The John W. Gardner Student Leadership Award
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 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.
Recipients
- 2023-2024: Kenzie Paul
- 2022-2023: John Sexton
- 2021-2022: Greg Miller
- 2020-2021: Molly Link
- 2019-2020: Tim Jacklich
All recipients are listed on a large plaque in the LaFortune Student Center.
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Past Recipients
- 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