NRHC Student of the Year Awards

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The call for nominations for this award is now Open. Nominations are due by thursday, february 27, 2025. click here for the application.

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The Northeast Regional Honors Council annually recognizes two students as Student of the Year–one from a two-year institution and one from a four-year institution. The two students selected for an NRHC Student of the Year Award must have demonstrated scholastic excellence and must have made a significant impact on their honors program. The award recognizes academic excellence, outstanding leadership skills, socially engaged contributions, and innovations that the students have shown at their home institution. In addition, the winners are role models for other students in their honors programs and have demonstrated commitment that is above their peers. The selected students might also have worked to engage honors ideals outside their home institutions through participation in intercollegiate projects, NRHC and/or NCHC conferences, service to their communities, and more.

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Students will be recognized with a plaque at the NRHC Awards Ceremony. 

 

A completed application must include a nomination from a faculty or staff member and an application from that student. The application includes:

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• Contact information of nominating honors director/faculty/staff

• Contact information of student nominee

• Letter of recommendation from nominating honors director/faculty/staff

• Student responses to three short answer questions

• Student resume and headshot

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Winners will be announced at the NRHC Awards Ceremony. Their names and photographs will be listed on the NRHC website. 

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Applications are due by 11:59 PM EST on Thursday, February 27. Please click here to access the application. 

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Past Winners

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2024

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Two-Year Institution

Hans Mach, Community College of Allegheny County

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Four-Year Institution

Shane Appiah, Howard University

Phoebe Calkins, Towson University​

Crista Fiala, University of St. Joseph
 

2023

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Two-Year Institution

Jessica Wheeler, Community College of Allegheny County

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Four-Year Institution:

Jade Rhoads, Thiel College

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2022

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Four-Year Institution:

Briseyda Barrientos Ariza, Towson University

Vanessa Maybruck, Kutztown University

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2021

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Four-Year Institution:

Kaitlyn, Fales, Bryant University

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Two-Year Institution:

Erin McClain, Community College of Allegheny County 

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2020

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Four-Year Institution:

Kai-Lou Yue, Bryant University

Kaitlyn Esposito, Fairleigh Dickinson University

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Two-Year Institution:

Amirah Elayan, Bergen Community College

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2019

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Four-Year Institution:

Haleigh Swam, Lock Haven University

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Two-Year Institution:

Lope Jan Williams, LaGuardia Community College

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2018

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Four-Year Institution:

Mohini Gobin, Pace University

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Two-Year Institution:

Therese Russell, Nassau Community College

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2017

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Four-Year Institution:

Micah Castello, Notre Dame of Maryland University

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Two-Year Institution:

Nathanael Linton, SUNY Orange

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