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The 2015 Award is named for the year of the founding of Arrupe College of ºÚÁÏÃÅUniversity Chicago. The 2015 Award is presented to a student who embodies the spirit of transformative education, who has used their gifts and talents to persist through adversity, and who has contributed significantly to building and advancing the Arrupe mission.

2025 Recipient
Angel Guillen

The Damen Award is named for ºÚÁÏÃÅUniversity Chicago's founder, Arnold Damen, S.J. It seeks to honor undergraduate students who have committed themselves to Jesuit ideals by being a true source of inspiration and leadership to the ºÚÁÏÃÅcommunity throughout the year. These students are people who have led other students in spirit, motivation, and purpose. 

2024 - 2025 Recipients

• Adnan Aldaas, Quinlan School of Business
• Colette Benoit, School of Education
• Isabel Irene Chavez, Parkinson School of Health Sciences & Public Health
• Vincent DeStazio, College of Arts and Sciences
• Kathleen Grasz, Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing
• Anton W. Jahn-Vavrus, College of Arts and Sciences
• Giulianna Larson, School of Communication
• Nayeli Leal, College of Arts and Sciences
• Scotty Monteith, School of Environmental Sustainability
• Vir Trivedi, College of Arts and Sciences

The Center for Diversity & Inclusion is honored and excited to organize the Diversity Awards to showcase key students, alumni, faculty, and staff members who have contributed to the success of our diverse student population academically, spiritually, culturally and professionally. Awards also highlight outstanding individuals who have committed themselves to embracing diversity and social justice at Loyola. Award criteria can be found here. 

Outstanding GPA Student Leader Award  
This Award recognizes a Graduate, Professional or Adult student that has demonstrated outstanding leadership in a student organization. They have transcended the duties of their role and embodied the principals of Magis.

• 2025 Recipient: Caitlin Osei, Quinlan School of Business
• 2025 Finalists: Evan Nave, Naida Softic Batson, and Grant Steiner

Outstanding GPA Student Organization Award  
This award recognizes a student organization that is either a graduate student organization or a student organization with majority Graduate, Professional, & Adult students that promotes and embodies the organization’s mission and has shown a commitment to the university’s mission. 

• 2025 Recipient: Trust & Estate Law Society
• 2025 Finalists: Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, Black Graduate Student Alliance, and History Graduate Student Association

Outstanding GPA Program of the Year
This award recognizes and group or student organization that has produced an outstanding program/event/lecture that made a significant contribution to the ºÚÁÏÃÅUniversity Chicago community.

• 2025 Recipients: Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, Career Development Forum
• 2025 Finalists: Black Graduate Student Alliance, with the Black Graduate Student Mixers and Empowerment Dinners, History Graduate Student Association (HGSA), with The Lakefront Historian and Graduate Student Conference, and Trust & Estate Law Society, with the Chicago Estate Planning Council Luncheons

ºÚÁÏÃÅUniversity Chicago established the Maroon & Gold Society during the 2011-2012 academic year to recognize 25 undergraduate seniors who have demonstrated a commitment to leadership, academic excellence, and service to others. Members represent a cross-section of undergraduate communities and leadership paths at the university. 

The Maroon & Gold Society intends to honor students who personify the promise of ºÚÁÏÃÅUniversity Chicago: Preparing People to Lead Extraordinary Lives. In doing so, Society members embrace the Jesuit ideal of Magis (the pursuit of excellence). More information can be found here. 

Student Development partners with the Office of Sustainability to recognize students expressing leadership on Loyola’s value of sustainability. As a key aspect of Loyola’s mission of social justice, we award two to four students each year during the Celebration of Student Achievement, Scholarship, and Creative Works. Attention is paid to efforts that address the social, economic, and environmental aspects of sustainability and embrace the ‘integral ecology' framework called for in Pope Francis’ Encyclical on Ecology, Laudato si’.

Sustainability in Service: This recognition rewards students for their efforts to implement sustainability on campus or in community.

Sustainability in Learning: This recognition rewards students for their efforts incorporating sustainability into their academic experience through research, publication, or coursework advancing sustainability knowledge.

2025 Recipients:

• Mireya Fouche, Quinlan School of Business
• Kayla Mkandawire, College of Arts and Sciences
• Scotty Monteith, School of Environmental Sustainability
• Madeline Palmquist, School of Environmental Sustainability

ºÚÁÏÃÅUniversity Chicago's Athletics department presents awards to outstanding student athletes each year. Awards include the PNC Student Achiever Award, which is presented to a female student athlete, and a male student athlete.

2024 - 2025 PNC Student Achiever Award Recipients

• Bree Borum, Women's Volleyball, School of Education
• James Lawrence, Men's Cross Country and Track & Field, Quinlan School of Business
• Parker Van Buren, Men's Volleyball, Quinlan School of Business

• Arrupe Person for Others Award
  This award goes to a student employee who clearly serve others with a passion. 
  • 2025 Recipient: Nusrat Kabir, College of Arts and Sciences
• Cura Apostolica - Person for Institution Award
  This award goes to a student employee who has demonstrated considerable care in their work tasks, commitment and attitude in promoting, developing and supporting the organization or institution where they are employed. One recipient is recognized for work on campus; the other, for work away from Loyola.
  • 2025 Recipient: Blairlanee Bowden, College of Arts and Sciences
• Ignatian Spirit - Team of the Year Award
  The Ignatian Spirit Award is given to the team or staff of employees who work with passion and dedication as if they live each day to “go forth and set the world on fire.”
  • 2025 Recipients:
    • Matthew Edejer, The Graduate School
    • Victoria Nolte, College of Arts and Sciences
• Student Employee of the Year
  This award goes to one student employee to recognize their outstanding contributions, achievements, and who has made a positive impact on the university.
  • 2025 Recipient: Giulianna Larson, School of Communication
• Student Employee Supervisor of the Year: The Student Employee Supervisor of the Year Award honors the supervisor who exemplifies mentoring, professionalism, leadership, and commitment to developing our student employees.
  • 2025 Recipients:
    • Annie Keller, New Student Programs
    • Callie Powers, Wellness Center
    • Willie Gore, Assistant Dean of Students for Conflict Resolution Services

Each year, ºÚÁÏÃÅrecognizes the outstanding contributions of student organizations and student leaders through the Student Organization Awards. These awards highlight the successful programs, achievements, and community-building efforts the student organizations community contribute to the ºÚÁÏÃÅexperience. The work of student organizations’ leaders is essential in shaping the community, and we celebrate the enthusiasm, passion, and dedication they bring to their roles and our community. Please click here for more information regarding the awards descriptions, nomination link, eligibility, important notes and deadlines, awards ceremony, and past recipients.