Student Leadership and Humanitarian Awards April 22, 2025
Buffalo State’s student leadership and humanitarian awards recognize students who help make Buffalo State truly extraordinary—the young people who go above and beyond, who answer the call to service, who lead their peers and our campus with energy, integrity, vision, and creativity.
Candidates for these awards are leaders in our campus community, participate in civic engagement and service, and demonstrate a commitment to something worthwhile and enduring. These are the qualities that help define Buffalo State as a truly civil and caring academic community.
Specific information and application guidelines for each award are provided at the web links below and menu to the left. We encourage students to self-nominate and we invite faculty and staff to nominate deserving students for consideration. Applications are due February 28, 2025. Recipients must be present on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 for the awards ceremony. The Dr. Muriel A. Howard Presidential Award for Equity and Campus Diversity application deadline is March 21, 2025.
Questions about the Student Leadership and Humanitarian Awards can be addressed to the Dean of Students Office, Campbell Student Union 311, 716-878-4618, or email deanofstudents@buffalostate.edu.
Mildred Campbell Leadership Award
Phillip Santa Maria Award for Student Leadership in Equity and Campus Diversity
Phillip Santa Maria Memorial Award
Luis M. Antonetti Student Humanitarian Award
Minnie and Joe Engel Student Humanitarian Award
This award recognizes faculty and staff who have gone beyond their usual duties to promote respect for diversity and individual differences. They have accomplished this through classroom discussions, curricular experiences, out of classroom activities, projects, discussions, or special mentorships that go beyond what is usually expected as a part of their regular job expectation or teaching assignment. Applications for this award are due on March 21, 2025.
The 2006-2007 President's Council on Equity and Campus Diversity established the Special Program Recognition Award. This award recognizes programs that have made a special effort to promote equity and diversity through student involvement, curricular development, and/or special projects and activities that go above and beyond what is usually expected as part of their regular function. This award honors the nominee who recognizes an opportunity to share the value of diversity on campus and carries out the same. Applications for this award are due on March 21, 2025.
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