Leadership in Action
The 2025 Honorees were recognized at a the Leadership and Mentoring Community Banquet in December 2025.
Pictured from left to right: Amy Childress (staff honoree), Heather Servaty-Seib (faculty honoree), and Favour Ojike (student honoree).
The Leadership in Action award was established in 2013. The call for nominations for the award is typically made in early fall and the honoree is recognized at an awards reception towards the end of the fall semester. The complete list of Leadership in Action honorees is here.
The 2026 Leadership in Action award call for nominations is now open. Nominations are due by 5pm on October 5, 2026. Please see the complete criteria and links to submit on the nomination page.
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