Ethnic and Community Center Academic Achievement Awards
Ethnic and community center achievement awards honor affiliated graduate students who demonstrate exceptional academic achievement and serve as role models to undergraduate and graduate students. Each center determines its own selection process and criteria.
2017 Recipients
VPGE Black Community Services Center Graduate Student of the Year Award
Kareem Edouard, Education - Learning Sciences & Technology Design
VPGE Academic Achievement Award for El Centro Chicano y Latino
Eli Moises Hernandez Diazgiron, Geological and Environmental Sciences and Luz Minerva Jimenez Ruvalcaba, Modern Thought and Literature
VPGE Research Award for the Asian American Activities Center
Renren Yang, Comparative Literature
VPGE Graduate Feminist Scholar Award for the Women's Community Center
Vanessa Seals, English
VPGE Academic Achievement Award for the Queer Student Resources Center
Faaris (Fares) Akremi, Law
VPGE Academic Achievement Award for the Native American Cultural Center
Mark Berger, Computer Science
VPGE Graduate Scholar Award for The Markaz: Resource Center
Osama El-Gabalawy, Medicine
Black Community Services Center
The Black Community Services Center (BCSC) supports the advancement and excellence of Black students and Black student groups within the Stanford community.
El Centro Chicano y Latino
El Centro Chicano y Latino programs provide students the opportunity to explore Chicano and Latino culture, history, and traditions.
Asian American Activities Center
The Asian American Activities Center (A3C) serves as Stanford's primary resource for Asian American student affairs and community development.
Women's Community Center
The Women's Community Center (WCC) sponsors programs that promote women's success as scholars, leaders, and activists at Stanford and beyond.
Queer Student Resources
Queer Student Resources partners with appropriate university offices to provide coaching, individual case management and referrals to students in need.
Native American Cultural Center
The Native American Cultural Center (NACC) provides thorough support to the Stanford Native community and a space to share ideas and enhance the Stanford experience.
The Markaz: Resource Center
The Markaz: Resource Center is unique in its cultural focus and goal of serving all students interested in Africa, the Middle East, and central, south and southeast Asia, as well as the American Muslim experience.
