Past MLK Diversity Recognition Award Winners

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2019

Staff Award: Cherita F. Adams, MBA, MS, Career Development Manager, Office of Human Resource Services

Faculty Award: Larry S. Gibson, LLB, Professor, Francis King Carey School of Law

Student Award: Vanessa Gonzalez-Wright, School of Social Work

2018

Staff Award: UMB CURE Scholars Program Central Leadership Team

Faculty Award: Bret Hassel, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine

Student Award: Tiffany Otto, School of Dentistry

2017

Staff Award: Courtney Jones Carney, MBA, Director, Office of Interprofessional Student Learning and Services Initiatives, Campus Life Services

Faculty Award: Daniel Mullins, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, School of Pharmacy

Student Award: Faiza Hasan, Francis King Carey School of Law

2016

Staff Award: Brian Sturdivant, MSW, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Community Partnerships, Office of Community Engagement

Faculty Award: Tanya L. Sharpe, PhD, MSW, Associate Professor, School of Social Work

Student Award: Hispanic Dental Association, School of Dentistry

Special Recognition Award: Francis King Carey School of Law Faculty, Freddie Gray’s Baltimore: Past, Present, and Moving Forward course

2015

Staff Award: Wendy Shaia, EdD, MSW, Executive Director, Social Work Community Outreach Service

Faculty Award: Charmaine Rochester, PharmD, CDE, BCPS, BCACP, Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy

Student Award: Latina/o Law Students Association and Immigration Law and Policy Association, Francis King Carey School of Law

2014

Staff Award: Jacques Initiative, Derek Spencer, MS, CRNP, Executive Director

Faculty Award: Yolanda Ogbolu, PhD, RN, CRNP, NNP, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

Student Award: Hispanic Dental Association

2013

Staff/Faculty Award: Gregory Carey, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Medicine

Student/Student Group Award: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questions Ally Union, School of Social Work

2012

Combined Award (Staff/Faculty/Student Group): Promise Heights

2011

Staff/Faculty Award: Vanessa Fahie, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

Student/Student Group Award: Hera Hashmi, Francis King Carey School of Law

2010

Staff/Faculty Award: Elijah Saunders, MD, FACC, FACP, FAHA, Professor, School of Medicine

Student/Student Group: Domonique Markland and Sarah Weese, Francis King Carey School of Law

2009

Staff/Faculty Award: Larry Gibson, LLB, Professor, Francis King Carey School of Law

Student/Student Group Award: Project Jump Start

2008

Staff/Faculty Award: Hugh Mighty, MD, MBA, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, School of Medicine

Student/Student Group Award: Maryland Katrina and Indigent Defense Project, Francis King Carey School of Law

2007

Staff/Faculty Award: Doris E. Scott, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

Student/Student Group Award: A Bridge to Academic Excellence, School of Pharmacy

2006

Staff/Faculty Award: Keith Plowden, PhD, MSN, Associate Professor and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Studies, School of Nursing

Student/Student Group Award: Project Feast Organizers, School of Medicine

2005

Staff/Faculty Award: Michael Millemann, JD; Renee Hutchins, JD; and Steven Schwinn, JD, Francis King Carey School of Law

Student/Student Group Award: Walter Arvinger Legal Defense Team Members, Francis King Carey School of Law