Annual DI&A Awards
About the DI&A Awards
Award recipients demonstrate an exceptional understanding of diversity and inclusiveness as represented by their efforts to:
- enhance inclusion through fostering dialogue and positive communication between persons of different backgrounds,
- promote an environment free from bias and discrimination,
- raise awareness and lead initiatives that advance diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion,
- support efforts in Mines DI&A Strategic Plan and/or
- serve as a catalyst for change in the areas of diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion,
- contribute to DI&A at Mines beyond primary position description or role expectations on campus.
Applications open each year in January and are due by February 27, 2024. Recipients will be honored at the annual Celebration of DI&A at Mines.
2023 Mines DI&A Award Recipients
Jeri Brewer
Raising Awareness
Assistant Director, PASCAL Center
Dr. Kristine Callan
Creating a Culture of Inclusion
Teaching Professor, Department of Physics
Amanda Jameer
Supporting Student Success
Teaching Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Nellie Link
Supporting Student Success
Department Manager and Graduate Program Manager, Petroleum Engineering
Mines Asian Community Alliance
Outstanding Campus Engagement
Dr. Alexis Navarre-Sitchler
Supporting Faculty Development
Associate Professor, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering t
Davian Sandoval
Creating a Culture of Inclusion
Undergraduate Student, Mechanical Engineering
Regina Willis
Creating a Culture of Inclusion
Associate Director of Disability Support Services
2022 Mines DI&A Award Recipients
Dr. Jennifer K. Ryan
Supporting Student Success
Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Megan Rose
Raising Awareness
Senior Budget Analyst, Academic Affairs, Office of Budget and Financial PlanningTest
Dr. Zhao Han
Creating a Culture of Inclusion
Post-Doctoral Fellow and Adjunct Faculty, Computer Science
Lanie Breckenridge
Creating a Culture of Inclusion
Undergraduate Student, oSTEM President, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
2021 Mines DI&A Award Recipients
Maryam Alahmar
Creating a Culture of Inclusion
PhD Student, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Gyasi Evans
Raising Awareness
Arthur Lakes Library
Test
Dr. Christine Morrison
Supporting Student Success
Chemistry
Dr. Danica Roth
Creating a Culture of Inclusion
Geology & Geological Engineering
Rebecca Schneider
Raising Awareness
Arthur Lakes Library
Christopher Thiry
Raising Awareness
Arthur Lakes Library
Test
2020 Mines DI&A Award Recipients
Mary Elliott
Creating a Culture of Inclusion
Residence Life
EMPOWER
Employee Development
Test
Dr. Derrick Hudson
Inclusive Educator
HASS
Annette Pilkington
Employee Engagement
WISEM
Emilie Rusch
Raising Awareness
Marketing & Communications
Andrea Salazar Morgan
Supporting Student Success
MEP
Society of Women Engineers
Outstanding Outreach