023 | Andrea Salyer | Director, Center for Social Change and Community Involvement |
| April 25, 2023 | Joann Zhang | Director, Inclusion and Multicultural Engagement |
| April 10, 2023 | Ben Meoz | Director, Campus Living |
| March 13, 2023 | Julia Pacheco-Cole | Area Director, Campus Living |
| February 27, 2023 | Paola Dennis | Administrative Specialist, International Students and Scholars |
| February 13, 2023 | Jessica Sweeney | Executive Assistant, Office of the Vice President for Student Life |
| January 30, 2023 | Adam Hintze | Area Director, Campus Living |
| January 17, 2023 | Michelle Callahan | Director, Health Promotion & Wellness |
| December 5, 2022 | Thom Lehman | Assistant Director, College Outdoors |
| November 21, 2022 | Chelsee Ellis | Administrative Specialist, Counseling Services |
| November 7, 2022 | Robin Keillor | Director, Counseling Services |
| October 24, 2022 | Tim McCrory | Head Coach Men’s Basketball, Physical Education/Athletics |
| October 10, 2022 | Megan Doren | Administrative Coordinator, Campus Living |
| September 26, 2022 | Julia Pacheco-Cole | Area Director, Campus Living |
| September 12, 2022 | Hilary Martin Himan | Director/Chaplain, Spiritual Life |
| August 29, 2022 | Paola Dennis | Administrative Specialist, International Students and Scholars |
Vice President of Student Life and Dean of Students is located in East Hall on the Undergraduate Campus.
MSC: 102
email vpsl@lclark.edu
voice 503-768-7110
Vice President of Student Life and Dean of Students
Dr. Evette Castillo Clark
Vice President of Student Life and Dean of Students
Lewis & Clark
615 S. Palatine Hill Road MSC 102
Portland OR 97219