Outstanding Achievement and Contribution Award

The CSW Outstanding Achievement and Contribution Award honors Northern Arizona University faculty, staff or students and organizations or community members who have made outstanding contributions to women’s leadership development and towards advancing the status of women at Northern Arizona University. Only faculty, staff, and students may make nominations. The awardees are announced and honored at the President’s Annual Diversity Awards Dinner.

Four awards are presented annually. One award is presented to a faculty member, one to a staff member, one to a student, and the final award is presented to a group/organization. Award recipients are programs, departments, groups or individuals who have contributed significantly to the advancement of women at NAU.

2020 Recipients

Karen Renner– Faculty Award
Melissa Griffin- Staff Award
Adonna Rometo, Gender Bias in STEM Fields – Project Award
Molly Bechtel, Gender Bias in STEM Fields  – Project Award

Past Award Winners

2019
Michele Lee – Student Award
Women’s and Gender Studies – Organization Award
Sharon Gorman – Staff Award
Debra Edgerton – Faculty Award

2018
Dr. Frances Riemer – Faculty Award
Genevieve Conley – Undergraduate Student Award
Uzma Tahir – Graduate Student Award
NAU chapter of the Society of Women Engineers – Organization Award

2017
Sage Argyros
Dr. Kiisa Nishikawa
Graduate Student Government
Department of Women’s and Gender Studies

2016
NSF Advance Team
Tia Truss
Emily Bartman
Laura Gray Rosendale

2015
Safe Zone
Carol Lorek

2014
Geeta Chowdhry (posthumously)
AAUW (Flagstaff Branch)