College Of Western Idaho: Student Leaders Rise Above

Press release from the College of Western Idaho:

May 21, 2021

Student leaders at College of Western Idaho (CWI) for both the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 academic years were celebrated during the virtual Student Leadership Banquet in April. Although students faced unprecedented challenges as they navigated the many facets of their lives over the past two academic years, they continued to develop a campus community working hard to maintain community within clubs and organizations at the College.

Student Leadership Award Winners for 2019-2020 and 2020-2021:

Community Service Program of the Year Award

The Community Service Program of the Year Award honors a program that has engaged students in service while encouraging students to selflessly serve beyond this one experience.

Social Program of the Year Award

This award recognizes a program that has contributed to the sense of community on campus by encouraging students to come together and meaningfully engage with one another and/or the Ada County/Canyon County communities.

Student Organization of the Year Award

The Student Organization of the Year Award is presented to an organization who demonstrates excellence in all areas of community engagement, collaboration, diversity, and inclusion, and leadership development.

Student Organization Advisor of the Year Award

The Student Organization Advisor of the Year Award honors an advisor who has excelled in providing support and assistance to a club/organization. The recipient has devoted time and service that has played a key role in the organization’s success.

Outstanding Officer/Representative of the Year Award

The Outstanding Officer/Representative of the Year Award honors a student who has demonstrated exceptional leadership throughout their term in office and has enhanced participation and involvement within their organization, the campus, and the community as a whole.

 Quiet Influence Award

The Quiet Influence Award honors an individual student who has contributed to their organization and campus community in a meaningful yet behind-the-scenes way. 

Rising Leader Award

The Rising Leader Award honors a first-year, returning student who does not need a title in order to fill a leadership role. This student has shown throughout the year a new-found commitment to serve the campus communities side-by-side with the elected student leaders and administration of the campus. This student can be found helping to complete any task needed while helping to model the core values and mission of the College. The student shows promise in continuing to exemplify growth and development as a leader.

Trailblazing LEADership Award

The Trailblazing Award honors a second-year or graduating student leader who has engaged themselves in a significant leadership role on campus. The Trailblazing LEADership Award includes those students who have come to CWI with leadership experience or have developed leadership skills through the many opportunities the campus offers. Through their involvement, recipients of the Trailblazing LEADership Award have shown ambitions to improve campus life and strengthen the college community.

Congratulations to all!

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