Student Organizations & Advisors Recognition (SOAR)

The Student Leadership, Involvement, and Community Engagement (SLiCE) Office organizes the SOAR awards to thank all student organizations and their advisors for their contributions throughout the year, as well as recognizes groups and individuals in the following categories: leadership, marketing, programming, community service, character and advising. Join us for the 2009 SOAR awards on Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 5:00 pm in the LSC Main Ballroom. 

2007-2008 SOAR Award Winners

Exceptional Organization Awards:
  Outstanding Small Organization: Muslim Student Association
    Runner Up: Arnold Air Society
  Outstanding Large Organization: Pre-Veterinary Club
    Runner Up: Panhellenic Council
  Outstanding Community Service Org.: Lambda Theta Nu Sorority, Inc.
  Organization of Character: National Pan-Hellenic Council
    Runner Up: Sigma Lambda Beta Fraternity

Programming Awards:
  Outstanding Program: Black Definition's Black History Month
  Outstanding Cultural Awareness Program: Japan Club, Japanese
         Student Association, and Chinese Clubs’ Gateway to Asia
    Runner Up: Muslim Student Association’s 17th Annual Islamic Awareness 
         Dinner
  Outstanding Annual Program: Pre-Physical Therapy, Pre-Optometry,
         and Pre-Pharmacy Clubs’ 10th Annual Easter Egg Hunt for
         Individuals with Disabilities
    Runner Up: Black Student Alliance’s 3rd Annual Project Progress
  Outstanding New Program: Chabad Jewish Student Alliance’s Shabbat 100
  Outstanding Educational Program: Student Association for Fire Ecology and
         Gillette Entomology Club’s Beetles, Fire & the Future of Colorado
          Lodgepole Pine Forest
    Runner Up: Student Health Advisory Council’s Muscle Bound the Play
  Outstanding Social Consciousness Program: Students for Holocaust
    Awareness’s Holocaust Awareness Week
    Runner Up: Black Student Alliance’s Behind the Silhouette

Marketing Awards:
  Outstanding Overall Marketing: Students for Holocaust Awareness
    Runner Up: Black Student Alliance
  Outstanding Website: Pre-Vet Club’s http://lamar.colostate.edu/~prevet/       
    Runner Up: Impact Christian Fellowship’s http://www.impactingcsu.com/
  Outstanding Newsletter: Sigma Phi Epsilon’s “The Spear”
    Runner Up: Muslim Student Association’s “New Masjid” E-Newsletter
  Outstanding Publication: International Interior Design Association’s “I/Design”

Individual Awards
  Outstanding Individual Volunteer: Desiree Massie
    Runner Up: Abby Lee Brunton 
  Emerging Leader: Joseph Garcia
    Runner Up: Matt Talafuse
  Outstanding Sophomore Leader: Molly Zwerdlinger
  Outstanding Junior Leader: Aaron Green      
    Runner Up: Jessica Cook
  Outstanding Senior Leader: Isra’a Belgasem
    Runner Up: Jennifer Edelman
  Outstanding Graduate Student Leader: Adrienne Harris
    Runner Up: Elan Alford

Advisor Gratitude Awards
  Outstanding Advisor: Lambda Theta Nu Sorority, Inc.'s Arlene Nededog
  Outstanding Co-Advisors: Psi Chi/Psycohology Student Alliance's
          Bryan Dik & Karla Gingerich