The John W. Gardner Student Leadership Award annually honors a student who exemplifies the ideals of the University through outstanding volunteer service beyond the University community.
The Gardner Award, named for the founder of Common Cause, was established in 1986 by University President Emeritus Father Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C., with money he received as a recipient of the Independent Sector’s first John Gardner Leadership Award.
Current and Past Recipients:
2022-2023: John Sexton
2021-2022: Greg Miller
2020-2021: Molly Link
2019-2020: Tim Jacklich
2018-2019: Annelise Gill-Wiehl
2017-2018: Ngor "Majak" Anyieth
2016-2017: Alexis Doyle
2015-2016: Colleen McLinden
2014-2015: Christina Gutierrez
2013-2014: Keon Woo
2012-2013: Emily B. Conron
2011-2012: Hanna O'Brien
2010-2011: Gabrielle Tate
2009-2010: Vi Barbara Ho
2008-2009: Megan Rybarczyk
2007-2008: Michael McKenna
2006-2007: Michael C. Dewan
2005-2006: Peter J. Quaranto
2004-2005: Michael Poffenberger
2003-2004: Mary E. Murphy
2002-2003: Maura Kelly
2001-2002: Theresa Ferry
2000-2001: Paul Nebosky
1999-2000: Arnoldo Lacayo
1998-1999: Jamiko S. Rose
1997-1998: Andrea Ray
1996-1997: Christine M. Raslavsky
1995-1996: Habitat for Humanity, ND Chapter (Heather Hughes, Steven Rossigno, Matthew Fitzgerald, Joshua Briggs, Kathryn L. Warzon)
1994-1995: David Leonard
All recipients are listed on a large plaque in the LaFortune Student Center.