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.

2021 Recipients

Faculty Award: Meredith Heller, senior lecturer, Women’s and Gender Studies

Staff Award: Jessy Zukosky, administrative associate, Women’s and Gender Studies and Ethnic Studies

Community/Project/Organization Award: Ross Altenbaugh, director, Flagstaff Shelter Services

Student Award: Shane Canitz, graduate student, Clinical Mental Health Counseling Master’s Program, and graduate research assistant, Center for University Access and Inclusion

Past Award Winners