The Butler Center, CC’s hub of diversity, equity, and inclusion, celebrated students, staff, interns, and faculty at the center’s awards banquet, held at the conclusion of the 2016-17 academic year. Those recognized with awards, named after key figures* in the college’s history of diversity, included:

• Judy Fisher ’20 and Breanna Elyse Conwell ’19: Taizo Nakashima Emerging Leader Award
• Neri Summey ’17: Charles Jackson Outstanding Student Leader Award
• Felicia Chaves (Riley Scholar-in-Residence; English and Film and Media Studies): Theodore Roosevelt Collins Outstanding Faculty Award
• Ryan Hammes (Director of Outdoor Education): Theodore Roosevelt Collins Outstanding Staff Award
• Eboni Statham ’17: Ginger Morgan Legacy Award for Feminist and/or LGBTQIA+ Initiatives
• Dwanna Robertson (Assistant Professor of Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Studies): Rochelle T. Mason Award for an Outstanding Event Contributing to the Empowerment of Communities of Color