12th Annual Leadership Gala

Honoring Those Who Make A Difference.

Honoring Those Who Make A Difference.

TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2023, 5:00PM–6:30PM In-person: Diaz Compean Student Union Ballroom Livestream: bit.ly/SJSUGala23Virtual

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12th Annual Student Leadership Gala

The Student Leadership Gala is a collaboration among organizations within the SJSU Division of Student Affairs to recognize and celebrate outstanding leadership at San José State University.

Vice President of Student Affairs’ Award for Exemplary Leadership and Service This honor will be awarded to an SJSU student (junior or senior standing) who has displayed exemplary leadership skills throughout their SJSU career.

Associated Students: A.S. 55 Award Honoring and recognizing the unsung heroes of San José State University; up to 12 students who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to SJSU and have continually given back to the campus or local communities.

Student Union, Inc. Supports the development, growth, and well-being of students and the campus community by providing diverse programs, desired services, and quality facilities that enhance the collegiate experience.

Solidarity Network The Solidarity Network of SJSU is a coalition of student affairs centers fostering student leadership through multiple identities while establishing a social justice foundation. The Solidarity Network encourages collaboration between communities and advocates for institutional change.

A.S. César E. Chávez Community Action Center (CCCAC) Black Leadership and Opportunity Center (BLOC) Center for Asian Pacific Islander Student Empowerment (CAPISE) Chicanx/Latinx Student Success Center Gender Equity Center MOSAIC Cross Cultural Center Native American/Indigenous Student Success Center PRIDE Center UndocuSpartan Resource Center Wellness and Health Promotion Student Involvement: Student Organization Awards SJSU is home to over 350 Recognized Student Organizations. These organizations include fraternities and sororities, academic and honorary societies, cultural and religious groups, special interest organizations, and club sports. These organizations are where many Spartans develop leadership skills, find community, and create long-lasting friendships and memories that carry with them beyond SJSU. Both individual student leaders and their student organizations will be honored and celebrated for their purposeful contributions to SJSU and the greater community.

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Honoring Those Who Make A Difference.

GALA PROGRAM Refreshments WELCOME VICE PRESIDENT OF STUDENT AFFAIRS’ AWARD FOR EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE SOLIDARITY NETWORK RECOGNITIONS ASSOCIATED STUDENTS A.S. 55 Awards A.S. Board of Directors 2022-2023 STUDENT UNION, INC. RECOGNITIONS Student Union Board 2022-2023 STUDENT ORGANIZATION AWARDS Program Awards Individual Awards Operations Awards Best in Category Awards LEADERSHIP AND CAREER CERTIFICATE PROGRAM RECIPIENTS CLOSING

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12th Annual Student Leadership Gala

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT “The San Jose State University community recognizes that the present-day Muwekma Ohlone Tribe, with an enrolled Bureau of Indian Affairs documented membership of over 550, is comprised of all of the known surviving American Indian lineages aboriginal to the San Francisco Bay region who trace their ancestry through the Missions Santa Clara, San Jose, and Dolores, during the advent of the Hispano-European empire into Alta California; and who are the successors and living members of the sovereign, historic, previously Federally Recognized Verona Band of Alameda County.

Furthermore, the San Jose State University community recognizes that the university is established within the Thámien Ohlone-speaking tribal ethnohistoric territory, which based upon the unratified federal treaties of 1851-1852, includes the unceded ancestral lands of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Some of the enrolled Muwekma lineages are descended from direct ancestors from the Thámien Ohlone tribal territory whose ancestors had affiliation with Mission Santa Clara.

The San Jose State University community also recognizes the importance of this land to the indigenous Muwekma Ohlone people of this region, and consistent with our principles of community and diversity strives to be good stewards on behalf of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe whose land we occupy.”

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VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS AWARD FOR EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE. Skylar Barbero Jazlyn Bo Marco Diaz-Perez Mary Ashley Fortuno Gunraj Singh Vaishnavi Sunkari Dominic Treseler Irvin Wong Elaine Zumaya

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12th Annual Student Leadership Gala

SOLIDARITY NETWORK Recognitions Archit Mahale Luis Aquino Juliane Laurent Brianna Navarrete Eliana Olivas Oluwakemisola Kaka Myenn Rahnoma Fernando Sanchez Lopez

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ASSOCIATED STUDENTS A.S. 55 Awards Rashmeet Bagga Skylar Barbero Manit Dassani Sehtej Khehra David Poirier Mithi Pandey Joshua Reyes Myenn Rahnoma Edwin Sanchez Ochoa Irvin Wong Jayden Wright

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12th Annual Student Leadership Gala

ASSOCIATED STUDENTS A.S. Board of Directors 2022-2023 NINA CHUANG A.S. President IKAIKA RAPANOT A.S. Vice President ANTONIO MALDONADO A.S. Controller SAFIULLAH SAIF Director of Academic Affairs

DOMINIC TRESELER Director of Legislative Affairs

DHYEYKUMAR NIKALWALA Director of Business Affairs

MICHAEL CHADWICK Director of Student Resource Affairs

ARIANA LACSON Director of Co-Curricular Affairs

RUSHABH SHETA Director of Student Rights & Responsibilities

DILLON GADOURY Director of Communications

DHRUV VARSHNEY Director of Sustainability Affairs

LUIS AQUINO Director of Intercultural Affairs

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STUDENT UNION, INC. Board of Directors Recognition AARUSHI SHARMA Audit Committee Chair JAMES FIGUEROA Board Vice Chair ANDREA CABRERA-SANCHEZ Finance Committee Chair Personnel Committee Vice Chair NINA CHUANG Audit Committee Vice Chair JEET PANKAJKUMAR PAREKH Facilities & Programs Committee Chair Finance Committee Vice Chair LOGAN MELINE Board Chair Personnel Committee Chair KRISHNA SAI MANGALARAPU Facilities & Programs Committee Vice Chair RISHABH PANDEY Board of Director

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12th Annual Student Leadership Gala

STUDENT INVOLVEMENT Program Award Nominations OUTSTANDING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM Biomedical Engineering Society Chi Pi Sigma Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Society of Women Engineers Women in Business OUTSTANDING SERVICE PROGRAM AkbayanSJSU Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) Biomedical Engineering Society Society of Women Engineers Women In Business OUTSTANDING ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM AkbayanSJSU Biomedical Engineering Society Indian Students Organization Society of Women Engineers Women In Business

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STUDENT INVOLVEMENT Individual Award Nominations ADVISOR OF THE YEAR Kaytlin Abad Akthem Al Manaseer Mike Diaz Lucy Headrick Anil Kumar Lesther Papa STUDENT ORGANIZATION OUTSTANDING MEMBER OF THE YEAR AWARD Rashmeetkaur Bagga Kim Cazares-Maravilla Sujan Rao Chikkela Sehtej Khehra Niki Liao Olivia Pawlyk Alejandra Rodriguez Irvin Wong STUDENT ORGANIZATION PRESIDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD Stephanie Badua Smail Skylar Barbero Dylan Bautista Sai Bharathula Joseph Buckley Dalisay (Sai) Caver Andrew De La Cruz Nithin Reddy Govindugaru David Hsia Umama Muntaha Kamal Oishi Sabrina Nabizada Maya Papez Afroz Shaukat Inamdar Robert Schacherbauer Elle Rae Tumpalan San Vu

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12th Annual Student Leadership Gala

STUDENT INVOLVEMENT Operations Award Nominations COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR AWARD Afghan Student Association Advancement Institute for Management Her Campus at SJSU • Indian Students Organizations Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Nigerian Student Association • Order of Omega Society of Women Engineers • Women in Business DEVELOPING LEADERS AWARD AkbayanSJSU • BridgeSJSU Indian Students Organization • Mock Trial Management Information Systems Association Society of Women Engineers • Women in Business EXCELLENCE IN FUNDRAISING AkbayanSJSU • Indian Students Organization Alpha Omicron Pi • Phi Alpha Theta History Club Student Body of Moss Landing Marine Laboratories Management Information Systems Association Society of Women Engineers • Women in Business EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE YEAR AkbayanSJSU • Anti Club Theatre Club BridgeSJSU • Girls Who Code SJSU Loop • Her Campus at SJSU Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Indian Students Organization • Interior Design Student Association Management Information Systems Association • Panhellenic Council Society of Women Engineers • Women in Business MARKETING OF THE YEAR AkbayanSJSU • Biomedical Engineering Society Forensic Science Students Club • Indian Students Organization Marketing Association • Management Information Systems Association Society of Women Engineers • Up&Up • Women in Business

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STUDENT INVOLVEMENT Best in Category Award Nominations CONTRIBUTION TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION AWARD Afghan Student Association • AkbayanSJSU Alpha Tau Delta • Chi Pi Sigma • Girls Who Code Indian Student Organization • Mock Trial Society for Human Resource Management Society of Women Engineers • Women in Business ACADEMIC/HONORARY ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) • American Society of Mechanical Engineers BridgeSJSU • Biomedical Engineering Society • CADRE Student Organization Chi Pi Sigma Girls Who Code • Indian Student Organization Management Information Systems Association • Order of Omega Public Health Honor Society • ShrunkenHeadMan Club Society of Women Engineers • Women in Business CULTURAL/RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR Indian Students Organization • Native American Student Organization Newman Catholic Student Association • Vietnamese Student Association SPECIAL INTEREST ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR Alpha Tau Delta • BridgeSJSU • Environmental Resource Center (ERC) Her Campus at SJSU • Indian Students Organization Men's Ultimate Frisbee Team - Club Sports • Society of Women Engineers Woman in Aviation • Women in Business NEW ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR Afghan Student Association BridgeSJSU • Indian Student Federation Skateboarding Club at San Jose State University • Spartan Fitness Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA) • Women in Design CLUB SPORTS TEAM OF THE YEAR FRATERNITY OF THE YEAR SORORITY OF THE YEAR ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR Determined from submissions for all Best in Category Awards

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12th Annual Student Leadership Gala

LEADERSHIP AND CAREER CERTIFICATE PROGRAM AWARDEES The Leadership & Career Certificate Program offered opportunities for students to enhance and develop existing leadership and career skills through a hybrid format via a Canvas course. Students chose educational activities to participate in that met the requirements of each of the 6 modules within the program over the course of the spring semester. Students developed competencies within leadership and career skill categories by engaging in and reflecting on events that explored concepts in leadership and career foundations, leading effectively, effective communication, social justice & cultural awareness, career exploration, and career-launching strategies.

Daniela Arias-Conde Swathi Balgi Elena Banica Nok I Chan Sujan Rao Chikkela Jacob Culaton Miranda Deverya Haretha Dhanasekar Bhavya Dhulipalla John Dillard Erik Dolbakyan Brenda Feldman Allyson Finch Poojan Gagrani Esperanza Godinez Garcia Nataly Gomez Sabrina Hirani Melanie Kim

Sagar Kumar Jenny Le Ansar Mansoor Raghav Pamuru Heidi Parlin Julia Parsons Tina Thuy-Hang Pham Yen Quan Yekaterina Retivykh Janice Rich Jesus Rodriguez Wahhab Salemi Manmohit Singh Deasorend Tamondong Michelle Tran Ashwin Unnikrishnan Valerie Valle Abarron Wong

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12TH ANNUAL STUDENT LEADERSHIP GALA Planning Committee CO-CHAIRS Alexis Graesser Leadership Development Coordinator (Student Involvement)

Clarissa Mae Calimbas Student Engagement Coordinator (Student Involvement)

MEMBERS Elisa Aquino Program Director (Native American/Indigenous Student Success Center)

Abby Escobar Government Administrative Assistant (Associated Students)

Omar Garcia Manager of Events and Programs (Student Union, Inc.)

Kelly Goldsmith Executive Assistant (Student Union, Inc.)

Edilbert Signey Marketing & Communications Manager (Associated Students)

Christopher Yang Director (MOSAIC Cross Cultural Center)

GRAPHIC DESIGN TEAM Sena Atesoglu Graphic Designer (Associated Students)

VIDEO PRODUCTION Christopher Yang Director (MOSAIC Cross Cultural Center)

Jason Nguyen Multimedia Assistant (Associated Students)

Booklet designed by A.S. Marketing and printed by Print & Technology Center.

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12th Annual Student Leadership Gala

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Masks are encouraged. This event is wheelchair accessible.

Individuals requiring sign language interpreters, real-time captioning or other accommodations should contact getinvolved@sjsu.edu or 408.924.5950 as soon as possible..

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