Announcing the Stars of 2024: Our Outstanding Achievement Award Winners!

Human Resources is excited to announce the recipients of the 2024 Outstanding Achievement Awards!

Please join us for the awards ceremony on Tuesday, April 16 from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. in Dewberry Hall. The ceremony will also be live-streamed by GMU-TV; the link to watch the ceremony will be posted on the Outstanding Achievement Awards website before the event. 

 

Adjunct Faculty Award 

Sharrell Hassell-Goodman, School of Integrative Studies 

Jorge Banales, College of Visual and Performing Arts 

Shannyn Snyder, College of Public Health  

 

Civility Star Award: 

Omnia Elgendy, College of Humanities and Social Sciences  

 

David W. Rossell Quill Award 

James Willis, Criminology, Law, and Society 

  

Exceptional Support Award 

Kelly Beckwith, College of Public Health 

Stefanya Davidson, Office of University Advancement and Alumni Relations 

Jeremiah Garcia, Undergraduate Education 

Dolores Horn, College of Engineering and Computing 

Caraline Jeffrey, Center for the Arts 

Nadia Kuruvilla, Criminology, Law, and Society 

Rachel Lindsey, University Career Services 

Karina Mizzrahi, Fiscal Services 

Anjuli Singh, Film and Video Studies 

Elizabeth Whisnant, School of Sport, Recreation, and Tourism Management 

  

Goldie and Dianne Hattery Award for Excellence 

Seidy Cruz, Facilities Custodial Services 

Jose Sanchez Ochoa, Housing and Residence Life 

  

Jade Barricelli Spirit of Advising Excellence Award 

Jada Crocker, Criminology, Law, and Society 

  

Margaret C. Howell Award 

Cindy George, Kellar Institute for Human disAbilities 

  

Martha J. Reiner Customer Service Award 

Genevieve Russell Lindsay, Admissions 

  

Nancy Murphy Mason Spirit Award 

Cynthia Fisher, Student Health Services 

Micah Hodges, Student Success Coaching 

  

Outstanding Achievement Award 

Evelyn Frink, Office of Strategic Budgeting and Planning 

Emily Rusch, College of Visual and Performing Arts  

 

Outstanding Supervisor Award  

To Be Announced by Staff Senate 

   

Mason Staff Alumni Award 

May Abou Ghazaleh, Costello College of Business  

 

Mason Faculty Alumni Award 

Afra Ahmad, College of Humanities and Social Sciences 

  

Patriot Pathbreakers Award 

FamilyU Cohort 

Team WRITe: Waste Redesign and Implementation Team 

  

Rick Holt Active Transportation Advocate Award 

Patrice Levinson, Student Health Services 

  

Sustainability Hero Award 

Karen Akerlof, Environmental Science and Policy 


 Congratulations to all the Outstanding Achievement Awards Recipients! For questions, please reach out to awards@gmu.edu.