2019 Award Winners

Action Program of the Year – Cornell University Deaf Awareness Project Cornell University Deaf Awareness Project (CUDAP) was founded in 2011 when a house fire in Ithaca created an urgent need for an ASL interpreter, but none were available on such short notice. This left the Deaf homeowners struggling to communicate with emergency responders. Though …

A Statement Regarding the Events of Charlottesville

On August 11, 2017 hundreds of white supremacists armed with torches and chanting racist slogans marched onto the campus of the University of Virginia, where they surrounded and attacked a small group of courageous anti-racist protesters. On August 12, 2017 these and other white supremacists killed one person and injured scores more people who stood against racism …

2018 Award Winners

Service Program of the Year: This award recognizes a campus based program which models student-led direct community service that has in some way contributed to making their campus and communities a better place for everyone.  University of Dayton Summer Appalachia Program This program has roots back to 1965. Each summer UD students are gifted with …