2025 Student Impact Awards Nominees

2025 Student Impact Awards
2025 Student Impact Awards

This year, SLICE received 144 nominations for the 2025 Student Impact Awards. Please see the list below of this year’s nominees:

Events & Programs
Program of the Year
Criminal Justice Student Association, Agency Day
Indian Student Association, ISA Holi Event
Indian Student Association, Grand India Night 2024
Middle Eastern and North African Association, The Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) Heritage Month week
National Residence Hall Honorary, Shave for the Brave
Dance Marathon, HuskerThon

Student Organization Philanthropy Service
• Horticulture Club
• Husker Bass Anglers
• Innocents Society
• Out of the Darkness UNL
• Dance Marathon

Individuals
Outstanding Advisor
• Dr. Ari Kohen - Hillel/Jewish Student Association
• Elizabeth Libby Jones - Engineers Without Borders
• Meg Kester - College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Student Advisory Board
• Rajib Saha - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department Graduate Student Association
• Samuel Nelson - Husker Venture Fund
• Shirpat Kamble - Indian Student Association

Outstanding New Advisor
• Alexis Blasko - Residence Hall Association
• Kate Reyome - Interfraternity Council
• Kerra Ressell - African Student Association


Outstanding Student Organization Member
• Cam Holmes - Residence Hall Association
• Jameson Krab - Engineers Without Borders
• Josslyn Morgan - Residence Hall Association
• Laura Kirshenbaum - Hillel/Jewish Student Association
• Samuel Lockhart - Husker Venture Fund
• Stephanie Lugo - Agronomy & Horticulture Graduate Student Association (AHGSA)

Outstanding Student Organization Officer
• Alex McMurchie - Dance Marathon
• Amir Tarkian - Husker Venture Fund
• Ava Konwinski - UNL Unified Special Olympics College Club
• B Littman - Hillel/Jewish Student Association
• Beau Weddington - Residence Hall Association
• Ben McGinnis - Men's Ice Hockey Club
• Breah Matuszczak - Students Together Against Cancer
• Christian Thomas - Wall Street Scholars of Nebraska
• Cindy Nguyen - Asian Student Union
• Dania Javaid - UNL Fulbright Association
• Ella Jepsen - Dance Marathon
• Gabi Hoffman - UNL Figure Skating Club
• Jameson Krab - Engineers Without Borders
• Jenna Wakefield - Dance Marathon
• Joes Lado Andrea - Afrikan Peoples Union
• Kaitlyn Kizzire - Students Together Against Cancer
• Landen Fogle - Husker Venture Fund
• Laurel Wagner - Engineers Without Borders
• Lucy Salyer - Residence Hall Association
• Luke Mostello - Residence Hall Association
• Matt Ligeski - Big Red Investment Club
• Onik Sisodiya - Indian Student Association
• Syed Owais Athar - Muslim Students Association UNL
• Tram Ngo - Delta Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc.
• Trey Carlson - Students Together Against Cancer
• Trisam Sapkota - Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology Graduate Student Association

Outstanding Student Organization President
• Abby Shih - UNL Campus Red Cross Club
• Abigail Webb - Students Together Against Cancer
• Addy Timmerman - Dance Marathon
• Brandon McDonald - Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology Graduate Student Association
• Deepa Choudhry - Indian Student Association
• Evan Merrell - Sigma Alpha Mu
• Grace Bany - University of Nebraska-Lincoln Unified Special Olympics Club
• Gretchen Holland - Husker Venture Fund
• Jessie Nguyen - Asian Student Union
• Lennon Harris - UNL Model United Nations
• Logan Greeno - Husker Bass Anglers
• Mary Morran - Food Science Club
• Nathan Weber - Men's Ice Hockey Club
• Parviz Jamalov – UNL Fulbright Association
• Rachamim Zamek - UNL Hillel Jewish Student Organization
• Sara Al-Rishawi - Middle Eastern and North African Student Association
• Shannon Sullivan - Pride in Business
• Thomas Haar - Engineers Without Borders
• Tia Chism - Afrikan Peoples Union

Sport Club Athlete of the Year
• Joseph Liebgott-Osinga
• Lynsie Lancaster
• Malcolm Saltzman
• Michelle Reese
• Tyler Rose

Student Leadership Award
• Adam Messman - Husker Venture Fund
• Addy Timmerman - Dance Marathon
• Annalyse Gallo - Residence Hall Association
• Bennet Sievers - Thompson Scholar Society
• Colin Mahon - Delta Tau Delta
• Dania Javaid - UNL Fullbright Association
• Deepa Choudhry - Indian Student Association
• Jameson Krab - Engineers Without Borders
• Laila Doyle - National Residence Hall Honorary
• Logan Greeno - Husker Bass Anglers
• Nick Knopik - ALEC Graduate Student Association
• Taylor Streich - Kappa Delta Sorority
• Trey Lamkins - College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Student Advisory Board
• Zubaida Khudaida - Yazidi Community Club

Unified Sports Athlete of the Year
• Jarred Smith,
• Michael Bolen
• Paul Safarik
• Wyatt Spalding

Outstanding Commitment to Recruitment
• Dance Marathon
• Delta Tau Delta
• Engineers Without Borders
• Husker Bass Anglers
• Indian Student Association
• Middle Eastern and North African Student Association

Outstanding New Student Organization
• Out in CASNR
• UNL Electrochemical Society Student Chapter

Outstanding Student Organization
• Afrikan Peoples Union
• Biological Systems Engineering Graduate Student Association
• Dance Marathon
• Engineers Without Borders
• Horticulture Club
• Husker Bass Anglers
• Husker Venture Fund
• Indian Student Association
• Middle Eastern and North African Student Association
• Out of the Darkness UNL
• Residence Hall Association
• University of Nebraska–Lincoln Big Red Swing Dance Club
• UNL Fulbright Association
• UNL Unified Special Olympics College Club

Sport Club of the Year
• Husker Bass Anglers
• Men’s Ice Hockey Club
• Men’s Volleyball Club
• Nebraska Men’s Rugby
• Nebraska Men’s Soccer Club
• Nebraska Running Club
• Waterski Club

Student Impact Awards are Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 5pm in the WCDC Red Cloud Suite.

Please RSVP here: Student Impact Awards RSVP!