Awards Nominations
Each year, students, faculty, and staff have the opportunity to nominate outstanding members who have contributed to the ODU community. During the early part of the Spring semester, we invite you to recognize fellow student leaders and advisors by submitting a nomination.
Award nominations can be submitted online via Monarch Groups using the links provided for each award category below. Log in using your Midas ID and password.
Awards Ceremony
The student leadership awards will be honored at the Monarch Milestones: A Celebration of Student Awards, Honors and Leadership on Wednesday, April 7, 2027 at 5:30pm in the Chartway Area, Big Blue Room.
Awards Categories
Award nominations will be collected January - February 26, 2027 via Monarch Groups:
2026 Monarch Milestone Award Winners
- Undergraduate Career Ready Monarch Award
Keyonna Morgan - Graduate Career Ready Monarch Award
Makendra Crosby - Curtis Walton Community Advocate Award
Delenn Main - Undergraduate Ellen Neufeldt Graduate Leader of the Year Award
Ivy Edward - Graduate Ellen Neufeldt Undergraduate Leader of the Year Award
Abed Khosrojerdi - Inclusive Impact Award
Adam Mandell - Leadership Initiative of the Year
Game Design and Development Club’s Advocacy Group
- Maggi Curry-Williams Quiet Influence Award
Jasmin Piggott - Mentoring Leader Award presented to New Leader of the Year Award
Leilah Booker - Service Impact Award
Joana Camp - Student Organization of the Year Award
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - Well-Being Award
Kat Creveling - Student Organization Advisor of the Year
Dr. Drew Landman - Evon-Broderick Award
Alisha Jafri
- Career Ready Monarch Award
Keyonna Morgan
- Curtis Walton Community Advocate Award
Jacelyn Ramos Mercado
- Ellen Neufeldt Graduate Leader of the Year Award
Elham Alijanpour
- Ellen Neufeldt Undergraduate Leader of the Year Award
Karissa Crawford
- Inclusive Impact Award
The Center for Orientation, Retention and Exploration, New to Blue Crew
- Leadership Initiative of the Year Award
Graduate Student Government Association, Annual Research Conference
- Maggi Curry-Williams Quiet Influence Award
Marjorie Cenese
- Mentoring Leader of the Year Award
Jacob Brackett Graham
- New Leader of the Year Award
Akila Wijesinghe
- Service Impact Award
Karson McHendry
- Student Organization Advisor of the Year Award
Cedric Sebastian Stovall, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Student Organization of the Year Award
Old Dominion Rocketry Club
- Well-Being Award
Amari D. Ewing
- John & Kate Broderick Student Success Champion Award
Shuntay Tarver, Ph.D
Scott Harrison, Ph.D
Carrie John
- Student Organization Advisor of the Year Award
William Truran - ODU Graphic Design Club
- Community Service Award
Caden Obermeyer
- Intercultural Relations of the Year Award
Natali Guzman
- Ellen Neufeldt Leader of the Year Award
Joseph Hickey (Undergraduate)
Omotomilola Jegede (Graduate)
- Maggi Curry-Williams Quiet Influence Award
Ida Oesteraas
- Mentoring Leader of the Year Award
J Belin
- New Leader of the Year Award
Emily Harrison
- Leadership Initiative of the Year Award
Global Student Friendship - Furniture Ministry
- Recreation & Wellness Student of the Year Award
Javier Jones
- Student Organization of the Year Award
African Student Association
- Curtis Walton Governmental Relations Award
Keshav Vermani
- John & Kate Broderick Student Success Champion Award
Tammi Dice
Elizabeth Smith
Questions?
Contact Dionicia Mahler-Rogers at dmahlerr@odu.edu or ccld@odu.edu.