Student Housing Services at the University of Guelph hosts an annual banquet to recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of Student Housing Services Staff. As a component of this banquet, Student Housing Services also presents awards to further recognize those staff members who have made outstanding contributions to the department and University of Guelph as a whole. Below are the award nominees and winners for the 2019-2020 academic year.
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Desk Services Awards
Best Team Player
Most Professional Growth
Best Mentor
Guest Table Awards
Best Team Player
Most Professional Growth
Best Mentor
Residence Life Staff Campus-Wide Awards
ALC/LLC Programmer of the Year
RA Programmer of the Year
Community Development Award
Duty Staff of the Year
Peer Helping Award
Professional Growth Award
Residence Life Staff Team Awards
Team Player of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Team Programmer of the Year
Scholarship Awards
Leslie Way Award
Alastair Summerlee Award
Kevin Durie Memorial Scholarship
Desk Services Awards
Best Team Player
The Team Player of the Year award honours the students who were deemed to be the most valuable team players on staff within Desk Services.
Award winner: Danny Marun Batista
Award nominees:
Ayaan Kadiwala
Caleb Leary
Davin Peart
Kelsey Als
Kulay Janneh
Krizsa Mae Velasco
Maggie Kiernan
Mitchell Taylor
Shanice Wong
Sidra Noorzad
Most Professional Growth
The Professional Growth Award recognizes the students working for Desk Services who have demonstrated a significant amount of personal and professional development throughout the year.
Award winner: Mitchell Taylor
Award nominees:
Adam Duggan
Brianna Baxter
Caleb Leary
Davin Peart
Iyana Stewart-Gaynor
Kelsey Als
Kulay Janneh
Maggie Kiernan
Megan Therrien
Olivia Magee
Sidra Noorzad
Best Mentor
Someone who is friendly and approachable; someone who was willing to answer any and all questions in a respectful manner; someone who provided effective on-the-job training; someone who was willing to admit their lack of knowledge in a certain aspect of the job but was also willing to consult other coworkers or management for clarification
Award winner: Maggie Kiernan
Award nominees:
Arden Holt
Ayaan Kadiwala
Davin Peart
Brianna Baxter
Danny Marun Batista
Jonathan Marun Batista
Shanice Wong
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Guest Table Awards
Best Team Player
The Team Player of the Year award honours the students who were deemed to be the most valuable team players on staff within Guest Tables.
Award winner: Camilo Lopez Cortada
Award nominees:
Chelsea Clarke
Christine Mariathasan
Dan Kaluzny
Gabriel Chen
Sam Bezner
Sam Green
Jay Socha
Sukhman Sanghera
Taimoor Rizwan
Most Professional Growth
The Professional Growth Award recognizes the students working for Guest Tables who have demonstrated a significant amount of personal and professional development throughout the year.
Award winner: Christine Mariathasan
Award nominees:
Chelsea Clarke
Dan Kaluzny
Isabella Yantsis
Mark Teeter
Nik Singh Koolaput
Sam Bezner
Best Mentor
Someone who is friendly and approachable; someone who was willing to answer any and all questions in a respectful manner; someone who provided effective on-the-job training; someone who was willing to admit their lack of knowledge in a certain aspect of the job but was also willing to consult other coworkers or management for clarification.
Award winner: Dan Kaluzny
Award nominees:
Camilo Lopez Cortada
Chelsea Clarke
Christine Mariathasan
Elizaveta Shpilevaia
Mark Teeter
Sam Green
Sukhman Sanghera
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Residence Life Staff Campus-Wide Awards
ALC/LLC Programmer of the Year
The ALC/LLC Programmer of the Year award recognizes one ALC/LLC staff member whose programming efforts have gone above and beyond their job requirements and they have been a role model for other ALC/LLC staff members with respect to programming.
Award winner: Christopher Lucinski
Award nominees:
Ghaid Asfour
Enzo Baracuhy
Kiara Seow
RA Programmer of the Year
The RA Programmer of the Year award recognizes one RA staff member whose programming efforts have gone above and beyond their job requirements and they have been a role model for other RA staff members with respect to programming.
Award winner: Hadeel Iraq
Award nominees:
Emma Connell
Avery Gilmore
Mariska Dewar-Massie
Cody Anderson
Aimee Sham
Alicia Clarke
Mustafa Hussain
Tomas Nonivik
Community Development Award
The Community Development Award recognizes one RLS member who has gone above and beyond expectations in supporting the development of strong and robust communities within Residence Life at the University of Guelph.
Award winner: Chinmay Sharma
Award nominees:
Asfandyaar Talhat
Mustafa Hussain
Emma Connell
Alexandra Cotton
Lisa Osifo
Qinglu Ying
Ekateryna Lopez-Bondarchuk
Duty Staff of the Year
The Duty Staff of the Year award recognizes one Duty staff member who has consistently gone above and beyond in the Duty Staff role and has been a support and resource for the Duty Staff team.
Award winner: Akino Milligan
Award nominees:
Priya Jain
Chris Dasilva
Tariq Ahmed
Karly Masse
Chelsey Galkowski
Peer Helping Award
The Peer Helping Award honours one RLS member who has gone above and beyond expectations with respect to providing support and resources to students and staff.
Award winner: Anne-Marie Portelli
Award nominees:
Zahra Mirabolfathi
Mariska Dewar-Massie
Vaibhavi Bhatt
Alicia Clarke
Syeda Manjia Tahsien
Professional Growth Award
The Professional Growth Award recognizes one RLS member who has demonstrated a significant amount of personal and professional development throughout the academic year.
Award winners: Jenn Felix (left) and Hager Moustafa (right)
Award nominees:
Alicia Clarke
Francesca Stevenson
Laura Fallowfield
Savanna Gordon
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Residence Life Staff Team Awards
Team Player of the Year
The Team Player of the Year award honours one person from each staff team who was deemed to be the most valuable team player by their peers.
Award winners:
Mountain: Chinmay Sharma
Prairie: Nicole Bena
Maritime: Emma Connell and Youkai Yan
Duty Staff: Tariq Ahmed
Johnston, Arts & Mills: Francesca Stevenson
Lambton & Watson: Lauren Greer
Lennox Addington: Alicia Clarke
East Residence: Alycia Donovan
East Village: Ricky Liu
Living Learning Centres: Sonia Rondon
Academic Living Communities: Ghaid Asfour
The HUB: Jenn Felix
West Residence: Syeda Tahsien
Rookie of the Year
The Rookie of the Year Award honours one staff member from each team who is in their first year living and working in residence and has gone above and beyond in fulfilling their role responsibilities.
Award winners:
Mountain: Katya Lopez-Bondarchuk
Prairie: Haley Lambert
Maritime: Zahra Mirabolfathi
Duty Staff: Randi Marles and Chris DaSilva
Johnston, Arts & Mills: Sarina Paola Bianca
Lambton & Watson: Catherine Gracey
Lennox Addington: Tenyr Ayderus
East Residence: Emma Banks
East Village: Victoria Huynh
Living Learning Centres: Sophia Hou
Academic Living Communities: Enzo Baracuhy and Kristen Ashworth
The HUB: Sarah Clegg
West Residence: Gagan Madanpotra
Team Programmer of the Year
The Team Programmer of the Year honours one staff member from each team who has gone above and beyond in fulfilling their role responsibilities in regards to providing excellent programming.
Award winners:
Mountain: Alyssa Dugay
Prairie: Christina Bernier
Maritime: Claire Schon
Johnston, Arts & Mills: Evan Dacey
Lambton & Watson: Courtney Kong
Lennox Addington: Chelsea Evason
East Residence: Aimee Sham
East Village: Pirahashini Thayanithy
Living Learning Centres: Alexia Tomo-Aromorer
Academic Living Communities: Adam Lee
West Residence: Qinglu Ying
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Scholarships
Leslie Way Award
The award is established to recognize a member of the Residence Life Staff who has demonstrated the ability to combine above average academic performance with the demands and responsibilities of being a noteworthy member of RLS (within the demands of their respective RLS position description). The emphasis of the award shall be on the academic performance.
Award winner: Ghaid Asfour
Alastair Summerlee Award
The award is established to recognize a member of the Student Housing Services student staff who has demonstrated the ability to combine above average academic performance with the demands and responsibilities of being a noteworthy member of our staff in their service to our residence students (within the demands of their respective position description). A strong emphasis of the award shall be placed on the academic performance.
Award winner: Calvin Horsten
Kevin Durie Memorial Scholarship
Selection will be based on demonstration of outstanding service as a Residence Life staff member and volunteer.
Award winners: Zainab Ijaz (left) and Sun Young Choi (right)
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Long Term Service Awards
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Team
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Brianna Baxter
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Desk Staff
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Maggie Kiernan
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Desk Staff
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Caleb Leary
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Desk Staff
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Jonathan Marun Batista
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Desk Staff
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Calvin Horsten
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Guest Table
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Camilo Lopez Cortada
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Guest Table
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Disha Nath
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Guest Table
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Nicki Skelhorn
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East Residence
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Hagar Moustafa
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East Village
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Pirahashini Thayanithy
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East Village
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Ricky Liu
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East Village
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Alicia Clarke
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Lennox Addington
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Hadeel Iraq
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Johnston, Arts and Mills
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Sonia Rondon
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Living Learning Centres
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Amy Cornish
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Living Learning Centres
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Elyse Peter
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Academic Living Communities
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Harrison Kibler
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Academic Living Communities
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Olivia Balkwill
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Academic Living Communities
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Mitchell Jordan
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Academic Living Communities
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Monica Malek
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Academic Living Communities
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Adam Lee
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Academic Living Communities
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Jenn Felix
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The HUB
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Akino Milligan
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Duty Staff
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Tracy Munroe
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Duty Staff
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Shanice Rodrigues
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Duty Staff
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Joanne Lin
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Community Standards Assistant
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Lisa Lavalle
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Community Standards Assistant
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