UMBC's students and student organizations contribute so much to the life of this campus that it's a little misleading to choose just a few as recipients of UMBC's Black and Gold Awards.  The awards ceremony on Monday night was really a celebration of a lot of collaborative work.  But the recipients certainly have done wonders . . .

Here is the list of recipients:

Group Commitment to Service: Challah for Hunger

Emerging Group of the Year: Debate Club

            

Educational Event of the Year: Islamic Awareness Week (Muslim Student Association)

             

Social Event of the Year: Hilltop Independent Short Film Festival (Interdisciplinary Film Association)

             

Cultural/Diversity Event of the Year: Pistahan 2010--Kalooban (Filipino American Student Association)

              

Best Co-Sponsorship of the Year: Cook Off for CFF! (Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority and Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity)

Weekend Event of the Year: A Capocalypse (UMBC Mama's Boys)

Off the Leash Event of the Year: INDS Benefit Concert (Interdisciplinary Studies Council of Majors)

Student Organization Advisor of the Year:  Rabbi Jason Klein (Jewish Student Union)

Individual Commitment to Service:  Ben Davis and Sara Kibrom

Non-positional Leader of the Year:  Damani Lewis

Emerging Leader of the Year:  Nimit Bhatt and Mitch Case

           

Senior Leader of the Year:  James McCauley

The Campus Change Initiative:  Yasmin Karimian and Tazuko Sugajima

Student Affairs Leadership Award:   Richard Blissett and Yasmin Karimian